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Moving forward: How Midge Purce worked her way up the field and Portland’s attacking depth chart

From being named to the NWSL Team of the Month in June, to leading the Thorns in goals after scoring six times in seven games, to working her way into a forward rotation that includes returning World Cup players such as Caitlin Foord and Hayley Raso, it feels like there’s little that Midge Purce hasn’t done this season.

Always a player with tremendous potential, Purce found herself in the perfect position to have a breakout mini-season while the World Cup stars were away. And when the time came, she was one of a number of Thorns to do just that.