Highlights | Kansas City Current vs. Portland Thorns FC | March 16, 2024

Portland Thorns FC and Kansas City Current played a thriller at brand-new CPKC Stadium in Kansas City, MO. The hosts defeated Portland by a score of 5-4 in the opening match of the 2024 NWSL season.
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[@jonloftness5210]

I'm still amazed to watch Sophia Smith play. I got to watch her play for a couple years with Colorado Real in the Development Academy; then to Stanford, and now professionally. She's been the real deal her whole life.

[@violin245]

Hey thorns fought back from depths of defeat.

[@Karen-l9f]

Wow!!! What an exciting game to watch! Cudos to both teams. :)

[@shubhoroy8438]

Becky's goal, wow - gives me goosebumps!

[@paolobianconi495]

Beautiful match

[@ifootballgirl]

Great game, great atmosphere, great staff..my first time in Superman country and i enjoyed every second. It's pretty developed out there! Wishing the league great success this season. Peace.

[@Alyssa27110]

Wild

[@sincyfavfan]

Smith’s Goal 6:58 🔥. Goal of the season, maybe🤷🏾‍♂️.

[@pumelelabilibane]

That's a goal of the season for you. Her first goal was better than that

[@novanights2chevy597]

Is it too early to talk about the Ballon d'Or Féminin?

[@candacelong7643]

@@pumelelabilibaneI like the individuality of the second goal more but the first goal was epic! Classic Soph

[@codnerd1234]

BECKIE IS BACK BABY ❤❤

[@LouisDuran]

Where the hell was Bella? I don't recognize this new keeper but she was terrible. The first goal was 100% her fault. Indecisiveness. Bad pass in a dangerous spot. 4th goal was also her fault. Someone (coach) needs to talk to her and settle her down. Or just bench her. Thorns would have won if not for that keeper.

[@mackenziewalker2410]

She’s on mat leave having a baby

[@iansoberano5103]

She’s on maternity leave man…..have you read the news? She won’t be back this heat from what I understand. I hope that SHELBY hogan settles down or else Kozal is gonna play minutes in GK. Offensively we struggled. Nothing more to say.

[@candacelong7643]

@@iansoberano5103We scored 4 goals and would have scored more if the backline and GK were better. We win this game if Hogan doesn’t basically hand over 2 goals. That 4th goal was ridiculous. You can’t spill that

[@MKronos]

yeah IDK who the backup (to the backup) keeper is, but they deserve one start at least

[@Ralph_Smith0724]

*Tremendous game. Unfortunatly for the Thorns, Bella Bixby is on maternity leave and the new keeper is inexperienced.*

[@No.1komanga]

Gonna be a long year.

[@iansoberano5103]

That is true she is……Shelby is not a bad GK she is inexpereinced. That is the cruelty of the game. You win and lose…..as they say in the pro level in the nWSL you can’t win the NWSL title every year. You have to scratch and crawl for every win. In order for the THORNS to lose other teams have to knock us out of contention but that wont happen. KOZAL might be the new GK or get someone who is experienced.

[@promich7194]

Thorns backline looked disjointed under pressure.

[@scott4482]

I'm sorry for being critical and pointing at one individual after a team defensive failure, but our goalkeeper was terrible, she was often out of position and her decision making passing the ball was critically in error.

[@vasectomybro]

It's because the starter Portland goalkeeper Bella Bixby decided to have a baby.

[@candacelong7643]

@@vasectomybroJust 😢 congrats I guess but it could honestly derail the season. I just don’t see Hogan holding it down, not with the elite scorers this year. They HAVE to sign someone

[@mydnaprofiles6123]

It was expected from the current to come out strong in front of a record crowd in their new home field. The Thorns coaching staff did not sketch a successful game plan for the players. Not a big fan of the coach. They fought back and scored 4 goals while almost put a couple more in the back of the net. They do have some major issues at the goalkeeping position and a very shaky backline. It's a long season. Anything can happen.

[@iansoberano5103]

True good point MIKE NORRIS is not a bad coach…..look at RHIAN Wilkinson she was.1 good coach…and won a title in 2022….wee have to try to win 1 with Norris or someone else..if we dont get at least 3 wins the next few games. Ya right every team will struggle I think the GK is the problem without BELLA it will be tough without her on MAT leave. Kozal can the next goalkeeper if Shelby continues to struggle. It is only 1 game. The thorns need to get it together.

