PORTLAND, Ore. – Portland Thorns FC selected forward Midge Purce (No. 4 overall) in the first round, midfielder Angela Salem (No. 15 overall) in the second round and forward Ifeoma Onumonu (No. 22 overall) in the third round of the 2018 NWSL Dispersal Draft held Tuesday.
Purce, 22, joins Portland after playing her rookie season with the Boston Breakers in 2017, featuring in 22 matches (13 starts) and recording one goal and two assists. The ninth overall pick in the 2017 NWSL College Draft, Purce was called into her first camp with the U.