The Thorns travel to Piscataway, New Jersey this Saturday to face Sky Blue FC. It's the first of another two-game away/home series, with the Thorns again getting the privilege of
Portland will start what's become their usual XI: Meghan Klingenberg, Emily Sonnett, Emily Menges, and Celeste Boureille in the back, Allie Long, Amandine Henry, and Lindsey Horan in the midfield, and Hayley Raso, Christine Sinclair, and Nadia Nadim at forward. Dagny Brynjarsdottir, at last, is likely to be available off the bench; Tobin Heath will travel to New Jersey but probably won't see minutes.
In terms how how Sky Blue is shaping up, they're a point ahead of Portland in the standings, but with three losses to Portland's one.