Thorns FC: Midterm Grades - The Midfield

We started our look back at the Thorns first half-season with the forwards, and came to the unsurprising conclusion that while the current group of forwards haven’t exactly aced their midterms, the team seems to have other issues that put a bigger drag on the Thorns’ chase of North Carolina and Seattle in the race to be valedictorian of the league.

This time we’ll look at and evaluate the midfielders, first as individuals and then as a group.

Christine Sinclair is rostered as a forward but currently plays more like a withdrawn forward or attacking midfielder, and can often be found tracking further back to deep midfield to gain possession or defend.