North Carolina Courage W 2–2 Portland Thorns W
- Season
- NWSL
- 2026 · Group Stage
Referee
Alyssa Pennington (USA)
NWSL: North Carolina Courage W and Portland Thorns W drew 2–2. Goals: Reilyn Turner 12', Manaka Matsukubo 28', Olivia Moultrie 33', Ashley Sanchez 37'.
Top rated
The provider's match ratings, out of 10.
How the score moved
The running score, step by step, with every score marked.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
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| When | North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W |
|---|---|---|
| 12′ · Reilyn Turner | 0 | 1 |
| 28′ · Manaka Matsukubo | 1 | 1 |
| 33′ · Olivia Moultrie | 1 | 2 |
| 37′ · Ashley Sanchez | 2 | 2 |
| 90′ | 2 | 2 |
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
North Carolina Courage WGoals2xG1.01
- xG per shot
- 0.08
- Goals minus xG
- +0.99
Portland Thorns WGoals2xG1.11
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- +0.89
How the chances split
North Carolina Courage W win 33%Draw 30%Portland Thorns W win 38%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.01 | 1.11 |
| xG per shot | 0.084 | 0.069 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.99 | +0.89 |
| North Carolina Courage W win | 33% | |
| Draw | 30% | |
| Portland Thorns W win | 38% |
Goals & cards
- 12′Reilyn TurnerAssist: Jayden Perry
- Manaka MatsukuboAssist: Carly Wickenheiser28′
- 33′
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Ryan Williams37′
- Evelyn IjehFoul80′
- 84′
- 12′
Key stats
- 60%Ball Possession40%
- 1.01Expected goals1.11
- 12Total Shots16
- 7Shots on goal6
- 7Corner Kicks4
Half by half
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Courage W | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Portland Thorns W | 2 | 0 | 2 |
Facts
From each side's recent results and their meetings, before this match.
- North Carolina Courage W: 1 won, 1 drawn, 1 lost in their last 3 matches.
- North Carolina Courage W scored 3 and conceded 4 in their last 3 matches.
- Portland Thorns W: 3 won, 0 drawn, 1 lost in their last 4 matches.
- Portland Thorns W have scored in each of their last 4 matches.
- Portland Thorns W kept 3 clean sheets in their last 4 matches.
- Portland Thorns W scored 6 and conceded 3 in their last 4 matches.
- Their last meeting: Portland Thorns W 1–0 North Carolina Courage W.
Recent form
Standings
Nwsl Women
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 |  Kansas City W | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 |  Angel City W | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 |
| 6 | Portland Thorns W | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 |  Utah Royals W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 8 |  Seattle Reign FC W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | North Carolina Courage W | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 10 |  Denver Summit W | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 |  Orlando Pride W | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
Timeline
- 12′Reilyn TurnerAssist: Jayden Perry
- 25′Off: Reilyn TurnerOn: Marie-Yasmine Alidou
- Manaka MatsukuboAssist: Carly Wickenheiser28′
- 33′
- Ashley SanchezAssist: Ryan Williams37′
- 46′Off: Mary Alice VignolaOn: Marie Müller
- Off: Carly WickenheiserOn: Payton Linnehan69′
- 69′Off: Cassandra BogereOn: Deyna Castellanos
- 69′Off: Pietra TordinOn: Maddie Padelski
- Evelyn IjehFoul80′
- Off: Shinomi KoyamaOn: Natalia Staude80′
- Off: Dani WeatherholtOn: Allyson Schlegel80′
- Off: Hannah BetfortOn: Evelyn Ijeh80′
- 84′
- 12′
Chances and finishing
Expected goals (xG) weigh every shot by how often a chance like it is scored. Set against the goals, they show who made the better chances and who took them.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
North Carolina Courage WGoals2xG1.01
- xG per shot
- 0.08
- Goals minus xG
- +0.99
Portland Thorns WGoals2xG1.11
- xG per shot
- 0.07
- Goals minus xG
- +0.89
How the chances split
North Carolina Courage W win 33%Draw 30%Portland Thorns W win 38%
Each side's xG treated as the average of a Poisson distribution of goals: how often this match ends each way if its chances were played out again and again.
