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Portland Thorns re-sign 4 players, add goalkeeper Updated Feb 11, 2021; Posted Feb 11, 2021 Bella Bixby returns for her fourth season with the Thorns and is coming off an ACL injury she suffered last summer. (Rob Gray / ISI Photos) Facebook Share The Portland Thorns have re-signed four players and added a third goalkeeper to the roster, the team announced Thursday. Portland re-signed goalkeeper Bella Bixby, forward Tyler Lussi, defender Madison Pogarch and midfielder Angela Salem. The Thorns also signed goalkeeper Shelby Hogan. All five contracts are one-year deals, the Thorns said. Lussi, ...

Fleshed-out roster means exciting possibilities for Thorns FC Share this story Photo by Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Yesterday was a big day — and not because of what any groundhog had to say about the current state of winter. No, it was a big day because it was the first time that Portland Thorns FC hit the field for preseason training. The excitement surrounding the team seems to be high as ever and for good reason. The Thorns fleshed out their roster pretty well this offseason. They added Finnish defender Natalia Kuikka, re-signed players like Simone Charley and Emily Menges, and in the big...

“It was very hard to get my confidence up at the beginning [of the 2020 season],”the Red Stars’ Bianca St. Georges said. “Not only was I struggling with my individual performances, but the people around me were world-class players. It was a big pressure for me to show up and prove I was worth being part of the team.”  Maddie Meyer/Getty Images Bianca St. Georges is light-years away from the player she was when she got drafted by the Red Stars with the 20th overall pick in 2019. Obviously, two years have passed since the Quebec defender was drafted out of West Virginia, but more ...

Eckerstrom, 27, appeared in 26 matches (all starts) across all competitions for Portland.

Rapinoe spoke about the attacks on the U.S. Capitol last week, opting out of the NWSL competitions in 2020 and much more.