RAJ Sports breaks ground on joint WNBA/NWSL practice facility in Hillsboro

HILLSBORO, Ore. (KOIN) -- The event may have occurred in an empty business park, but the joy was tangible on Tuesday in Hillsboro.

And soon enough, that business park won’t be empty. It will be bustling with life with a new joint practice facility for the Portland Thorns and the city’s future WNBA team.

“We didn’t ask for permission, we just did it. Everybody talks about equity, we’re building equity,” said Karina LeBlanc who has moved from being the Thorns GM to the EVP of...