[NWSL: Final] Following the initial allocation of U.S., Canadian and Mexican national team stars, some were ready to hand the inaugural NWSL title to the PortlandThorns FC. But it didn’t prove to be as easy as that as the Thorns struggled through much of the summer and star Alex Morgan was injured before theycame back to win the NWSL championship with a 2-0 win at the Western New York Flash despite finishing with 10 players.

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