Caleb Porter is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew. He played college soccer for Indiana University and the San Jose Clash. Porter was named the 2013 MLS Coach of the Year after leading the Portland Timbers to a 14–5–15 record. He led the Timbers to their first MLS Cup final, which they won, 2–1 against Columbus Crew SC.
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Caleb Porter is the head coach of Major League Soccer club Columbus Crew. He played college soccer for Indiana University and the San Jose Clash. Porter was named the 2013 MLS Coach of the Year after leading the Portland Timbers to a 14–5–15 record. He led the Timbers to their first MLS Cup final, which they won, 2–1 against Columbus Crew SC. Porter also coached the U.S. Under-23 Men’s National Team in 2011 and 2012. He won the NCAA Men’s Division I Soccer Championship with the University of Akron men’s team in 2010. On January 4, 2019, Columbus Crew announced Porter as their new head coach.
Porter replaced Gregg Berhalter, who had left to become the most successful coach in MLS history with LA Galaxy and Seattle Sounders FC. Porter is a graduate of Indiana University where he played on the men’s soccer team from 1994 to 1997. He graduated in 1997 with a Bachelor’s degree in sports management. In 1997, Porter was a member of the USMNT soccer team which took the bronze medal at the 1997 World University Games. He also played for the Tampa Bay Mutiny in the MLS College Draft in 1998.
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