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Kansas City Current Defeat Portland Thorns 2-0 in NWSL Road Win

by David Harrison – Chief Editor

PORTLAND, Ore. – The kansas City Current defeated the Portland Thorns FC 2-0 on Friday, ​August 23,‌ 2025, at Providence park. ⁤Goals from Claire Wheeler in ⁤the ‍first minute and Tabitha Chawinga in​ the 71st minute secured the victory ⁣for kansas City.

Wheeler opened the scoring just one minute into the match, assisted by Izzy Rodriguez. ​Chawinga extended the lead in the second half, finishing a play initiated by Wheeler. The ​Current controlled the match, despite a late red card issued to Kansas City’s Addie Robinson in the 90+8th minute.

The ‍match was‍ played in warm conditions, with a temperature of 91 degrees and sunny skies. A crowd of 16,695 spectators attended the contest.

Discipline: Portland’s Natalia Castellanos and the Portland bench received yellow cards in the ‍56th ⁤and 77th minutes, respectively. Kansas City’s Robinson was ⁣shown a red card in the 90+8th⁣ minute, and Portland’s Meghan Hiatt received a yellow‍ card in the 90+10th minute.

Lineups:

Portland Thorns FC: ⁢ Shelley Arnold,​ Natalia Reyes (72′ Morgan Spaanstra), Emily Obaze (81′ Hannah McKenzie), Meghan Hiatt, Sophia Perry, Olivia Coffey ©, Hina Sugita, Jessie Fleming (58′ Imani Alidou), Morgan Moultrie, Natalia Castellanos (81′ Christine Dufour), Tyler Turner (72′ Bella Tordin). Unused Substitutes: Adriana Bixby, ​ Kayla Torpey, Maddy Powell, Daiane

Kansas City ⁤Current: Lorena, Claire Wheeler, ‍Kate Mace, Elizabeth Sharples,⁤ Izzy Rodriguez, Desi LaBonta ©, Addie Hutton (79′ Reyna⁢ Rodríguez),‌ Alex Sentnor (61′ Debinha), Hailie Prince (61′ Sydney Cooper), Cece Zaneratto (79′ Elyse hopkins), Tabitha Chawinga (90′ Robinson). Unused Substitutes: Emily Ivory, Halli Steigleder, Kayla Long,⁤ Emma Feist

looking Ahead: The Current return to CPKC Stadium next Saturday, August 30, to host the North ⁣Carolina Courage at 6:30 p.m. CT. The match will be broadcast nationally on ION⁢ and locally on KMCI, 38 the Spot. Fans can also listen on the KC Current App (English, Spanish, or Portuguese) or 90.9 The Bridge.

Current Club Membership: Limited single-match tickets⁢ for‌ the 2025 regular season are​ available. The Kansas city Current encourages fans ​to join the Current Club for priority access to tickets,exclusive gifts,discounts,event access,and content. 2025 season Ticket ⁢Member Account Holders are automatically enrolled.More ⁣information is available HERE.

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