Match Discussion Thread: Thorns at KC Current
Come chat through the Thorns 2025 opener!
The NWSL is back! The Portland Thorns begin their 2025 campaign as they travel to face the Kansas City Current (kickoff set for 9:45 a.m. PT; broadcast on ABC and streaming ESPN).
Will a young, hungry, and unproven Thorns team that’s missing many of its biggest stars fare better than the last opener in KC? Only one way to find out: watch on, and hit up the comment section to chat through the match with the Stumptown community!
Well, Angel City next week will be illuminating. Happy for the players that they didn't get Chicago'd, and there were some positive signs, primarily from Liv --who was really active and tracked more today than I've seen from her maybe ever-- and Castellanos.
No denying Gale still a mess, but KC's a tough place to go into and that could have easily been 3-2 at the end of the day. Much easier to stomach this kind of thing when the kids are getting time vs. 40 year old Sinc and Izzy.
I laughed at the goofy kickoff stunt; it just seemed so Peak Ken. Then the appalling lack of organization, piss-poor lineup, individual errors, and poor tactics showed up as usual and it stopped being funny.
Honestly…what did we see this morning that we didn’t know last November?
There’s no excuse for not firing Ken after the final whistle of this one.