Portland’s young core on full display as the Thorns take home third in the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup.

MONTERREY, Mexico (Saturday, May 24, 2025) – Portland Thorns FC beat Club América 3-0 on Saturday evening to close out its participation in the inaugural Concacaf W Champions Cup with a third-place finish.

The Thorns came out in the first half with a few new faces on the pitch, seeing three debuts in goalkeeper Morgan Messner (club), rookie defender Moira Kelley (professional) and rookie midfielder Carissa Boeckmann (professional) as well as a first start of the season for midfielder Sophie Hirst.

With the rotated lineup, the Thorns had an opportunity to showcase new attacking partnerships which came into fruition when Boeckmann set up rookie forward Pietra Tordin to open the scoring just before the end of the first half.

The Thorns doubled their lead minutes into the second half when Tordin passed the ball along to forward Payton Linnehan, who showcased her ability to beat defenders with her dribbling skills and sent the ball into the top right corner.

Midfielder Olivia Moultrie would close the match out with a third unanswered Portland goal in the final minutes of the match, and the Thorns held out defensively to keep ahold of the clean sheet.

TEAM NOTES

- The Thorns had three starters debut: Goalkeeper Morgan Messner (club debut), defender Moira Kelley (professional debut) and midfielder Carissa Boeckmann (professional debut).
- Forward Pietra Tordin has opened the scoring for Portland in both career starts.
- Forward Payton Linnehan scored her second goal of the year. With her goal, she finished as Portland’s joint-top scorer in the tournament with 3 goals alongside Christine Sinclair and Izzy D'Aquila (the top-scorer of players on the active roster).
- Midfielder Olivia Moultrie scored her first goal of the tournament and her second goal of 2025.
- Rookies Boeckmann, Tordin and Hanks recorded assists. It was the first career assist for both Boeckmann and Tordin.
- Messner recorded her first Thorns clean sheet.
- Midfielder Sophie Hirst registered her first start of the year.
- Defender Sam Hiatt donned the captain’s armband for the first time this season.

UP NEXT: Portland Thorns are back in NWSL action on Saturday, June 7, hitting the road to Bay FC. Kickoff from PayPal Park is scheduled for at 4:30 pm PT on ION.

GOAL-SCORING BREAKDOWN

FIRST HALF

POR – Pietra Tordin (Carissa Boeckmann) 45’: Boeckmann would cross the ball into the keeper’s box to find an open Tordin who brought the ball down and struck it into the net with a right-footed shot.

SECOND HALF

POR – Payton Linnehan (Pietra Tordin) 52’: After receiving the pass from Tordin, Linnehan dribbled the ball into the box, won the 1v1 battle against the America defender and curled the ball into the top right corner past the diving keeper.

POR – Olivia Moultrie (Caiya Hanks) 81’: Timing her run into the box, Moultrie controlled the pass from Hanks and struck the ball past the charging the keeper.

LINEUPS

Portland Thorns FC (4-3-3): Morgan Messner, Moira Kelley (Reyna Reyes 45’), Isabella Obaze (Jayden Perry 77’), Sam Hiatt-C, Kaitlyn Torpey, Sophie Hirst, Carissa Boeckmann (Sam Coffey 73’), Mimi Alidou (Jessie Fleming 63’), Alexa Spaanstra (Olivia Moultrie 73’), Pietra Tordin, Payton Linnehan (Caiya Hanks 63’)

Subs not used: Bella Bixby, Haley Craig, Hina Sugita, Reilyn Turner, Deyna Castellanos

Club América (4-4-2): Itzel Velasco, Karina Rodriguez, Irene Guerrero, Kiana Palacios-C (Natalia Mauleon 83’), Priscila Da Silva (Monsterrat Saldivar 24’), Scarlett Camberos, Kimberly Rodriguez (Alexa Soto 56’), Sabrina Enciso, Nancy Antonio, Nicolette Hernandez, Jana Gutierrez

Subs not used: Sandra Paños, Renatta Cota, Jocelyn Orejel, Noemi Granados, Sarah Luebbert, Alondra Cabanillas

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

POR: Morgan Messner (Yellow) 57’
AME: Irene Guerrero (Yellow) 48’

MATCH STATS

POR | AME

Goals: 3|0
Assists: 3|0
Possession: 39|61
Shots: 12|8
Shots on Target: 5|2
Fouls: 8|9
Offsides: 3|0
Corner Kicks: 6|4

PORTLAND, Ore. (Saturday, August 15, 2026) – The Portland Thorns continued their impressive home form with a 2-1 win over Orlando Pride on Saturday when forward Caiya Hanks — who was making her return to the pitch after missing action for over a year with an ACL injury — scored a stoppage time winner to secure three points for the home side.

