Portland Thorns FC Schedule Released; First Match Against FC Kansas City

The NWSL has finally gotten around to releasing the schedule for its inaugural season! The first game is set to kick off on April 13th with the Portland Thorns taking on FC Kansas City, and then the rest of the teams will start their campaigns on April 14th. After playing 22 games the NWSL season will end in Mid August, which means the season is only 19 weeks long. The biggest news might be that all the Portland Thorns' home games will be played at JELD-WEN Field.

Here is the entire Thorns Schedule, with breakdowns coming after:

April 2013

GAME# Date Time Home MR Away Location 10 Sat Apr 13 7:35 pm FC Kansas City vs Portland Thorns FC Shawnee Mission North High School Stadium 16 Sun Apr 21 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Seattle Reign FC JELD-WEN Field 18 Sat Apr 27 7:00 pm Chicago Red Stars vs Portland Thorns FC Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium

May 2013

GAME# Date Time Home MR Away Location 23 Sat May 4 7:00 pm Washington Spirit vs Portland Thorns FC Maryland Soccerplex Stadium 29 Sun May 12 5:00 pm Chicago Red Stars vs Portland Thorns FC Benedictine University Sports Complex Stadium 30 Thu May 16 7:30 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Sky Blue FC JELD-WEN Field 33 Sun May 19 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Washington Spirit JELD-WEN Field 36 Sat May 25 7:00 pm Seattle Reign FC vs Portland Thorns FC Starfire Stadium

June 2013

GAME# Date Time Home MR Away Location 40 Sat Jun 1 7:30 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Chicago Red Stars JELD-WEN Field 42 Thu Jun 6 7:30 pm Portland Thorns FC vs FC Kansas City JELD-WEN Field 50 Sun Jun 16 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Seattle Reign FC JELD-WEN Field 52 Sat Jun 22 7:00 pm Sky Blue FC vs Portland Thorns FC Yurcak Field Stadium 59 Sun Jun 30 3:10 pm FC Kansas City vs Portland Thorns FC Shawnee Mission North High School Stadium

July 2013

GAME# Date Time Home MR Away Location 65 Sat Jul 6 7:30 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Boston Breakers JELD-WEN Field 71 Sun Jul 14 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Western New York Flash JELD-WEN Field 76 Sun Jul 21 4:00 pm Boston Breakers vs Portland Thorns FC Dilboy Stadium 79 Sun Jul 28 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Chicago Red Stars JELD-WEN Field 81 Wed Jul 31 7:30 pm Portland Thorns FC vs Sky Blue FC JELD-WEN Field

August 2013

GAME# Date Time Home MR Away Location 86 Sun Aug 4 2:00 pm Portland Thorns FC vs FC Kansas City JELD-WEN Field 88 Wed Aug 7 7:00 pm Boston Breakers vs Portland Thorns FC Dilboy Stadium 93 Sat Aug 10 7:35 pm Western New York Flash vs Portland Thorns FC Sahlen's Stadium 94 Sat Aug 17 8:00 pm Seattle Reign FC vs Portland Thorns FC Starfire Stadium

Breakdowns:

• Longest homestand is 3 games, which occurs twice: June 1st-Jun 16, July 28th-August 4th
• Portland has 4 out of their 5 July games at home.
• Longest road trip will be 3 games which goes from August 7th through August 17th
• Most games in a month will be 5 in May, June and July.
• In Mid may there will be three games in 7 days but the rest of the season games will be 6 to 8 days apart.
• Portland plays(number of times): Seattle (4), FC Kansas City (4), Chicago (4), Sky Blue FC (3), Boston Breakers (3), Washington (2), and Western New York (2).