Offside.win NWSL Portland Thorns FC v North Carolina Courage
Portland Thorns FC v North Carolina Courage
Our call
We looked at this match and did not find a call worth making. That can change as team news comes in: calls are looked at again every fifteen minutes until kick-off, so one can change or come down, and each closes when the match starts. the bet slip stays exactly as posted.
No call on Portland Thorns FC against North Carolina Courage. There is a likely outcome here, but every bookmaker has it shorter than it deserves, so there is nothing to take.
Preview
The results here are not telling the whole story. Portland Thorns FC have failed to win three of their last ten games in which they made the better chances. Their football is better than their results. As for the other side, away from home, North Carolina Courage have made the better chances in four of their last five away games. And they have lost three of their last ten games in which they made the better chances. Their football is better than their results. Whoever makes the better chances on the day takes this one.
Form
- Portland Thorns FC have won one, drawn three and lost two of their last six.
- North Carolina Courage have won two, drawn none and lost four of their last six.
Head to head
31 meetings between them: Portland Thorns FC won 11, North Carolina Courage won 12, eight were drawn. Last time: North Carolina Courage 2–2 Portland Thorns FC, April 2026.
The table
Portland Thorns FC are 7th and North Carolina Courage 9th.
Expected line-ups
Portland Thorns FC: Mackenzie Arnold, Mary Alice Vignola, Carolyn Calzada, Jayden Perry, Reyna Reyes, Jessie Fleming, Shae Harvey, Caiya Hanks, Nina Nijstad, Sophia Wilson, Pietra Tordin.
North Carolina Courage: Kailen Sheridan, Felicitas Rauch, Uno Shiragaki, Natalia Staude, Ryan Williams, Ashley Sanchez, Erica Meg Parkinson, Riley Jackson, Gianna Paul, Evelyn Ijeh, Shinomi Koyama.
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