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The Pacific Northwest rivalry between Seattle and Portland has been taken up a notch.

Portland Timbers coach John Spencer took offense to some of Seattle Sounders coach Sigi Schmid's postgame remarks after Saturday night's 1-1 draw and went off on the Sounders coach in the Portland media after training on Tuesday. Here's a selection of Spencer's jabs (read more here):

On Schmid's assertion that the rain favored the Timbers

"I think if it is too wet up there for them to play soccer then they may want to move that franchise, because it pisses down rain nearly every time I've been in Seattle. Obviously to say that the conditions suit us more than they suit them just blows me away. It seems to me they had 50 excuses before the game written down as to why they never beat us 3- or 4-nil at home.

"The next time we go up there we'll take plenty of towels for them, so we can dry off the field before the game. Maybe take plenty of tissue paper so they can dry their eyes after the game."

On Schmid's assertion that Portland "lives for" set-piece goals

"I think there was 11 goals this weekend scored from set pieces in Major League Soccer. I think we're going to call the league as soon as the training's over and ask them to deduct David Beckham's goal and Landon Donovan's penalty kick and the other set pieces that were scored, because it seems Seattle are not happy that teams like us can score goals from set pieces."

On Schmid's comments about injuries piling up for Seattle

"We've always said from Day 1 that they arrived in Portland, 'Don't make excuses,'" If you're out there and you're on the field and wearing a Portland Timbers jersey, we expect you to play well and win the game. Different teams maybe have different philosophies, I don't know."

Well then.

The rematch is slated for July 10 in Portland.

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