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| North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 |
| Expected goals (xG) | 1.01 | 1.11 |
| xG per shot | 0.084 | 0.069 |
| Goals minus xG | +0.99 | +0.89 |
| North Carolina Courage W win | 33% | |
| Draw | 30% | |
| Portland Thorns W win | 38% |
Every shot, and how it ended
Goals, shots the keeper saved, shots off target and shots blocked before they reached goal — then where they were taken from.
- Goals
- Saved
- Off target
- Blocked
North Carolina Courage W12 shots2532
Portland Thorns W16 shots2464
- 1012Inside the box
- 24Outside the box
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| North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W | |
|---|---|---|
| Goals | 2 | 2 |
| Saved | 5 | 4 |
| Off target | 3 | 6 |
| Blocked | 2 | 4 |
| Inside the box | 10 | 12 |
| Outside the box | 2 | 4 |
The ball: possession and passing
Who had it, how often they moved it, and how many of those passes found a teammate.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
60%Possession40%
84%422 of 500 passes77%249 of 324 passes
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| North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W | |
|---|---|---|
| Possession | 60% | 40% |
| Passes | 500 | 324 |
| Completed | 422 | 249 |
| Pass accuracy | 84% | 77% |
Discipline
Fouls, cards and offsides, and when each card was shown.
- 98Fouls
- 11Yellow cards
- 00Red cards
- 01Offsides
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| North Carolina Courage W | Portland Thorns W | |
|---|---|---|
| Fouls | 9 | 8 |
| Yellow cards | 1 | 1 |
| Red cards | 0 | 0 |
| Offsides | 0 | 1 |
Every player's rating
The provider's match ratings out of ten, one dot per player who featured. Point at a dot for the name.
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
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| Player | Team | Rating | Min |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manaka Matsukubo | North Carolina Courage W | 8.2 | 90 |
| Ashley Sanchez | North Carolina Courage W | 7.9 | 90 |
| Reilyn Turner | Portland Thorns W | 7.9 | 25 |
| Mackenzie Arnold | Portland Thorns W | 7.7 | 90 |
| Maycee Bell | North Carolina Courage W | 7.5 | 90 |
| Ryan Williams | North Carolina Courage W | 7.3 | 90 |
| Reyna Reyes | Portland Thorns W | 7.3 | 90 |
| Sam Hiatt | Portland Thorns W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Olivia Moultrie | Portland Thorns W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Sophia Wilson | Portland Thorns W | 7.2 | 90 |
| Kailen Sheridan | North Carolina Courage W | 6.9 | 90 |
| Shinomi Koyama | North Carolina Courage W | 6.9 | 80 |
| Natalia Staude | North Carolina Courage W | 6.9 | 10 |
| Marie Müller | Portland Thorns W | 6.9 | 45 |
| Carly Wickenheiser | North Carolina Courage W | 6.7 | 69 |
| Hannah Betfort | North Carolina Courage W | 6.7 | 80 |
| Jayden Perry | Portland Thorns W | 6.7 | 90 |
| Riley Jackson | North Carolina Courage W | 6.6 | 90 |
| Jessie Fleming | Portland Thorns W | 6.6 | 90 |
| Evelyn Ijeh | North Carolina Courage W | 6.5 | 10 |
| Deyna Castellanos | Portland Thorns W | 6.5 | 21 |
| Dani Weatherholt | North Carolina Courage W | 6.3 | 80 |
| Payton Linnehan | North Carolina Courage W | 6.3 | 21 |
| Allyson Schlegel | North Carolina Courage W | 6.3 | 10 |
| Mary Alice Vignola | Portland Thorns W | 6.3 | 45 |
| Cassandra Bogere | Portland Thorns W | 6.3 | 69 |
| Pietra Tordin | Portland Thorns W | 6.3 | 69 |
| Marie-Yasmine Alidou | Portland Thorns W | 6.3 | 65 |
| Maddie Padelski | Portland Thorns W | 6.3 | 21 |
| Uno Shiragaki | North Carolina Courage W | 6.2 | 90 |
The goalkeepers
Saves against shots on target faced; goals prevented is the provider's measure of goals saved beyond what the shots' quality predicted.
