For the second time this season, Portland Thorns FC have elected to stay out on the road, spending their time between games in the Washington, D.C., area after Saturday’s win in Orlando. The last time they did this, the team was drawn into a 4-4 shootout during the season’s second round in Chicago. On Saturday against the Spirit, the Thorns will be hoping for something more.
Four games into their season-opening, six-game road run, the Thorns are in a good place, sitting 2-0-2 as their first home game approaches. But at this point, the team’s four games could be separated into two, contrasting groups: games against last-place Orlando; and, games against the rest of the world.