Getting your player ready...
PORTLAND, ORE. — The Portland Timbers announced Tuesday that John Spencer will be their head coach when the team debuts in Major League Soccer next year.
Spencer played soccer professionally for 18 seasons and has spent the past five years as an assistant coach with the Houston Dynamo.
The 39-year-old Spencer will be introduced at a news conference Wednesday in Portland.
The Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps join MLS in 2011, increasing the league to 18 teams.
