Portland Thorns FC player alocations include Alex Morgan and Christine Sinclair!

[Wheels]

Alex Morgan coming to Portland

1/2 of S2 rejoices

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Rachel Buehler D 5-5 08/26/85 United States Stanford

Tobin Heath M 5-6 05/29/88 United States UNC

Karina LeBlanc GK 5-10 03/30/80 Canada Univ. of Nebraska

Alex Morgan F 5-7 07/02/89 United States UC Berkeley

Marlene Sandoval D 5-9 01/18/84 Mexico Cal State, Fullerton

Luz Saucedo D 5-1 12/14/83 Mexico

Christine Sinclair F 5-9 06/12/83 Canada Univ. of Portland

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Alex Morgan?!?! Awesome!!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Alex Morgan is worth the price of admission


But Thorns.....seriously?

 

[BrianFromWA]

wow... you guys made out.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Alex Morgan is worth the price of admission


But Thorns.....seriously?

I thought it was a little odd, but it plays with the PTFC and the Rose City and all that.

 

[porkchopexpress]

Holy shit. If Portland doesn't win with that combo up top, something is wrong with that team. I know you guys don't actually care about women's soccer, but Sinclair is amazing.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

wow... you guys made out.

Apparently the allocated players got to request their teams.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Holy shit. If Portland doesn't win with that combo up top, something is wrong with that team. I know you guys don't actually care about women's soccer, but Sinclair is amazing.

Lethal strike partnership! Goals galore!

 

[Mediocre Man]

Plus Alex will be closer to her boyfriend who plays for the team in Seattle

 

[Mediocre Man]

Re: Alex Morgan coming to Portland

Alex Morgan is adorable. Of course she only chose Portland to be closer to her BF in Seattle

 

[Wheels]

Re: Alex Morgan coming to Portland

Alex Morgan is adorable. Of course she only chose Portland to be closer to her BF in Seattle

Seattle has a women's team. "Seattle Reign" Thats where Hope Solo, and Rapinoe were allocated to. Seems kinda weird for me though. Rapinoe is in Seattle, and Morgan is in Portland.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Players Allocated to @WNYFlash: USA: Lloyd, Wambach; MEX: Perez, Tajonar; CAN: McCarthy, Robinson

Players Allocated to @ThornsFC: USA: Buehler, Heath, Morgan; MEX: Sandoval, Saucedo; CAN: LeBlanc, Sinclair

Players Allocated to @WashSpirit: USA: Harris, Krieger, Lindsey; MEX: Garciamendez, Worbis; CAN: Gayle, Matheson

Players Allocated to @SkyBlueFC: USA: Loyden, O'Hara, Rampone; MEX: Ocampo, Rangel; CAN: Booth, Schmidt

Players Allocated to @SeattleReignFC: USA: Rapinoe, Rodriguez, Solo; MEX: Noyola, Ruiz; CAN: Kyle, Zurrer

Players Allocated to @chicagoredstars: USA: Boxx, LePeilbet, Winters; MEX: Dominguez, Garza; CAN: McLeod, Moscato

Players Allocated to @FCKansasCity: USA: Barnhart, Cheney, Sauerbrun; MEX: Cuellar, Diaz; CAN: Scott, Sesselman

Players Allocated to @BostonBreakers: USA: Leroux, Mitts, O'Reilly; CAN: Leon, Wilkson; MEX: Guajardo, Santiago

 

[Wheels]

def very surprised to see Morgan come here and Rapinoe go to Seattle.

 

[BrianFromWA]

Seattle looks tough. I don't know the foreign players for NY, but obviously Wambach is a beast. POR looks good. Are they going to be more popular than the Timbers?

 

[Mediocre Man]

I don't follow soccer at all, but Alex Morgan is a superstar. Not just a women's soccer superstar, but a National one. I think the women's team will be super popular in Portland

 

[Wheels]

Are they going to be more popular than the Timbers?

doubt it. Still will be popular, but even with these SOLID additions to the squad I doubt they get the waiting list for Season Tickets and all that.

But it will succeed here in Portland, that I'm confident of.

Might be more nationally recognized though?

 

[tlongII]

wow... you guys made out.

I would like to make out with Alex Morgan.

