PORTLAND, Ore. – The Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC today announced their plans to encourage voting and voting registration as part of the Rally the Vote campaign, Major League Soccer’s Unites to Vote platform and the National Women’s Soccer League’s voting and civic engagement initiatives.
Rally the Vote is a nonpartisan coalition in partnership with When We All Vote and RISE, composed of over 40 professional sports franchises whose aim is to urge their fans to register to vote and participate in elections. Teams from the NBA, NFAL, MLB, NHL, MLS, WNBA and NWSL have joined the effort to encourage fans to get in the game and make their voices heard.