2018 Portland Thorns FC season
The 2018 Portland Thorns FC season is the team's and the league's sixth season of existence. The Thorns play in the National Women's Soccer League, the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns are coming into the season as reigning NWSL Champions.Season review
Off-season
On September 21, 2017, Raso signed a loan with Brisbane Roar for the 2017–18 W-League season.
on September 24, 2017, the club announced that midfielder Amandine Henry and forward Nadia Nadim will not be returning to the Portland Thorns in 2018 season. The moves were made for financial reasons, NWSL has a strict salary cap of $315,000 for each team and the Thorns could not compete with the offers made by Lyon and Manchester City.
In October 2017, Boureille was loaned to Brisbane Roar for the 2017–18 W-League season.
On October 24, 2017, it was announced that Sonnett signed a loan with Sydney FC for the 2017–18 W-League season.
On January 11, 2018, the club acquired the rights to Australian forward Caitlin Foord and a 2020 conditional natural second-round draft pick from the Seattle Reign in exchange for Allie Long.
On January 12, 2018 Portland acquired Brazilian midfielder Andressinha from the Houston Dash in exchange for forward Savannah Jordan.
On January 17, 2018, Portland Thorns FC selected midfielders Sandra Yu and Gabby Seiler and goalkeeper Bella Geist from the 2018 NWSL College Draft.
On February 15, 2018, Ashleigh Sykes announced her retirement from professional soccer.Competitions
Preseason
Thorns Spring Invitational presented by Tillamook YogurtPostseason
Regular season standings
Results by round
Club
Executive staff
Coaching staff
Squad information
Last updated: March 27, 2018
- ' = Federation player
- ' = on loan
Honors and awards
NWSL Season Awards
Month | Goalkeeper | Defenders | Midfielders | Forwards | Ref. |
March | | Emily Sonnett | Lindsey Horan | | |
April | | Emily Sonnett | | | |
May | | | Lindsey Horan | Christine Sinclair | |
June | | | Lindsey Horan | Christine Sinclair | |
July | Adrianna Franch | | Lindsey Horan | | |
August | | | Lindsey Horan | Tobin Heath | |