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Portland Thorns Rhian Wilkinson Resigns + Letter from the Players
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In this video, I discuss the details surrounding Rhian Wilkinson’s resignation. I also discuss the letter from the players in regards to Rhian Wilkinson and her relationship with a Thorns player. I spent most of today trying to piece this story together and I realized, by the end of it, I don’t trust the Portland Thorns Front Office. Never did and still don’t.
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#Portland thorns FO is sus#nwsl#portland thorns#woso#rhian wilkinson#Portland thorns Rhian Wilkinson#merritt patterson
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People's reactions to the Rhian Wilkinson resignation and situation are crazy.
From the looks of it, she and a player (who was a teammate when she played there) caught feelings. They're human, it happens. Once they realized they ended outside of work communications, self-reported, and subjected themselves to a full investigation to ensure Rhian hadn't done something wrong in the mean time. Whether she may have or not we won't know because we don't get the full documentation of the investigation. She was cleared, right or wrong, and then went to speak to team staff. Someone ran their mouths before she could sit down with the players (gossip is faster than lightspeed).
Per the information available, she did the right thing at every step and did not try to hide anything. The huge issue with everything that has come before is the cover ups. Feelings happen, its what you do about them that matters. Maybe she did misstep somewhere along the way, subconsciously gave favouritism, we don't know, but she didn't cover anything up.
Now, when the players found out before she could speak to them, they were hurt and lost trust. Perfectly understandable response. Someone of authority potentially favouring a teammate or using her authority inappropriately, there is reason to be upset. Especially given everything recently. Their request that she resign is valid. Her choice to do as they ask is good on her. And, potentially, good for her since now that there isn't a professional relationship they can see if maybe a personal one will work.
Honestly, she shouldn't have started coaching at the Thorns from the get go because the time between being a player and then head coach wasn't long enough for a full change of players and there was always going to be something lingering from her time as a player, jealousies, prior opinions, friendships, whatever.
But the people thinking the players are being too sensitive or thinking her career should be destroyed are wilding.
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Portland Thorns y volver a la hegemonía
Portland Thorns y volver a la hegemonía
Con el dominio, la regularidad, el carisma y una apuesta diferente por bandera la NWSL tiene nuevo campeón, Portland Thorns
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#Becky Sauerburnn#Bella Bixby#Christine Sinclair#Fútbol Femenino#Jun Endo#Kelli Hubly#Megan Klingenberg#Morgan Weaver#Natalia Kuikka#NWSL#NWSL 2022#Olivia Moultire#Portland Thorns#Rhian Wilkinson#Rocky Rodrígue#Rocky Rodruíguez#Sophia Smith#Sophia Smith 2022#Yazmeen Ryan
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I'm so out of the loop with everything regarding portland but who dated who? A coach again?
So they weren't in an official relationship, but Rhian Wilkinson (Thorns Head Coach) and Emily Menges (Thorns Player) had texted each other regarding their mutual feelings for one another. Although they did let the Thorns organization and the league know about their situation and they were cleared of any wrongdoing, other players were understandably not comfortable with it and didn't have faith that Rhian could continue as coach of their team which led to her resigning this morning.
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CBS Soccer! :)
2023 way too early NWSL Power Rankings
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Analysis
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Portland Thorns FC
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Newly promoted head coach Mike Norris steps in for former manager Rhian Wilkinson and that commitment to continuity is present throughout the team. The Thorns will enter the regular season with nearly all of their 2022 NWSL Championship roster intact. Sophia Smith is the reigning league MVP, and the club re-signed long-time captain Christine Sinclair for one more year in an effort to chase another title.
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Kansas City Current
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The club ended its season as runners-up in the 2022 NWSL Championship, narrowly missing out on a remarkable "worst-to-first" season. After looking stagnant and out-classed in the final the front office quickly got to work to get even better. They re-signed key players Hailie Mace, Alex Loera, and Kate Del Fava. and then won the free agency period by signing three sought-after targets Morgan Gautrat, Vanessa DiBernardo, and Debinha.