Both sides battled back and forth as they tried to search for the opening goal, with Thorns goalkeeper Mackenzie Arnold making three saves to ensure the match remained level going into the halftime break.
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The Thorns came out into the second half much more threatening in Orlando’s half and finally broke the deadlock in the 58^th minute when forward Pietra Tordin laid the ball off to forward Deyna Castellanos, who from the top right corner of Orlando’s box placed the ball perfectly into the top left corner of the goal over the hands of Orlando goalkeeper Anna Moorhouse.

The lead was short lived however when Arnold’s diving save to punch out a crossed ball in the 63^rd minute ricocheted off the knees of Orlando forward Jacqueline Ovalle and rolled into the net to level things back up.

From there, Portland and Orlando continued in their fight to search for a second and despite several good looks at goal, the match remained level.

That would all change after Hanks — who subbed on in the 88^th minute — curled the ball into the goal from outside the box in the 96^th to send Providence Park into a frenzy as the Thorns secured three points and extended its home unbeaten streak to 12 matches, nine on the season.

UP NEXT: The Portland Thorns host Denver Summit FC for the first time at Providence Park on Saturday, August 22. Kickoff is scheduled for 5:45 pm PT on ION and 910 ESPN Portland. Purchase tickets for the match HERE.

TEAM NOTES

• Pietra Tordin extended her assist tally to nine, sitting alongside Croix Bethune (KC) for most in the league so far this season. Tordin is one assist away from equalizing the league record for assists which is 10 (Tobin Heath, POR 2016 and Croix Bethune, KC 2024).  
• Deyna Castellanos scored her first goal of the 2026 season.
• Caiya Hanks, who was removed off the Season-Ending Injury list, made her return to the pitch for the first time since June 15, 2025 and scored the game-winner.
• M.A. Vignola got her first assist of the season.
• The Thorns have gone 12 home regular season matches (dating back to September 2025) without losing (8W,4D), extending the current club record.
• The Thorns have not lost at home in 2026 (6W,3D).
• In seven matches since 2018, Portland has not lost at home against Orlando (7W-0L-0D).

GOAL BREAKDOWN
First Half

N/A

Second Half

POR – Deyna Castellanos (Pietra Tordin) 58’
ORL – Jacqueline Ovalle 63’
POR – Caiya Hanks (M.A. Vignola) 90+6’

LINEUPS
Portland Thorns (4-2-3-1): Mackenzie Arnold (GK), M.A. Vignola, Jayden Perry, Isabella Obaze (Sam Hiatt 78’), Carolyn Calzada, Jessie Fleming-C, Nina Nijstad (Cassandra Bogere 85’), Pietra Tordin (Caiya Hanks 88’), Deyna Castellanos (Renee Lyles 78’), Marie Müller (Morgan Weaver 67’), Sophia Wilson

Subs not used:  Morgan Messner (GK), Reyna Reyes, Shae Harvey, Mallie McKenzie

Orlando Pride (4-4-2): Anna Moorhouse (GK), Hailie Mace (Gabi Nunes 90+8’), Rafaelle (Zoe Matthews 89’), Cori Dyke, Oihane Hernández (Zara Chavoshi 76’), Solai Washington, Ally Lemos, Haley McCutcheon-C, Julie Doyle (Summer Yates 65’), Jacqueline Ovalle, Barbra Banda (Angelina 65’)

Subs not used: Cara Martin (GK), Cossette Morche, Luana, Nicole Payne

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MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

POR: N/A
ORL: Jacqueline Ovalle (Yellow) 40’, Julie Doyle (Yellow) 52’, Rafaelle (Yellow) 85’

MATCH STATS

POR | ORL

Goals: 2|1
Assists: 2|0
Possession: 51|49
Shots: 10|12
Shots on Target: 4|6
Saves: 5|2
Tackles: 16|16
Tackles Won: 9|11
Interceptions: 14|26
Fouls: 7|6
Offsides: 0|1
Corner Kicks: 0|6

ATTENDANCE: 19,106

Referee: Brad Jensen
Assistant Referee 1: Katarzyna Wasiak
Assistant Referee 2: Sarah Gaddes
4th Official: Justin St. Pierre
VAR: Danielle Chesky
Assistant VAR: Seun Yinka-Kehinde

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