67%
Kailen Sheridan
Kailen Sheridan- Saves
- 4
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 6.9
71%
Mackenzie Arnold
Mackenzie Arnold- Saves
- 5
- Conceded
- 2
- Rating
- 7.7
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
Top stats
- 60%Ball Possession40%
- 1.01Expected goals1.11
- 12Total Shots16
- 7Shots on goal6
- 7Corner Kicks4
Shots
- 3Shots off Goal6
- 2Blocked shots4
- 10Shots insidebox12
- 2Shots outsidebox4
Passing
- 500Total passes324
- 422Passes accurate249
- 84%Pass accuracy77%
Defence & set pieces
- 4Goalkeeper Saves5
- 0Offsides1
Discipline
- 9Fouls8
- 1Yellow Cards1
- –Red Cards–
More
- 84%Passes %77%
- –Goals prevented–
Half by half
- North Carolina Courage W
- Portland Thorns W
| Team | 1H | 2H | T |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina Courage W | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Portland Thorns W | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16.9Kailen Sheridan
348.2⚽Manaka Matsukubo
206.9Shinomi Koyama
336.7Hannah Betfort
97.2Sophia Wilson
66.3Cassandra Bogere
216.6Jessie Fleming
187.7Mackenzie ArnoldNorth Carolina Courage W3-4-2-1Portland Thorns W4-2-3-1North Carolina Courage W3-4-2-1Coach: Mak Lind
Portland Thorns W4-2-3-1Coach: Robert Vilahamn
| 1Kailen SheridanG | 90 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 52 | – | 43 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 |
| 18Uno ShiragakiD | 90 | 6.2 | – | 0 | – | – | 62 | – | 53 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | – | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 25Maycee BellD | 90 | 7.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 65 | – | 60 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 17Dani WeatherholtD | 80 | 6.3 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 37 | – | 34 | 2 | – | – | 4 | 6 | 1 | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 13Ryan WilliamsM | 90 | 7.3 | – | 1 | – | – | 40 | 2 | 31 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 8 | – | – | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 16Riley JacksonM | 90 | 6.6 | – | 0 | – | – | 61 | 2 | 48 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 5 | – | 1 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 14Carly WickenheiserM | 69 | 6.7 | – | 1 | – | – | 44 | 1 | 39 | 3 | 1 | – | 4 | 13 | 1 | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 2Ashley SanchezM | 90 | 7.9 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 2 | 21 | 1 | 1 | – | 4 | 9 | 3 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 20Shinomi KoyamaF | 80 | 6.9 | – | 0 | 1 | 1 | 34 | – | 26 | 1 | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 34Manaka MatsukuboF | 90 | 8.2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 46 | 2 | 41 | 1 | 2 | – | 3 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | – | 0 |
| 33Hannah BetfortF | 80 | 6.7 | – | 0 | – | – | 14 | – | 11 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 15Payton LinnehanF | 21 | 6.3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 2 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 12Natalia StaudeD | 10 | 6.9 | – | 0 | – | – | 8 | 1 | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 10Evelyn IjehF | 10 | 6.5 | – | 0 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | – | – | – | 3 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 0 |
| 35Allyson SchlegelF | 10 | 6.3 | – | 0 | 1 | – | 6 | – | 4 | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 22Cortnee VineF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 99Madison WhiteG | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 5Cameron BrooksD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 3Sydney SchmidtD | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
| 7Lauryn ThompsonF | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 | – | 0 |
Nwsl Women
| POS | Team | GP | W | D | L | PTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  NJ/NY Gotham FC W | 30 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 61 |
| 2 |  San Diego Wave W | 30 | 18 | 4 | 8 | 58 |
| 3 |  Washington Spirit W | 30 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 55 |
| 4 | Kansas City W | 30 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 53 |
| 5 | Angel City W | 30 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 52 |
| 6 | Portland Thorns W | 30 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Utah Royals W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 8 | Seattle Reign FC W | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 47 |
| 9 | North Carolina Courage W | 30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 45 |
| 10 | Denver Summit W | 30 | 11 | 8 | 11 | 41 |
| 11 | Orlando Pride W | 30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 36 |
| 12 |  Houston Dash W | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 13 |  Boston Legacy W | 30 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 33 |
| 14 |  Bay FC W | 30 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 27 |
| 15 |  Racing Louisville W | 30 | 7 | 3 | 20 | 24 |
| 16 |  Chicago Red Stars W | 30 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 17 |