{"id":8849,"date":"2023-10-15T16:05:32","date_gmt":"2023-10-15T23:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=8849"},"modified":"2023-10-15T16:05:32","modified_gmt":"2023-10-15T23:05:32","slug":"thorns-chance-to-win-shield-demolished-at-angel-city-by-5-1-score","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2023\/10\/15\/thorns-chance-to-win-shield-demolished-at-angel-city-by-5-1-score\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorns chance to win Shield demolished at Angel City by 5-1 score"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Portland Thorns, for the second year in a row, had a chance to clinch the NWSL Regular Season Shield with a win in the last match of the season.  And for the second year in a row fell short, this time in spectacular fashion in a 5-1 loss to Angel City FC.  Ali Riley<\/strong>, Mary Alice Vignola<\/strong>, Savannah McCaskill<\/strong>, Sydney Laroux<\/strong>, and Jun End\u014d <\/strong>all scored for the hosts, while Hina Sugita<\/strong> had the lone goal for the Thorns.<\/p>\n

The Thorns would have some early momentum but would not make it pay off with a goal, and were lucky to not give up a penalty kick when Bella Bixby<\/strong> appeared to grab an Angel City striker in the box, but the hosts would still make the Thorns pay.<\/p>\n

In the 36th minute, after having taken much of the momentum away from the Thorns, Angels City got on the board when Ali Riley<\/strong> made a run down the left side, and though it appears she was attempting to cross, the cross had enough pace on it and slipped inside the left post past Bixby from a tight angle, and the hosts had a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

And just two minutes later, the hosts doubled their lead when Claire Emslie<\/strong> lofted a cross across the goal mouth, where Mary Alice Vignola<\/strong> was there to head home from just a yard out, and Angel City had a 2-0 lead.  That would be the score at the break.<\/p>\n

Just two minutes into the second half, the onslaught continued when Vignola made a nice low cross to Savannah McCaskill<\/strong>, who redirected easily past Bixby, and it was a 3-0 Angel City lead.<\/p>\n

In the 51st minute, Angel City added yet another goal, this time an amazing bicycle kick finish by Sydney Laroux<\/strong> after Bixby had made an initial save, at the home side now led by a 4-0 score.<\/p>\n

The Thorns did get a goal back in the 79th minute when Hita Sugita<\/strong> recovered a loose ball in the Angel City box after goalkeeper Angelina Anderson<\/strong> had stopped a cross, and it was 4-1 Angel City.<\/p>\n

But just a minute later, it was another Japanese national player on the board, this time Angel City’s Jun End\u014d<\/strong> who had Bixby beaten to the right side (again), and the four goal lead was restored at 5-1.  This would be the final score.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Portland Thorns, for the second year in a row, had a chance to clinch the NWSL Regular Season Shield with a win in the last match of the season.  And for the second year in a row fell short, this time in spectacular fashion in a 5-1 loss to Angel City FC.  Ali Riley, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8823,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8849","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-thorns","category-thorns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/sd093023-1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8849"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8850,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8849\/revisions\/8850"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8823"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8849"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8849"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8849"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}