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Portland goalkeeper Adrianna Franch can scan the field in front of her during any given game but what makes the Thorns good isn’t necessarily something she sees.

It’s a mindset.

“I think our strength in general is our culture. It’s yeah, you can play pretty soccer, and that’s what we want to do, we love to get the ball down and move it. But we love to get after you, and find a way to win, and that comes with the players that we have around us,” Franch said. “Individually everybody has that mindset, so collectively it’s hard to beat.