Things are going well for Jonathan Mensah in Columbus

Trevor Ruszkowski-USA TODAY Sports If you spend any time at all on Twitter these days, it’s very likely you’ve stumbled on a How it started vs. How it’s going post. If not, that’s basically a post in which people show two pictures from different times in their lives to illustrate how things changed for the better in a specific aspect.

Columbus Crew captain Jonathan Mensah could have made a post of his own as after dealing with some questions and criticism following his arrival at the club in 2017. However, the 30-year-old center-back is having a Major League Soccer Defender of the Year season in 2020 and has been rewarded for that with a contract extension that will keep him in Ohio for at…