How the Portland Thorns won NWSL Rivalry Weekend
Full Time: A show about women's soccer
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🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The NWSL's first official Rivalry Weekend is in the books. It was a mixed bag until the Portland Thorns took the roof with a 4-2 win over the Seattle Reign, cementing the Cascadia Clash as the must-watch rivalry in the league. On this week's Full Time Review, Jillian Sakovits is joined by Tamerra Griffin to break down that record-breaking rivalry win, and how the young Thorns are coming into their own this season, and dismantled their fiercest rival in a memorable win.
Tamerra also reports from San Diego, where she took vibes of the SoCal Derby at Snapdragon Stadium. Did the San Diego Wave throw away three points? What did we learn about Angel City's potential mentality shift despite the team's winless run?
PLUS: Jillian gets you caught up on all the other major talking points, performances and records from the NWSL weekend, and then closes out the show with her moment of the weekend.
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HOST: Jillian Sakovits
GUEST: Tamerra Griffin
PRODUCER: Theo Lloyd-Hughes
VIDEO PRODUCER: Lia Griffin
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER: Emily Olsen
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| 0:36.7 | I can see the beginnings of something really special. |
| 0:40.4 | She probably wants the heat even more now |
| 0:42.6 | because for a young player to do that well in a Cascadia rivalry, |
| 0:45.9 | that doesn't leave you anytime soon. |
| 0:47.3 | So I'm sure she got many flowers after the game, |
| 0:50.7 | but I've got to give her some more too. |
| 1:00.4 | Yeah. after the game, but I've got to give her some more, too. Hello, everybody. |
| 1:01.6 | I'm Jillian Sackav. |
| 1:02.5 | It's a very warm welcome to Full-Time Review. |
| 1:05.0 | It is presented by Amazon Prime. |
| 1:07.8 | Coming up on today's show, we'll be breaking down the NWSL rivalry weekend with the one |
| 1:13.1 | and only Tamara Griffin from the Portland Thorns blockbuster win over the Seattle |
| 1:18.0 | rain on Sunday to warm and sunny Southern California where Tamara was in San Diego. |
| 1:23.6 | It's taken the SoCal Darby on Saturday night between Angel City and the Wave. |
| 1:27.8 | As always, we'll close out the week with Full Time Prime's moment of the week. |
| 1:32.3 | Let's get it to it. |
| 1:33.4 | Here come the Thorns now. |
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