From being named to the NWSL Team of the Month in June, to leading the Thorns in goals after scoring six times in seven games, to working her way into a forward rotation that includes returning World Cup players such as Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso, it feels like there’s little that Midge Purce hasn’t done this season.
Always a player with tremendous potential, Purce found herself in the perfect position to have a breakout mini-season while the World Cup stars were away. And when the time came, she was one of a number of Thorns to do just that.