2017 Portland Thorns FC season
| 2017 season | |||
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| President | Merritt Paulson | ||
| Head Coach | Mark Parsons | ||
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Providence Park Portland, Oregon (Capacity: 21,144) |
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| Highest home attendance | 21,444 (September 30 vs. Chicago Red Stars) |
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| Lowest home attendance | 14,471 (April 29 vs. Chicago Red Stars) |
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| Average home league attendance | 17,155 | ||
| Biggest win | 4–0 (September 2 vs. Washington Spirit) |
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| Biggest defeat | 1–3 (June 17 vs. Sky Blue FC) |
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| All statistics correct as of July 8, 2017. | |||
The 2017 Portland Thorns FC season is the team's fifth season of existence. The Thorns play in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. The Thorns finished in first place in the 2016 season, but failed to advance from the semifinals in the 2016 NWSL playoffs. This season covers from the day after the 2016 NWSL final to the day of the 2017 NWSL final.
On October 17, 2016, Kat Williamson announced her retirement from soccer.
On October 19, 2016, Portland Thorns FC exercised contract options on goalkeeper Adrianna Franch; defenders Meg Morris and Katherine Reynolds; midfielders Celeste Boureille, Dagny Brynjarsdottir, Amandine Henry and Kendall Johnson; and forwards Nadia Nadim, Hayley Raso, and Mallory Weber. Goalkeeper Michelle Betos, defender Emily Menges and midfielder Meleana Shim went out of contract and have been extended new contract offers. Michelle Betos would later confirm that she did not accept on her Twitter account.
On October 27, 2016, Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan, Allie Long, Meghan Klingenberg and goalkeeper Adrianna Franch were called up for USA for two friendly matches against Romania.
On November 2, 2016, Emily Menges received her first USA call up due to Meghan Klingenberg suffering from a back injury.
On November 8, 2016, Portland Thorns FC head coach Mark Parsons signed a long-term contract extension. Nadine Angerer also signed a contract extension as Director of goalkeeping.
On December 13, 2016, Tobin Heath was named U.S. Soccer Female Player of the Year.
On December 15, 2016, Christine Sinclair was named Canadian Player of the Year.
On January 4, 2017, Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan and Allie Long, Emily Sonnett and goalkeeper Adrianna Franch were called up by USA for an evaluation period for the upcoming SheBelievesCup.
On January 12, 2017, Portland Thorns FC selected midfielders Rachel Hill, Caroline Flynn, and forwards Savannah Jordan, Tyler Lussi from the 2017 NWSL College Draft.
On January 18, 2017, Portland Thorns FC acquired Orlando Pride's first-round and fourth-round 2018 NWSL College Draft picks for the rights to forward Rachel Hill, who was chosen by Portland in the 2017 NWSL College Draft.
On January 27, 2017, Amandine Henry was sent on a short-term loan to french side, Paris Saint-Germain.
On February 8, 2017, Tobin Heath, Lindsey Horan and Allie Long, and defenders Meghan Klingenberg and Emily Sonnett were called up to the USA training camp ahead of the SheBelievesCup.
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