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COLUMBUS Jarvis Landry Jersey , Ohio (AP) — The Columbus Crew has new owners and management, and the team plans a summer groundbreaking for a $230 million downtown stadium.The Save the Crew movement gained momentum last year after the team owner, Precourt Sports Ventures, announced plans to move the franchise to Austin, Texas.The incoming ownership group includes Cleveland Browns owners Dee and Jimmy Haslam, and former Crew team physician Peter Edwards, whose family owns a Columbus-based development/construction business.“We think this about soccer. We think this about a team, but it really isn’t,” Edwards said Wednesday as new owners and management were introduced. “It’s about a community. It’s about having pride in our city, and it’s about having pride in our team. All those things roll into the fabric of our community. For us to not have this team here would have left a hole in our city Genard Avery Color Rush Jersey , and my family said that wasn’t acceptable, and we were going to do whatever we could to figure out a way to keep this team.”Caleb Porter, who won an MLS Cup in 2015 with the Portland, was hired as coach to replace Gregg Berhalter, who left to coach the U.S. national team. Porter said local enthusiasm for the team drew him to the job.“When I saw all of you in this community rallying behind this club, that’s the type of club I want to manage, a club that’s relevant, a club that the people are proud of, a club where they’re going to fight and roll up their sleeves to save it,” Porter said. “I felt compelled to come back and jump on board with that movement to save the Crew — but not just save it but elevate it.”The new stadium will be near Nationwide Arena www.brownsfanshop.com/Austin-Corbett-Jersey , home of the Columbus Blue Jackets, and Huntington Park, where the Triple-A Columbus Clippers play. The plan also calls for redevelopment of the team’s 20-year-old stadium north of downtown into a training facility and community sports park.“One of the things we have to get going on is — because we want to break ground really quickly on the stadium — is doing the whole, entire comprehensive plan,” Dee Haslam said. “We’ve done this so fast. I don’t know that anyone has ever put a concept together (this fast), and we hope to be in the ground this summer for sure in order to make deadline. I think we’re going as fast as we can go.”Haslam promised a winning team.“It’s a big investment,” she said. “We’re committed to winning. It’s so important to win for a community. We obviously have experienced not winning (with the Browns), so winning is so important. We get that message loud and clear.” The Cleveland Browns and new head coach Freddie Kitchens continue to work on building a coaching staff, and the team has reportedly looked west for a candidate.According to NFL Network’s Tom Pelissero, the Browns interviewed the University of Utah’s Jim Harding for the offensive line coach position:That is an interesting turn as Harding has spent his coaching career in the college ranks Nick Chubb Jersey , first at Wyoming from 2009 to 2013, where he held the roles of co-offensive line coach, run game coordinator and co-offensive coordinator during his tenure with the Cowboys.Harding just completed his fifth season at Utah as the offensive line coach, and previously was the co-offensive coordinator from 2015 to 2016. A look at his bio on the Utah website shows a nice r茅sum茅:Harding was passed over on Friday for Utah’s offensive coordinator position when the program decided to hire Andy Ludwig, according to The Salt Lake Tribune, which could be part of the reason that Harding is looking for an exit out of Salt Lake City. He also has ties to Ohio, as he grew up in Maumee and played collegiately at Toledo. The Browns are also reportedly interviewed James Campen as an offensive line coach. Campen has spent the past 15 seasons for the Green Bay Packers.