August will bring a lot of action for the Thorns, with the ICC tournament and the tie-breaker against San Diego at the end of the month. Among those matches, Portland will have to face North Carolina Courage twice in the span of 20 days, with the first of those games happening tonight at Providence Park.
Thorns on fire
Portland is on an unbeaten streak. With the win they collected at Lynn Family Stadium, they extended it to nine games and have scored the impressive number of 27 goals, which is the most goals scored in any nine-game span in the league history, according to Opta.