PORTLAND, Ore. – Replicating what we had last Sunday at Providence Park might be asking too much. The record-setting crowd. The confidence-boosting win versus a rival. So many things had to line up to make Portland Thorns FC's 2-1 victory over the North Carolina Courage a special game, it would be unfair to expect that two weeks in a row. Sunday would be so much less poignant if that happened every weekend at Providence Park.
This Saturday is going to be special in Goose Hollow, albeit in the same way every match day is special in Portland; which is to say, things will get back to normal.