[@やまねまこと-v8v]

妃和一推しの70過ぎの爺様です。17歳の世界大会MVPから注目しとる。もっと.もっと妃和の動きを魅せてくれ〜。ポートランド頑張れ❣️

[@ramikla_146]

Imagine a women’s leagues cup

[@PaulLe-jk4uq]

Congratulations to Sophia Smith and Janine Beckie. Each of you got two outstanding goals for the Thorns. The rest of you ladies have fought hard, tenacious and GRIT to come back and almost at least tie the game. Too bad, with out Bixby was the reason for the loss. Hogan was inexperienced, short, and didn’t know any better to keep the goal cleaner!!! She needs to be trained More and quick before other games coming! Fleming, Beckie, Coffey, Hubly, Smith, Hina, you all did your job WELL !!! Please keep it up. It’s only first game of the season!!! Best wishes!🌹💖⚽️🇺🇸👍🤩

[@MKronos]

trained? it was plain big moment nerves obviously

[@Ralph_Smith0724]

*Just to see Janine Beckie and Sophia Smith playing football is worth whatever the price of the ticket is. Beckie plays like an American because she is one of us (She was born in Ol' USA).*

[@twagissmude]

❤

[@kaze987]

Wowowowowow

[@sh0t0kan]

Wow

[@benswami3197]

No Megan no magredy no Leon. Very weak defence.

[@chloebottrell6702]

Portlands goalkeeper needs some work

[@amaliaflores9904]

Gk blew a can

[@SkipTown-w4d]

Sophia smith my favorite female player in the whole world, love her so much

[@djtimo1025]

Sophie Brown?

[@trinityh3939]

This game was embarrassing to watch. The thorns defense team was non existent, the goalie had zero situational awareness, hesitated way too much. I'm glad they made somewhat of a come back.

[@DerekLangdon]

Much ado about nothing. Or, never mind.

[@iansoberano5103]

They will be fine it is a new core group…..what can you do about this roster?? You have no choice but to do what we got.

[@987GeorgeMr]

Is Portland Team Canada lol beautiful game

[@dnsguru]

Add a couple of defenders from team Canada and perhaps a goaltender and Portland would be formidable.

[@ipodzrock1]

Absolutely shambolic goalkeeping and defending. I never seen a worse defensive display from the Thorns in my life

[@bigcitylife9334]

That goalkeeper was actually High 😅

[@iansoberano5103]

Great match but we did not play welll Shelby needs to step up as a new goalkeeeper if we are gonna stay in this race early on. Losing this game by 1 goal is not enough…..without Bixby it will be tough to if we don’t get it together if we are going to win a 4th title it’s about defense and scoring goals and getting results. Yesterday was a bad luck game. Shelby Hogan needs to step up her goal keeper game if she wants an opportunity to start….Lauren Kozal is a rookie….she needs to practice to get her game going everyone else on the team needs to do their role. as a fan just saying. GO THORNS!!!!

[@candacelong7643]

That needs to be her worst game of the season. Get it out of the way now. Goal 1 and Goal 4 can’t happen again on the professional level. I was shocked. Coaching needs to get her confident and tell her to be decisive. At least the backline settled in, in the second half and much better. Especially Obaze and Muller who were shaky in the first.

[@davidwright5318]

I have become a big fan of professional women’s football (soccer), but it is clear that the quality of play is far superior in the English WSL than the American League. I don’t know how and why such a gap has arisen.

[@JhonCena-zz2xg]

Keeper cost the game

[@travis3889]

laughable!

[@epicgenx5091]

Not sure what's worse, watching this or finding out people actually follow it.

[@erobinsonii]

I feel the same about both Europe and England. FA WSL, the same 3 teams. France has 2 kind of. All the other European teams, one I think.

[@mydnaprofiles6123]

Terrible goalkeeping! Just awful.

[@xvariabledesign]

Sloppy play

[@mydnaprofiles6123]

The Kansas city current is a fun team to watch. I was disappointed to see the camera on Patrick Mahomes's wife. Next will be Taylor Swift and her Swifty crowd. That's not fun.

[@Trueaim44]

Brittney Mahomes is the owner…😅

[@Bart-ti8mi]

yeah, Britney Mahomes was part of the ownership group that has built the first ever stadium specifically for women soccer. Expect to see more of her, and also Taylor Swift. Now everyone gonna be Chief's and Current's fans !!