Timbers are buzzing as schedule shifts to May

Timbers are buzzing as schedule shifts to May

Four of five on the road? Bees? No problem for a Portland Timbers club off to its best start ever.

The Portland Timbers are buzzing as schedule shifts to May

BEAVERTON — It felt like summer camp at the Timbers Training Facility on Thursday.Nothing but sun hung over the pitch as the No. 2 team in the Western Conference ran through a practice that involved a series of mini games like 2 v 2 soccer volleyball, a hybrid soccer/basketball game and a competition where teams held hands in circles while racing to juggle a ball toward a trash can.There were smiles, laughs and a bit of smack talk — with the onl…