Since he was acquired on loan from Brazilian side Sao Paulo FC on Feb. 10, midfielder Artur has been in a whirlwind.
He was waiting for his paperwork to clear in order to join his new Columbus Crew SC team for preseason, but things kept getting delayed. During the Black & Gold’s final preseason trip to Charleston S.C., head coach Gregg Berhalter said the team had a flight ready to go for Artur whenever he was cleared to depart.
Crew SC went through the majority of the week, and played two games, in Charleston without the new addition arriving.