Another season has come and gone, and for the second year in a row, the Columbus Crew failed to make the MLS Cup playoffs. A day after the season ended, the Crew dismissed head coach Caleb Porter.
“It comes down to results,” president and general manager Tim Bezbatchenko said of decision to move on from Porter after four seasons. “The primary cause of that this year was our inability to close out games.”
Now the Black & Gold will start a search for the club’s next head coach. While Bezbatchenko said it will be a “wide search,” many have wondered if the right man for th ejob is already in the building at the OhioHealth Performance center in Columbus Crew 2’s Laurent Courtois.