{"id":9185,"date":"2024-04-20T23:51:45","date_gmt":"2024-04-21T06:51:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/?p=9185"},"modified":"2024-04-20T23:51:45","modified_gmt":"2024-04-21T06:51:45","slug":"thorns-get-first-win-of-the-season-4-1-over-houston-dash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/2024\/04\/20\/thorns-get-first-win-of-the-season-4-1-over-houston-dash\/","title":{"rendered":"Thorns get first win of the season, 4-1 over Houston Dash"},"content":{"rendered":"

For the Portland Thorns, their first game with Rob Gale<\/strong> as Interim Head Coach was a successful one, as they would get their first win of the season with 4-1 win over the Houston Dash. Christine Sinclair<\/strong>, Sophie Smith<\/strong>, Olivia Moultrie<\/strong>, and Janine Beckie<\/strong> would all score for the home side, while Diana Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<\/strong> had the lone goal for the visitors.<\/p>\n

In just the 6th minute, the Thorns would take the lead when Sophie Smith<\/strong>‘s tight-angle shot was saved by Houston goalkeeper Jane Campbell<\/strong>, but the rebound would be right into the run of Christine Sinclair<\/strong> at the far post, who one-timed the ball into the open net, and the Thorns had a 1-0 lead.<\/p>\n

In the 27th minute the lead would double when Smith stole the ball about 35 yards out from goal, and had a one-on-one chance with Campbell, and slipped the shot just inside the left post, and the Thorns lead was now 2-0. In the 41st minute, Sinclair had a great chance with a sliding redirection, but Campbell was well-positioned to make the save. The Thorns would hold a 2-0 lead at the halftime break.<\/p>\n

In the 49th minute, the Dash would pull back a goal when B\u00e1rbara Olivieri<\/strong> would get on the end of a cross and play it back in front of net, where Diana Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez<\/strong> one-timed a soft shot, well-placed that eluded the Thorns defense and goalkeeper Shelby Hogan<\/strong>, and the lead was now 2-1.<\/p>\n

Then in the 87th minute, Smith made a run into the box for the Thorns, and found Olivia Moultrie<\/strong> near the penalty spot, and Moultrie put the ball on her right foot and placed her shot just inside the right post, and the Thorns lead had been extended to 3-1.<\/p>\n

Then in stoppage time, the Thorns would add another goal when Janine Beckie<\/strong> would intercept a Houston pass near midfield and made an open run into the Houston box, and finished with a low shot just inside the left post, and the Thorns lead was now 4-1, which would be the final.<\/p>\n

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For the Portland Thorns, their first game with Rob Gale as Interim Head Coach was a successful one, as they would get their first win of the season with 4-1 win over the Houston Dash. Christine Sinclair, Sophie Smith, Olivia Moultrie, and Janine Beckie would all score for the home side, while Diana Ord\u00f3\u00f1ez had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9186,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-match-reports-thorns","category-thorns"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/04\/hou042024-1024.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9185","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=9185"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9185\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9187,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9185\/revisions\/9187"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9186"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9185"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9185"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pdxcite.net\/soccercityusa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9185"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}