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San Diego Wave FC
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Wave FC were calculated in their offseason moves after a historic inaugural season ended in a playoff semifinal appearance. Head coach Casey Stoney and general manager Molly Downtain retained much of the inaugural roster, and added pieces in free agency. The midfield got a big boost with Danielle Colaprico, but if young prospect Jayden Shaw can add more goals in her sophomore year expect the Wave to have another successful season.
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OL Reign
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The 2022 NWSL Shield winners ended their season with a semifinal defeat in the playoffs. Head coach Laura Harvey has made minor changes to her roster leading into the 2023 season. Veteran re-signings with Lauren Barnes and Megan Rapinoe were predictable moves, but the additions of defender Emily Sonnett, forward Elyse Bennett, and midfielder Luany could provide the team with a new spark.
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Houston Dash
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The club hired a new head coach in Sam Laity and he's tasked with taking the team to the next level after the the made its first-ever postseason appearance in franchise history. They retained key players in free agency with new contracts for Sophie Schmidt and Allysha Chapman and have many players returning from their quarterfinals run. But acquiring Diana Ordonez might take the team to the next level if she can replicate the record-breaking goal-scoring from her rookie season.
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NJ/NY Gotham FC
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The east coast side leaned into veteran experience this offseason after hiring new head coach Juan Carlos Amoros. They landed goalkeeper Abby Smith in free agency and re-signed Ifeoma Onumonu and Taylor Smith. They also acquired Yazmeen Ryan and in maybe the splashiest move of the off-season traded for USWNT forward Lynn Williams during the draft, setting up big expectations for the club after a last-place finish in 2022.
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Chicago Red Stars
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The team suffered the biggest departures in free agency losing all of their starting midfielders. They tried to stop the bleeding by acquiring veteran Cari Roccaro, and signing Brazilian international Julia Binachi. Forward Mallory Swanson has had two consecutive MVP-caliber seasons with the team and is in remarkable form with the national team, but much of the clubs' success will depend on how their new midfield pieces pan out.
8.
Racing Louisville FC
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Head coach Kim Björkegren has created a roster of massive international talent since he joined the franchise in 2022. Nigerian forwardl Uchenna Kanu is the newest addition and enters the league off a successful stint with Tigres Femenil. While most teams will feel the pressure of international windows in a World Cup year, Louisville may feel the impact hardest. A break in the regular season will help, but how all the new pieces mesh together will put a lot of pressure on Bjorkegren getting his tactics right.
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Orlando Pride
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The Pride promoted Seb Hines to head coach after the team went on an undefeated streak during his time as the interim boss. The team picked up exciting young players in the draft, but how players return from injury may impact the teams' success as Brazilian icon Marta returns post-ACL injury and Vivanna Villacorta continues to strengthen her ankle after season-ending ligament surgery last season.
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Angel City FC
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Angel City will embark on just their second season but made minor moves in the offseason to improve. The biggest brand in the league struck out in the first-ever free agency period but did manage to sign Katie Johnson to the roster. It's a risky move to hope multiple players (Christen Press, Sydney Leroux, Sarah Gorde, etc) have breakout seasons after major injuries, but the team has a young prospect in Alyssa Thompson to be excited about.
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Washington Spirit
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The 2021 NWSL Champions took a complete 180 degree turn and struggled during their 2022 season. The team strung together just enough performances to avoid last place, but may not have accomplished enough in the offseason to get them back to the playoffs. Much will depend on whether or not the current core of players will buy into former NWSL champion and new head coach Mark Parsons' tactics in his second stint with the club.
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North Carolina Courage
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The team officially closed the chapter on an entire era after losing Debinha to free agency and trading team captain Abby Erceg. The roster also lost Carson Pickett and Merritt Methias in the trades, but welcomes USWNT defender Emily Fox, Estelle Johnson, and Tyler Lussi to the squad.