 

[PapaG]

Rachel Buehler D 5-5 08/26/85 United States Stanford

Tobin Heath M 5-6 05/29/88 United States UNC

Karina LeBlanc GK 5-10 03/30/80 Canada Univ. of Nebraska

Alex Morgan F 5-7 07/02/89 United States UC Berkeley

Marlene Sandoval D 5-9 01/18/84 Mexico Cal State, Fullerton

Luz Saucedo D 5-1 12/14/83 Mexico

Christine Sinclair F 5-9 06/12/83 Canada Univ. of Portland

Heath/Saucedo/Sinclair/Morgan is a great nucleus.

Sinclair and Morgan on the same front line means I'll pay to bring my girls to watch some quality soccer.

 

[Charcoal Filtered]

Probably more excited for the Thorns season to start, but will enjoy both. Great entertainment for the price.

 

[BlazerWookee]

Re: Alex Morgan coming to Portland

Alex Morgan is the best-looking player on the US Women's Soccer team. Yes, she's even cuter than Hope Solo, so nyaaah.

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

Heath/Saucedo/Sinclair/Morgan is a great nucleus.

Sinclair and Morgan on the same front line means I'll pay to bring my girls to watch some quality soccer.

Should be an entertaining time for the family. I'm not familiar with the Mexican ladies.

 

[BlazerWookee]

I would like to make out with Alex Morgan.

I'm having sex with her tonight, whether she's there or not...

 

[GriLtCheeZ]

I'm having sex with her tonight, whether she's there or not...

Dude!?!?!?

 

[ehizzy3]

alex morgan, thank you baby jesus!!

 

[BlazerWookee]

Dude!?!?!?

She'd better not be a dude...

 

[MickZagger]

Re: Alex Morgan coming to Portland

Alex Morgan is the best-looking player on the US Women's Soccer team. Yes, she's even cuter than Hope Solo, so nyaaah.

Hope solo likes rough sex though

 

[julius]

I'm sorry, I stopped paying attention once I found out Alex Morgan is going to be in Portland on a semi regular basis.

And by stopped paying attention I mean I was giggling and googling.

 

[PapaG]

The Thorns had 2000 season ticket deposits before any allocated players were named. Merlo Field only holds 3500 ... be cool if they sold 5k or so to make it worth playing at Jeld-Wen.

http://www.stumptownfooty.com/2012/12/22/3795520/portland-thorns-over-2000-season-ticket-deposits

No prices yet for tickets as far as I can tell, though.

 

[PapaG]

Article with quotes from Alex Morgan.

Seems as if Portland is the envy of the league, as they should be with Sinclair and Morgan on the same front line, and Heath at mid-field. Vets like Bueher and Saucedo in the back is just an incredible 5 right there.

http://www.opb.org/news/article/rivals-sinclair-morgan-to-unite-on-portland-thorns/

Two female soccer players who played against each other in a key game in last year’s Olympics will now be teammates in Portland.

Christine Sinclair led the Canadian national team to a bronze medal in last year’s Olympics. Her performance included scoring three goals in a losing effort against Team USA.

Scoring the winning goal in that game for the Americans was Alex Morgan.

Now they’re both Portland Thorns.

On a conference call with reporters, Alex Morgan gushed about being assigned to Portland.

“You know, I’m really excited to be here, today, I’m excited to get this started off with the Portland Thorns," Morgan said. "[The] Northwest is a really great soccer area – I had firsthand experience with that last year.”

Canadian, Christine Sinclair was a crowd favorite at the University of Portland. Another Portland Pilot, Megan Rapinoe, landed with the Seattle Reign.

Those are just three of the 55 players with ties to the US, Canadian, and Mexican national teams that were distributed among eight pro franchises.

But the heavy dose of serious goal scorers in Portland has given rise to complaints among soccer fans elsewhere, according to ESPN soccer correspondent Leander Schaerlaeckens.

“People are already crowning Portland the 2013 champions, on Twitter, it seems," Schaerlaeckens said. He asked, "Can we talk a little about how the difficulty of putting together this allocation, and how you tried to achieve balance?”

League officials say they considered player and team preferences, and kept an eye on balancing talent and player roles.

Next up is a draft of eligible college players, next Friday.