Welcome back to a new season of Thorns FC!
Well, preseason, then, for both the Portland Thorns and my column. Just as the team is reassembling and preparing for a new NWSL season, it’s time for us to begin taking a look at that team and preparing for the 2018 campaign. So let’s start with the Wednesday evening match against the U.S. U-23 national team, the second of the Spring Invitational.
I can’t do a better job of describing the 2-2 draw than our own Katelyn Best did. As a match, it was very preseason; rough and sloppy, with minutes for the entire Thorns squad other than the backup goalkeeper.