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Rhian Wilkinson slutar
När Mark Parsons slutade som tränare i USA:s topplag Portland Thorns för att ta över Nederländarna som förbundskapten (var han redan fick sluta efter besvikelsen i EM) inleddes sökandet efter en efterträdare och av många som kom i fråga valde man till slut 40-åriga kanadensiska Rhian Wilkinson.
Wilkinsom kom till Portland och Providence Park som fortfarande samlar världens mest entusiastiska…
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#soccer#NWSL#NWSL: Portland Thorns#Christine Sinclair#Karina LeBlanc#Rhian Wilkinson#okay yes at this rate I should just make a soccer sideblog
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OL Reign head coach Laura Harvey, Portland Thorns head coach Rhian Wilkinson, and Portland Thorns director of goalkeeping Nadine Angerer chat before a game between OL Reign and Portland Thorns FC at Lumen Field on March 18, 2022 in Seattle, Washington.
📸: Jane Gershovich, ISI Photos
#laura harvey#rhian wilkinson#nadine angerer#ol reign#portland thorns fc#ol reign vs portland#challenge cup 2022#march 2022#coaches
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Canadá, campeona olímpica sin liga ni clubes profesionales ¿qué sucede?
#NWSL
Campeonas olímpicas y trayectoria histórica en el fútbol femenino ¿cómo se explica la ausencia de ligas profesionales en Canadá?
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#Canadá Fútbol Femenino#Canadá Soccer#Christine Sinclair#Fútbol Femenino#Janine Beckie#NWSL#NWSL 2022#NWSL Canadá#Portland Thorns#Rhian Wilkinson
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Portland Thorns GM Karina LeBlanc, coach Rhian Wilkinson reflect on entry into Canada Soccer Hall of Fame via /r/NWSL https://ift.tt/HeySx48
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NWSL Preview: After a tumultuous year will Portland Thorns thrive under new leadership?-ZellaNews
The National Women’s Soccer League preseason is underway and 12 clubs are beginning their journeys to the 2022 season. The 2022 Challenge Cup will kick off on March 18 with the Cup final closing on May 7. You can NWSL action on Paramount+.
Head coach Rhian Wilkinson took over Portland Thorns after manager Mark Parsons spent six years with the club before moving on to coach the Netherlands…
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Portland Thorns to hire former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson as head coach: Sources via /r/NWSL https://ift.tt/3ERYmbE
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TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team takes its first step into the new quadrennial on Friday at a camp in Los Angeles where players ranging from 15-year-old Jordyn Huitema to 33-year-old captain Christine Sinclair will take the field.
Coach John Herdman's 22-woman roster includes 10 members of the Olympic bronze medal squad, as well as six players who competed at the FIFA U-20 World Cup in Papua New Guinea in November-December and five who took part in the U-17 World Cup in Jordan in September-October.
The camp roster features seven teenagers and 17 players aged 24 or younger. Sinclair (33), Diana Matheson (32), Stephanie Labbe (30), Desiree Scott (29) and Allysha Chapman (27) are the only players over 25.
"This is a great window to start that assessment," Herdman said in an interview.
The youngsters invited represent just the first wave of new talent. There is another group — 13-, 14- and 15-year-olds — who will be assessed in 2018 to see if there are any who could break into the senior group as a young Deanne Rose did.
For Herdman and his staff, it's all part of a carefully crafted blueprint for the 2019 World Cup in France and 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.
Herdman's team will fly back to Vancouver on Jan. 29. The fourth-ranked Canadian women will play No. 26 Mexico on Feb. 4 at Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium in what is billed as a celebration match of the Olympic team.
While the Canadian Soccer Association is handling Huitema with care, she is seen as a future star.
She was just 13 when she attended an under-15 talent identification camp. Since then she has taken part in 12 national youth team camps or international tournaments, playing most recently at the U-17 World Cup.
"She's one of the closest things I've seen to Sinclair — so no pressure on the kid," Herdman said dryly. "As a youngster, I've seen those qualities of Sinclair — the touch, the movement — in people like Janine Beckie. But from what I've seen of Jordyn, she's got the goal-scoring ability and the sort of height and size and presence that you associate with Christine on the field."
