Chicago Red Stars W vs Portland Thorns W

Chicago’s 1—0 victory at the Thorns in September 2024 was its first regular-season win in Portland since the NWSL’s inaugural 2013 season, ending a run of 12 straight league visits without a win (D3 L9). The Stars did record a 2—0 victory at Providence Park in the 2021 playoffs.

Portland is unbeaten in eight straight regular-season home matches dating back to last year (W5 D3) including avoiding defeat in its first six at Providence Park this season (W3 D3). The Thorns can equal their longest regular-season home unbeaten run (9 straight in 2017—18) if they avoid defeat against Chicago.

Dating back to June 2023, Chicago has lost only one of its last eight matches in the Pacific Time Zone (W6 D1), including avoiding defeat in each of its first two matches on the west coast in 2025 (2—1 at Bay FC on April 13, 2—2 at Angel City FC on June 7).

Jessie Fleming assisted both goals in Portland’s win over Washington on Sunday, her first career multi-assist match in the NWSL. Fleming is the 14th different Thorns player to post multiple assists in a regular-season match while no other team has more than 10 different players with multiple assists in a match.

Ludmila scored twice in a span of just 2 minutes, 16 seconds for Chicago against Seattle on Saturday, the shortest span of time between two goals by a Stars player in the club’s NWSL history. Ludmila’s seven goals are the most of any player for the Stars since she made her debut for the club in September 2024.