The quotes we get in sports teams’ press releases are often in a language that is different from ours, something that relies more hints and subtly than we would consider direct conversation. Within today’s new release from Portland Thorns FC, though, there is something that’s actually quite directly, if slightly formal.
Today, Thorns FC announced that signing of Lindsey Horan and Crystal Dunn to new, three-year contracts. Both were Thorns players, before, but neither were technically signed with the club. Instead, they had contracts with U.S. Soccer and were allocated to Portland.
- ANNOUNCEMENT | Horan, Dunn forgo allocation, sign Thorns deals
Thanks to a pair of new policies, the Thorns are able to sign Horan and Dunn to club deals, something team president Gavin Wilkinson tied to both his team’s goals and its vision of the soccer world.