Timothy "Tim" Bezbatchenko (born October 13, 1981[1]) is an American retired soccer player and director of Black Knight Football Club.
[4] Following his playing career and graduation from law school, Bezbatchenko spent three years as the Senior Director of Player Relations and Competition with MLS located in New York City.
Tim Bezbatchenko was named general manager of Toronto FC on September 20, 2013, after having spent three years at the Major League Soccer (MLS) as Senior Director of Player Relations and Competition.
Since joining Toronto FC, Bezbatchenko has been instrumental in making changes to a club who had never made the playoffs in its 7-year history prior to his arrival.
His work focused on changes to the roster and creating a new vision for Toronto FC: to be a leader in player development, a leading edge organization in innovative practices and to be internationally recognized as a consistent contender for championships in North America.
On the player development side, Bezbatchenko was instrumental in securing a second professional team in the United Soccer League (USL) called Toronto FC II and hired Laurent Guyot from the FFF as Academy Director.
In only two years with the club, Bezbatchenko oversaw multiple milestones, including a new downtown stadium and training facility, along with a multi-year jersey sponsorship with Nationwide Insurance.