PORTLAND, Ore. – There are two standards by which Bella Bixby’s 2020 was not only a success but a resounding one. There was her play on the field, where she was one of the best goalkeepers at the National Women’s Soccer League’s summer Challenge Cup. But there was also the standard of her preseason goals, which were, according to her, “very simple, and that was to get minutes in 2020.” When Portland Thorns FC kicked off their first game of the season, Bixby was in goal.
Bixby was so good over the four games she played in Utah, people are likely to forget.