Porter, Bezbatchenko focused on putting the Crew’s staff together

The offseason is a busy time for any Major League Soccer club. But Columbus Crew SC is in a unique space. After the success of the Save The Crew movement, fans are joyous over the takeover by new investor-operators Pete Edwards and Dee and Jimmy Haslam. The negative to that change is there is a lot to be done in a small amount of time.

With the Edwards and Haslams officially becoming interim owners of the Crew on Jan. 1, that left three months and one day before the start of the regular season. Over that time, the new ownership group had to hire staff to be ready for the year. That began when it was announced that former Toronto FC general manager Tim Bezbatchenko was named the new club…