After a tough draw against the North Carolina Courage, the Portland Thorns (4-1-3) are ready to pick up a win as they host the Utah Royals FC (5-2-1). Coach Mark Parsons emphasized his players’ frustration at last weekend’s result, despite the number of positives he’d taken out of the match. “People are saying, ‘If we’d done this, if we’d done that, we wouldn’t have conceded. If we’d done this, we’d done that, we would’ve scored our second goal or our third goal,’” he said at practice this week, attributing the Thorns’ disappointment to the mentality his squad has fostered over the years.
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