PORTLAND, Ore. – As Portland Thorns FC concluded Thursday’s practice in Beaverton, Oregon, memories of last weekend were still close to their thoughts. Following a Saturday afternoon game against the Chicago Red Stars, the team endured a travel nightmare that saw them lose a day to the road, spending an extra day in Illinois as Sunday’s delayed and cancelled flights kept them on the road.
This is the type of thing that’s supposed to happen to us, normal people. Not the Thorns. Increasingly, when we go to airports, we’ve come to expect something, anything can go wrong. But in this regard, Thorns’ lives aren’t so different than ours.