Yesterday the club released the team awards (which are great!), but Stumptown Footy and Red Smoke Radio felt as though the awards handed out by the team and the league didn’t reflect the full team experience over the course of the year. In order to really describe the experience of following the team, we needed to develop other awards that showcased both the depth and breadth of talent up and down the team.
Your Thorns beat writers present, for your consideration: the first annual Smokies.
Midge Purce may not be the Thorns’ Most Online player, but her off-field shenanigans were truly historic this season, especially in the later months.