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Speaker 1: It was announced on Thursday that the Portland Thorns of

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Speaker 1: the NWSL and Portland's yet to be named WNBA expansion

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Speaker 1: team will train together at a brand new, seventy five

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Speaker 1: million dollar facility, expected to open ahead of the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty six WNBA season. Both teams are now owned by

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Speaker 1: the Bethal family, who purchased the Thorns last January and

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Speaker 1: won the bid for the new WNBA team last September.

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