[NWSL 2014 COUNTDOWN] Defending NWSL champion Portland Thorns FC just got stronger with the signing of 22-year-old midfielder Amber Brooks, who debuted for the U.S. national team in November. Thorns FC had selected her in the third round of the inaugural NWSL college draft out of North Carolina, but she sat outthe Thorns’ championship season to play for Bayern Munich in Germany’s Frauen-Bundesliga.

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