The first professional women's soccer team in Portland was started by the Portland Timbers in 2001, competing alongside teams formed by the Seattle Sounders and Vancouver Whitecaps in the USL W-League's W-1 division.

History įurther information: List of Portland Thorns FC seasons The Thorns have had the highest average attendance in the league in each of their first eight regular seasons, and set the club's all-time attendance record with a capacity 25,218 attendance on August 11, 2019, in a match against the North Carolina Courage that also set the league's record at the time. They followed up in 2022 by winning the NWSL championship. In 2021, the Thorns won the NWSL Challenge Cup, the Women's International Champions Cup, and the NWSL Shield. In 2020, they won the Community Shield with the best record in the 2020 NWSL Fall Series. The club won the NWSL Shield in 2016 and a second NWSL Championship in 2017. In its inaugural season, the Portland Thorns FC placed third during the regular season and, in the playoffs, won the first NWSL championship. Alongside the Thorns, the Houston Dash and Orlando Pride are other NWSL teams with MLS affiliations. The Portland franchise is owned by Peregrine Sports LLC, which also owns the Portland Timbers of Major League Soccer (MLS). Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), which received support from the United States Soccer Federation (USSF). The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women's soccer team based in Portland, Oregon.

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