Spencer wants Timbers to get Chivas’ goat

April 5, 2012, 5:16 pm

Coming off of two unfortunate losses, the Timbers are ready to right the ship with a win this weekend at Jeld-Wen Field. Timbers manger John Spencer joins John Canzano to talk about their match against Chivas USA on Saturday. Even though the Timbers’ offense is missing some key players, the remaining strikers have managed to score one amazing goal after another. On Saturday, Spencer is expecting the Timbers to keep on scoring, but also to start playing some better defense.

John Spencer begins by breaking down the Timbers’ unsatisfactory performance last weekend against Real Salt Lake. Spencer says he has implored his team to play hard for the full 90 minutes and not to concede any more easy goals to the opposition. He then looks forward to Saturday’s game against Chivas USA. Spencer talks about how the Timbers need to return to the fundamentals of their game plan, which includes more pressure on defense.