USOC: No easy answers for Timbers following stunning loss

Published: Thursday, 31. May, 2012 in category M.L.S.

PORTLAND, Ore. – This was a loss not so easily explained.

Those were precisely the sentiments of Portland Timbers head coach John Spencer after his team lost 1-0 in extra time Wednesday night to amateur club Cal FC in a third-round match of the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup.

With his best available lineup contesting a team composed mostly of castoffs from MLS and various other leagues that's currently sitting ninth in the 12-team Gran Liga de Oxnard table, Spencer said there are absolutely no excuses.

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