The Thorns head on the road tomorrow to brutally-hot, possibly stormy Houston to take on the Dash. With a home win and two hard road losses in the rearview mirror, here’s what to expect:
Starting XI
With Nadia Nadim, Amandine Henry, and the only recently-healthy Dagny Brynjarsdottir no longer with us (until the beginning of August, at the earliest, anyway), Mark Parsons has some shuffling to do.
If he sticks with the 4-2-3-1, I expect we’ll see Mana Shim slotting into the second defensive midfield spot next to Allie Long, and Ashleigh Sykes and Hayley Raso starting on opposite wings.