Before he moved on to the professional ranks, before he became a thorn in the side of the man he wanted to learn from, Caleb Porter was a highly successful college coach at Akron.
On occasion, Porter would make the two-hour trip to watch the Columbus Crew practice and see what tidbits he might be able to lift from coach Sigi Schmid.
“You don’t forget legends,” said Porter, now the head coach in Columbus. “You don’t forget people, pioneers that have paved the way for you and that’s something that I always am mindful of and I think about.