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Portland Thorns Set Attendance Record in Home Opener Win

April 22, 2013 by Jake Donahue No Comments

America’s soccer sweetheart Alex Morgan and the Portland Thorns beat Northwest rival Seattle Reign 2-1 in the city’s NWSL home debut Sunday night. And the whole city seemed to show up.

True, the season (and league, itself) are just a few weeks old. But the fans in Portland proved that the Timbers aren’t the only soccer show in town.

As Kareen Drot writes:

How to sum up an action-packed 90 minute game? Easy, Alex Morgan got angry, transformed into the Hulk and smashed her way through defenders, Christine Sinclair assisted by turning on her turbo-boosters and Nikki Washington evolved into Robocop disallowing any opponent to touch the ball.

The Thorns were backed by a raucous, record-setting crowd of 16,479 — the largest crowd yet for any National Women’s Soccer League match.

PHOTO: Portland Thorns forward Alex Morgan (13) controls the ball at JELD-WEN Field on April 21, 2013. (Craig Mitchelldyer/Portland Thorns FC)

Jake Donahue

Jake Donahue is more of a Ron Burgundy than he is a Ben Simmons. He does have a background in journalism, sports writing and marketing, though. And he owns the Donahue Media Group, a local web design and project management company, as well as a real estate marketing firm, Portland Picture. Born and raised in the Pacific Northwest, he grew up a Mariner fan before launching his own Little League coaching career.

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