PORTLAND, Ore. – Two days of fortune for Thorns FC around the NWSL Dispersal Draft culminated Tuesday with a haul that went beyond what head coach Mark Parsons could have reasonably expected. In Midge Purce, Angela Salem and Ifeoma Onumonu, Portland picked up three players who should be able to compete for playing time immediately – not bad considering the team made its final selection with the 22nd pick, overall.
“We can only be unbelievably happy with the three players we got,” Parsons said after today’s draft, one which dispersed the former Boston Breakers’ players throughout the NWSL’s nine teams.