Deyna Castellanos and Jessie Fleming picked the perfect time to score their first goals in more than six months, and the Portland Thorns clinched a home game in the NWSL playoffs by beating the Houston Dash 2-0 on Sunday at Providence Park in their regular-season finale in front of a season-high 21,903 fans.

With the victory, Portland (11-8-7, 40 points) moved up from sixth place to claim the third seed in the NWSL postseason, and will host No. 6 seed San Diego in a quarterfinal match to be played Friday, Saturday or Sunday. The Thorns have reached the playoffs for a record ninth consecutive season and will look to add to a fourth championship since the league began play in 2013.

Castellanos’ goal was the earliest in any game this season for Portland, coming in the third minute. She ra

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