Afful misses best player award

Columbus Crew Ghana defender Harrison Afful came close to winning the man of the match award in Sunday’s Eastern Conference Championship return leg clash.

The right-back was impressive in the 73 minutes he lasted on the field as Crew lost 1-0 but won the series 2-1 on aggregate.

Afful was second in the voting process with 27.0 % while the winner Michael Parkhurt got 35.1 %.