The Portland Thorns have signed Adelaide Gay as a goalkeeper replacement.

The Thorns made the move after it was announced this week that both Adrianna Franch and Bella Geist were dealing with injuries. NWSL rules allow teams to add a goalkeeper to their roster when a rostered goalkeeper is dealing with injury or the club has less than two available goalkeepers. Gay can serve as a replacement until Franch and Geist return to full training with the club.

Gay previously competed for the Thorns in 2013. She has also played for the Washington Spirit (2014) and Seattle Reign FC (2018) in the NWSL, competed for Swedish side Kvarnsvedens IK from 2015-16 and signed with IBV in Iceland for the 2017 season.

Along with adding Gay to the roster as a goalkeeper replacement, the Thorns also announced that Andressinha had been officially added to the roster after returning from international duty. With Andressinha making her return, midfielder Sandra Yu has been released from her national team replacement contract.

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