Portland wraps up their three-game week this Saturday with a road trip to Seattle. Hopefully, the Thorns’ decisive home win on Wednesday will give them the confidence to keep playing an attacking game, which they’ll need in taking on a scrappy, quick-scoring Seattle Reign side.
Projected starting XI
I don’t expect a repeat of the Dagny-at-right-back experiment we saw on Wednesday, for reasons to be enumerated below. That means we’ll see AD Franch in goal, behind Meghan Klingenberg, Emily Menges, Emily Sonnett, and Celeste Boureille. Allie Long and Amandine Henry will continue as dual defensive midfielders in the 4-2-3-1.