PORTLAND, Ore. (Wednesday, May 20, 2026) – On a night of many firsts, the Portland Thorns continued their impressive start to the season with a dominant 2-0-win vs Bay FC on Wednesday night at Providence Park, reclaiming the top spot in the NWSL standings.

With the victory, Portland are now unbeaten in their last eight regular season matches at home dating back to September 2025 and set a new regular-season minutes shutout streak record (594), beating the longstanding record previously held by Western New York Flash (567, 2013).

For most of the first 45 minutes, the Thorns kept the ball in Bay’s half of the field as they kept testing the keeper in search of the first goal. The deadlock would break in favor of Portland off a corner in the 30^th minute when the ball fell at the top of the box and bounced toward defender M.A. Vignola who volleyed the ball from 20 yards out into the top left corner to send Providence Park into a frenzy.

Thorns defender Marie Müller had an opportunity to double it for the Thorns before the halftime break but her shot bounced off the crossbar to keep the scoreline 1-0 in favor of Portland.

Portland continued to dominate in the second half and secured the three points when forward Sophia Wilson laid a ball off to defender Mallie McKenzie in the 77^th minute, who slotted the ball into the net to register her first professional goal.

UP NEXT: The Portland Thorns hit the road to face Kansas City Current at CPKC Stadium on Sunday, May 24. Kickoff on CBS and KNKR-2 is scheduled for 10 am PT.

TEAM NOTES

• M.A. Vignola (D) scored her first Thorns goal and game-winner since arriving in Portland last September. It is her sixth career NWSL goal.
• Mallie McKenzie (D) scored her first career NWSL goal tonight.
• Sophia Wilson (F) tallied her first assist of the year to set up McKenzie’s goal.
• Jennie Immethun (D) made her professional debut, subbing on in the 86^th minute.
• The Portland Thorns have now gone (594) minutes without conceding a goal at home in regular season play dating back to October 4, 2025 (2-1 W vs BAY). The Thorns broke the record of 567 minutes previously held by 2013’s Western New York Flash.
• Portland is the joint leader in clean sheets so far this season with seven. Their seven clean sheets in 11 games are the most of any team in the NWSL this season.
• Since September 2025, Portland have not lost in nine consecutive home matches across all competitions, eight straight when just counting matches played in regular season.
• Portland is 6W-1L-1D when scoring first this season, 3W-0L-0D when leading at halftime.
• Portland Thorns have scored in 10 of their 11 games, more often than any other team in the NWSL this season.

GOAL BREAKDOWN

First Half

POR – M.A. Vignola 30’

Second Half

POR – Mallie McKenzie (Sophia Wilson) 77’

LINEUPS

Portland Thorns (4-2-3-1): Mackenzie Arnold, M.A. Vignola, Sam Hiatt, Isabella Obaze, Reyna Reyes, Cassandra Bogere (Jennie Immethun 86’), Jessie Fleming, Mimi Alidou (Mallie McKenzie 66’), Pietra Tordin (Shae Harvey 86’), Marie Müller (Renee Lyles 86’), Sophia Wilson

Subs not used:  Morgan Messner, Carolyn Calzada, Deyna Castellanos, Maddie Padelski, Jayden Perry

Bay FC (4-3-3): Jordan Silkowitz, Anouk Denton (Maddie Moreau 86’), Joelle Anderson, Brooklyn Courtnall (Aldana Cometti 60’), Sydney Collins, Hannah Bebar, Claire Hutton, Racheal Kundananji (Kelli Hubly 72’), Dorian Bailey (Caroline Conti 45’), Taylor Huff, Cristiana Girelli (Karlie Lema 45’)

Subs not used:  Emmie Allen, Onyeka Gamero, Tess Boade, Jamie Shepherd

MISCONDUCT SUMMARY

POR: McKenzie (Yellow) 90’

BAY: Cometti (Yellow) 65’

MATCH STATS

POR | BAY

Goals: 2|0
Assists: 1|0
Possession: 48|52
Shots: 22|13
Shots on Target: 7|2
Saves: 2|5
Tackles: 13|15
Tackles Won: 12|9
Interceptions: 6|10
Fouls: 7|10
Offsides: 0|1
Corner Kicks: 6|8

ATTENDANCE: 15, 683
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Referee: JC Griggs
Assistant Referee 1: Bennett Savage
Assistant Referee 2: Clarence Clark
4th Official: Patricia McCracken
VAR: Abdou Ndiaye
Assistant VAR: Tony Obas

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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