NWSL Portland Thorns FC

Thorns FC Earn 1-0 Road Win against Nj/Ny Gotham FC

May 30, 2021 - National Women's Soccer League (NWSL)
Portland Thorns FC News Release


HARRISON, N.J. - Playing their third game in eight days, Portland Thorns FC earned a hard-fought 1-0 win on the road against NJ/NY Gotham FC at Red Bull Arena on Sunday afternoon. Crystal Dunn scored her first career goal with Portland, tallying the game winner, while Meghan Klingenberg notched her first assist of the 2021 regular season for Thorns FC.

Firsts

Dunn tallied her first career goal for Portland in the match. Klingenberg notched her first assist in NWSL regular-season play in 2021, delivering the assist on Dunn's game-winning goal. Sunday's match also marked the first start of the 2021 campaign for Emily Menges, who logged 61 minutes..

Against Gotham FC

With the win, Portland is unbeaten in its last eight matches (5-0-3) across all competitions against Gotham FC. Notably, Thorns FC have earned at least one point in six straight road games against Gotham FC, posting a mark of 5-0-1, while recording consecutive shutouts on the road. For Dunn, it was her fifth goal in 12 career regular-season matches against Gotham FC.

Goal-Scoring Plays

POR - Crystal Dunn (Meghan Klingenberg), 56th minute: Working the ball down the left side of the field, Meghan Klingenberg dribbled along the top of the box and slotted a pass to Crystal Dunn, who took a touch to create space before firing the ball from distance into the top left corner of the goal.

Notes:

Emily Menges earned her first start of the 2021 season, logging 61 minutes.

Crystal Dunn scored her first goal for Portland in 2021. The goal was the 33rd of her NWSL career.

Meghan Klingenberg tallied her first assist of the 2021 regular season.

The assist was Klingenberg's 13th in regular-season play with Thorns FC, which is tied for the third-most in club history.

Adrianna Franch recorded her fourth shutout across all competitions in 2021.

Tyler Lussi made her 50th appearance across all competitions for the club.

Portland earned at least one point from five of its last six road matches in all competitions.

Six players finished the match with at least two chances created: Klingenberg, Lindsey Horan, Dunn, Christine Sinclair, Rocky Rodríguez and Morgan Weaver.

Thorns FC have recorded 20 or more shots in all four regular-season matches in 2021.

Dunn is the eighth different player to score a goal for Thorns FC across all competitions in 2021.

Next Game

Thorns FC return home to play host to Racing Louisville FC on Saturday, June 5, at Providence Park. The June 5 match kicks off at 7:30 p.m. (Pacific) and will be broadcast live on Twitch.

Portland Thorns FC (2-2-0, 6pts) vs. NJ/NY Gotham FC (1-1-1, 4pts)

May 30, 2021 - Red Bull Arena (Harrison, N.J.)

Goals by Half 1 2 F

Portland Thorns FC 0 1 1

NJ/NY Gotham FC 0 0 0

Scoring Summary:

POR: Dunn (Klingenberg), 56

Misconduct Summary:

NJ/NY: Dydasco (caution), 19

POR: Klingenberg (caution), 69

POR: Rodríguez (caution), 75

NJ/NY: Long (caution), 83

Lineups:

POR: GK Franch, D Westphal, D Menges (Hubly, 61), D Sauerbrunn, D Klingenberg, M Salem (Rodríguez, 46), M Horan, M Dunn, M Sinclair © (Boureille, 67), F Smith (Lussi, 90+1), F Charley (Weaver, 61)

Substitutes Not Used: GK Bixby, D Kuikka, D Pogarch, F Everett

TOTAL SHOTS: 22 (Smith, 7); SHOTS ON GOAL: 8 (Smith, 3); FOULS: 6 (five players tied, 1); OFFSIDES: 2; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 3

NJ/NY: GK Sheridan, D Dydasco, D Freeman, D Johnson, D Purce, M Cudjoe, M Long, M Kawasumi (Lee, 72), F Monaghan, F Lloyd, F Onumonu (Viens, 76)

Substitutes Not Used: GK Haracic, D Flores, D Skroski, D Lewandowski, M Baxter, M Eddy, M Richardson

TOTAL SHOTS: 13 (five players tied, 2); SHOTS ON GOAL: 3 (three players tied, 1); FOULS: 11 (three players tied, 2); OFFSIDES: 1; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 7

Referee: Karen Abt

Assistant Referees: Tom Felice, Rachel Smith

4th Official: Luis Arroyo

Weather: Rain, 52 degrees

All statistics contained in this box score are unofficial

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