Interview with new Timbers and Thorns CEO Heather Davis

Soccer Made in Portland

The Portland Timbers and Thorns front office has a new leader: former general counsel Heather Davis.

Davis makes history as the club’s first female CEO and the fifth woman leading a MLS front office, and she comes into the job with plenty of challenges after 16 consecutive months of scandal for PTFC. She will preside over the business and operations of the Timbers and — until Merritt Paulson sells — the Thorns.

On this week’s episode of Soccer Made in Portland, co-hosts Ryan Clarke and Chris Rifer sit down for an interview with Davis to discuss her vision for the club’s future, how she squares the failures of Paulson and his past executives, her plans to reach out to Timbers and Thorns supporters, and her unique journey back home to Oregon.

Timestamps:

(0:00 - 24:00) Heather Davis interview

(24:00 - 34:52) Pierre Soubrier and Sophie Clough fired by Thorns

(34:52 - 41:15) Timbers Leagues Cup group revealed

(42:38 - 50:00) Sebastián Blanco’s painful 2022

(50:00 - full time) Timbers offseason chugs along

-- Ryan Clarke, [e-mail], Twitter: @RyanTClarke

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