The five-foot-10 forward from Chilliwack, B.C., has been developing with the Vancouver Whitecaps elite girls program for two years.
Herdman brought her briefly into a camp prior to the Olympics and "she knocked it out of the park."
"She was on par with our senior players and looking like she could be the future," he added.
Huitema, whose favourite player is Sinclair, has already shown she can handle pressure. In 2014, the then-13-year-old scored the deciding penalty kick in the shootout that earned Canada the CONCACAF U-15 championship over Haiti.
Of the other eight Olympians, European-based players Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence and Sophie Schmidt were not called up.
"With these players, you're now dealing with international windows," said Herdman.
Rebecca Quinn is injured (toe) but is due to be assessed during the camp. Josee Belanger is due to join the camp on Jan. 30. Melissa Tancredi and Rhian Wilkinson have announced their retirement but will be part of the Feb. 4 game.
Herdman elected not to summon rising midfield star Jessie Fleming, citing her busy schedule at UCLA. But Fleming is expected to take part in a couple of the Los Angeles training sessions.
Talks are ongoing to see if the European-based players might be released for the Mexico game.
Marie-Eve Nault, another veteran who is hanging up her boots, will watch the Mexico game from the sidelines.
Herdman is committed to playing his Olympians in that match. But he will shuffle the deck for a second game against Mexico that will played behind closed doors.
Hannah Taylor, 17, and Ashley Cathro, 16, have been summoned ahead of schedule because Herdman is thin at centre back. Buchanan is in Europe while Quinn and Kennedy Faulknor (concussion) are injured. Rachel Melhado, who has been excelling at USV Jena in Germany is unavailable for personal reasons.
Attacking midielder Sarah Stratigakis, a highly touted youth international, and West Virginia defender Amandine Pierre-Louis also get a shot.
There is also a call-up for 21-year-old Ohio State forward Lindsay Agnew, the first Canadian taken in last week's NWSL draft at No. 19 by the Washington Spirit.
There is a return for 24-year-old Adriana Leon, a member of the 2015 World Cup team, after a stint in Europe with FC Zurich.
The camp was originally slated for suburban Vancouver but was shifted to California because of the weather forecast and possible pitch conditions.
Canada Roster
Lindsay Agnew, Kingston, Ont., Washington Spirit; Janine Beckie, Houston Dash; Gabrielle Carle, Levis, Que. Dynamo Quebec; Ashley Cathro, Victoria, Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite; Allysha Chapman, Courtice, Ont., Boston Breakers; Sabrina D'Angelo, Welland, Ont., North Carolina Courage; Jordyn Huitema, Chilliwack, B.C., Vancouver Whitecaps FC Girls Elite; Stephanie Labbe, Edmonton, Washington Spirit; Alex Lamontagne, Whitby, Ont., Durham United FC; Adriana Leon, King City, Ont., FC Zurich; Marie Levasseur, Stoneham, Que., University of Memphis; Diana Matheson, Oakville, Ont., Washington Spirit; Amandine Pierre-Louis, Montreal, West Virginia University; Nichelle Prince, Ajax, Ont., Houston Dash; Deanne Rose, Alliston, Ont., Scarborough GS United; Kailen Sheridan, Whitby, Ont., Sky Blue FC; Sarah Stratigakis, Woodbridge, Ont., Aurora United FC; Valerie Sanderson, Boisbriand, Que, Cometes de Laval; Desiree Scott, Winnipeg, FC Kansas City; Christine Sinclair, Burnaby, B.C., Portland Thorns FC; Hannah Taylor, Edmonds, Wash., Eastside FC; Shelina Zadorsky, London, Ont., Washington Spirit.
- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/coach-john-herdman-looks-to-survey-new-wave-of-women-s-soccer-talent-1.8021824#sthash.rWq5Wi2z.dpuf
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