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  Orlando Pride coach Tom Sermanni, star Alex Morgan and the rest of the players said they didn't know what to expect during the club's debut season.

Putting a puzzle together without knowing the final picture and with pieces missing would be pretty tough.

The Portland Thorns and FC Kansas City meet Wednesday in a match that could be significant in determining the playoff fate of both teams. Kickoff is at 5 p.m. from Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City, Mo.A live webcast is available at portlandthornsfc.com.Portland and Kansas City enter the match tied for fourth place in the National Womens Soccer League, both with records of 6-6-4.The top four teams qualify for the playoffs.

PORTLAND It did not produce the volume of goals that Thorns fans have enjoyed at recent home games, but the goal that was scored on Sunday at Providence Park was special and significant.Portlands third 1-0 win of the season over the expansion Houston Dash came in front of a crowd of 19,123, a record for the second-year National Womens Soccer League.But the number that matters most to the Thorns is that the victory puts them five points ahead of Chicago for the last place in the playoffs.The Thorns (9-7-6, 33 points) have two games left in the regular season. Fifth-place Chicago has 28 points and has three games remaining.

[Christine Sinclair] paired with [Alex Morgan] on last seasons Thorns championship team, when Morgan scored nine goals and Sinclair eight. Sinclair said she is excited to play with [Veronica Boquete] and [Steph Catley] for the first time. Kat Tarr begins rehab [Riley] said on Friday that Kat Tarr of Vancouver, who underwent knee surgery on Wednesday, had already started rehab. The coach said he did not know when or how the Columbia River graduate sustained the injury. Tarr played in six games and started five at left back, the position Catley is expected to assume today. Im disappointed for her more than anybody, because shes obviously done well to get herself into the position she had, Riley said of Tarr. It came at a bad time for her. But, you know what? Its a quick operation. Shes walking around. I dont think its a long-term thing for Kat.

[Morgan-Clinton] 62, Coginchaug-Durham 46: Joe Manning scored 19 points, including the 1,000th of his career, to lead the third- seeded Huskies to their Shoreline Conference tournament quarterfinal win at Clinton. Notre Dame-Fairfield 55, Bunnell-Stratford 48: Tom Sparks had 17 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer with over a minute remaining, for No. 4 Notre Dame in a South-West Conference quarterfinal win at Monroe. John Scola had nine points and seven blocked shots for Notre Dame (16-5). Gary Little had 11 points for Bunnell (12-9).

Bow's singles wins came from No. 1 Kate Torres over Rosemary Moran, 9-7; No. 2 Mariah Leven over [Meg Bryck], 8-1; and No. 4 [Katie Foy] over Kelly O'Keefe, 8-2. Torres and Leven teamed for an 8-1 win over Moran and O'Keefe at No. 1 doubles.