Columbus Crew skipper Jonathan Mensah
Ghanaian pair Jonathan Mensah and Harrison Afful featured for Columbus Crew in their 3-0 win over Chicago Fire FC on Thursday night in the Major League Soccer.
Mensah and Afful both lasted the entire duration of the game as the Gold and Blacks sealed a comfortable victory at MAPFRE Stadium.
Derrick Etienne opened the scoring for the hosts in the 20th minute before Darlington Nagbe doubled their advantage with a beautiful volley in the 81st minute.
US-born Ghanaian Gyasi Zardes put the icing on the cake with a fine strike with two minutes left to make it 3-0.
Ghanaian winger Ema Boateng played his first-ever match for Crew after climbing off the bench to Derrick Etienne in the 75th minute - having joined the club from Major League Soccer Eastern Conference rivals DC United on Monday.
- Check out the giant mural of Tony Yeboah on Frankfurt building
- Nigerian born footballer Godwin Akpo shines in Afghanistan
- Gary Neville ranks Thomas Partey above Declan Rice
- Ghana FA Cup: We don’t joke with the final – Wilson Arthur
- Ghanaian youngster David Lomo completes move to EFL side Millwall FC
- Read all related articles