Thorns FC back to the grind to snare three points against Washington | Portland Timbers
It didn't feature the oft-oppressing attacking displays we’d seen against Orlando, Seattle and Utah, but Portland Thorns FC’s Saturday visit to the Washington Spirit was also devoid of the slips the defending NWSL champions had experienced in each of those recent matches. What was left was a 1-0 result which, reminiscent of the team’s grind-it-out wins in the middle of last season, snapped Portland’s five-match winless run and collected the team’s first shutout of the season.
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