Portland Thorns fans turn out in waves, even as season comes to end

Portland Thorns fans turn out in waves, even as season comes to end

Hundred of Thorns fans attended a team-sponsored watch party ahead of the semi-final match against the Washington Spirit.

Thorns, outplayed by Spirit, see season end one step short

As Portland Thorns head coach Rob Gale looked down his bench for a solution to the deficit his team faced Saturday afternoon in the National Women’s Soccer League semifinal against the Washington Spirit at Audi Field, there was one thing conspicuous in its absence: a quality forward to poach an equalizer. “You saw how short of bodies we were at the end there,” Gale said after the season-ending, 2-0 defeat.  “No forwards to throw on. We limped ov…