Hello world, I’m your wild girl.

I’m your ch-ch-ch-cherry bomb.

Portland’s newest semi-pro team is going to paint the town red — cherry red.

COLLiDE Sport — the same folks behind Portland Pickles baseball and Portland Bangers FC — announced Tuesday that the city’s new USL women’s soccer team would be the Cherry Bombs F.C.

“We built the Cherry Bombs to embody everything that makes Portland electric: fearless creativity, unapologetic individuality, and the belief that sports can be a canvas for culture,” said Alan Miller, president of COLLiDE, in a statement on the announcement. “This team isn’t just joining the W League, it’s detonating a new era for women’s soccer in the Northwest.”

The Cherry Bombs name pays homage to The Runaways’ 1976 punk rock song, “Cherry Bomb” and the riot

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