PORTLAND, Ore. – Emily Menges’ leadership style is not a vocal one. By nature, it’s one that leverages example. Where others yell, she runs. Where others explain, she tends to do.
So, when two weeks ago, she stepped in front of her team to explain the importance of her club’s Stand Together Week – running now through June 15 in locations across Portland – it was both a natural and unnatural role. She’s not the first Portland Thorns FC player you’d think of when it comes to addressing a room, but when it comes to community outreach, her actions-over-words approach embodies what Stand Together Week is all about.