Welcome to the first of eight Timbers.com and ThornsFC.com's series of posts combing through the depth charts of both the Timbers and Thorns, assessing where each team’s roster sits at the beginning of the offseason. We start in the National Women’s Soccer League’s world, and with a place where the biggest questions loom over the Thorns’ roster.
How many forwards do the Portland Thorns need? Because that list, above? It feels long (and star-studded) enough.
I start with that question – something, like a personal pronoun, I try to avoid at the beginning of posts – because it feels like the most important one.