PORTLAND, Ore. – She’s one of the most important parts of Portland Thorns FC, both on and off the field, but as the defending National Women’s Soccer League champions prepare for the first game of their 2018 postseason, defender Katherine Reynolds is on the sideline, watching when physical therapy sessions don’t take her from benches, recovering from a knee injury and surgery that ended her season half-way through the team’s July 21 victory at Sky Blue FC.
“It’s definitely a different perspective,” she admits, on the west sideline of the Thorns’ home field, having just returned from a physical therapy session at the Providence Sports Care Center in the stadium’s southeast corner.