In 2001 they were back in the AFC championship game and Super Bowl champions again after the 2005 season. “I’m excited to see her,” said Portland coach Mark Parsons, whose Thorns host Orlando in the league’s first game on Lifetime this Saturday. rs when the Englishman arrived in Chicago last month – but Bunce insists there will be no need for the head coach to look nervously over his shoulder. Yet he never lost sight of its roots and made sure the focus remained on the people and the game itself.