The Thorns announced their annual end-of-season awards in a press release today, adding Club MVP and Defender of the Year honors to the ones already announced for Community MVP (Emily Menges) and Supporters Player of the Year (Christine Sinclair).
There are no surprises here. Lindsey Horan, the 2018 NWSL MVP, rightfully picked up the club’s MVP award. If Defender of the Year is a difficult choice in a year the Thorns posted their worst defensive record in the Parsons era, it shouldn’t come as a shock that the club chose to split the award between their two center backs, Emily Menges and Emily Sonnett.