Former Scotland international John Spencer will coach the Portland Timbers when they make their debut in Major League Soccer next year.
Spencer played 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 on Wednesday in Portland.
The Timbers and Vancouver Whitecaps join MLS in 2011, increasing the league to 18 teams.
Spencer, from Glasgow, played for 14 seasons in Scotland and England. A striker, he amassed 43 goals playing for Chelsea from 1992-96.
He earned 14 caps for Scotland from 1994-97.
He joined the Colorado Rapids in 2001, collecting 37 goals in 88 games before his retirement in 2004. He was a league All-Star in 2001 and 2003.
Spencer joined the Dynamo in 2006 as an assistant under coach Dominic Kinnear. Houston won MLS championships in 2006 and 2007.
Spencer coached the Dynamo Reserves to the 2008 reserve club championship.
