| Club: | Portland Thorns FC |
| Season: | 2020 |
| Manager: | Mark Parsons |
| Chairman: | Merritt Paulson |
| Stadium: | Providence Park Portland, Oregon |
| League: | National Women's Soccer League |
| Cup1: | 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Semi-finals |
| Cup2: | 2020 NWSL Fall Series |
| Cup2 Result: | Champions |
| Average Attendance: | 14,391 |
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| Prevseason: | 2019 |
| Nextseason: | 2021 |
The 2020 Portland Thorns FC season was the team's and the league's eighth season of existence. The Thorns played in the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL), the top division of women's soccer in the United States. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, on March 12, 2020 the Thorns canceled their preseason tournament, scheduled for March 29-April 4.[1] On March 20, 2020, the NWSL postponed the start of the league's regular season indefinitely.[2]
See main article: 2020 NWSL Challenge Cup.
See main article: 2020 NWSL College Draft.
Draft picks are not automatically signed to the team roster. The 2020 NWSL College Draft was held on January 16, 2020.
| Pick | Player | College | Status | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 |  | FW | Stanford | Allocated by the United States Soccer Federation in 2021. | [3] [4] | |
| 2 | | FW | Washington State | Signed to two-year contract with one-year option. | |||
| 3 | 25 | | DF | Georgetown | Signed to two-year contract with one-year option. | ||
| Date | Player | Destination club | Fee/notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 21, 2020 | | MF |  FC Fleury 91 | Short-term loan. | [5] [6] [7] | |
| September 9, 2020 | | MF/FW | Manchester United W.F.C. | Out of contract; Thorns retained NWSL playing rights. | [8] | |
| December 16, 2020 | | MF | Houston Dash | Traded for the 7th- and 37th-overall picks in the 2021 NWSL Draft. | [9] | |
| | MF | |||||
| January 19, 2021 | | GK | None | Retired. | [10] | |
See main article: 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft.
The 2020 NWSL Expansion Draft was a special draft held on November 12, 2020, by the National Women's Soccer League (NWSL) for Racing Louisville FC, an expansion team, to select players from existing teams in the league. The league allowed Louisville to select up to 18 players from lists of unprotected players provided by the existing nine NWSL teams.[11]
Racing Louisville FC selected the playing rights of Tobin Heath, which the Thorns retained while she was playing for Manchester United W.F.C. in the Women's Super League.[8] [11]
