The Thorns claimed their second home win in a row in an often strange but rarely boring matchup against the Houston Dash.
Portland started a similar lineup to what we saw in last week’s game. With Meghan Klingenberg again available after serving her one-game suspension, she started at left back, with Emily Menges, Emily Sonnett, and Ellie Carpenter filling out the rest of the back line in front of AD Franch—Katherine Reynolds was available, but likely stayed on the bench after she struggled to contain Kealia Ohai the last time these two teams met. The Celeste Boureille-Lindsey Horan-Christine Sinclair midfield made another appearance below a front three of Tobin Heath, Ana-Maria Crnogorcevic, and Hayley Raso.