![]() The Seattle Sounders FC is fourth at $725 million. The Los Angeles FC is the most lucrative franchise in MLS with a valuation of $900 million. This makes PTFC the eighth most valuable sports franchise in MLS, trailing close behind seventh-place New York City FC ($690 million) and sixth-place D.C. The club known as Portland Thorns Football Club (PTFC) – combining the Timbers and Thorns under one business umbrella – is valued at $685 million. ‘OREGON LIVE’ further stated that the Thorns joined the NWSL in 2013. Paulson, 49, and his family purchased the Timbers in 2007 and paid $35 million to enter Major League Soccer as an expansion team in 2011. Kurt Badenhausen of Sportico (digital content platform providing sports industry news) noted it was the first time Paulson had sold a stake in the organization – “The investment was at an enterprise value of $600 million with Arctos securing a more traditional minority discount on its piece.”Īrctos describes its mission as helping sports owners “increase liquidity and financial flexibility”, according to its website. ![]() The 25,218-capacity Providence Park in Portland serves as the residence of both Portland Timbers and Portland Thorns FC.ĭallas (US)-based Arctos Sports Partners is a private equity firm focused on acquiring passive minority stakes in professional sports franchises as well as providing liquidity and structured growth capital solutions to sports franchise control owners and Governors. Established in 2012, the team began play in 2013 in the then-eight-team National Women’s Soccer League, which receives support from the United States Soccer Federation. The Portland Thorns FC is an American professional women’s soccer team based in Portland, Oregon, US. ![]()
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