Kwarasey seeks victory today

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• NDC always rigs elections 10 years ago

  I pray that your team win to shame some evil Ghanaians who hate you and want to see your demise. Go high, Kwarasey.

  I pray that your team win to shame some evil Ghanaians who hate you and want to see your demise. Go high, Kwarasey.

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• Fadama Forever, Berkeley, California 10 years ago

  May the best team win.

  May the best team win.

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• Robert Amo 10 years ago

  Kwarassey has made an unforgivable error on the air again. His problems are air balls & reaction to low balls(not quick enough )

  Kwarassey has made an unforgivable error on the air again. His problems are air balls & reaction to low balls(not quick enough )

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• Law 10 years ago

  Kwarasey has made Ghana proud by winning the MLS Cup.....CONGRATULATIONS brother

  Kwarasey has made Ghana proud by winning the MLS Cup.....CONGRATULATIONS brother

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• Ayitey USA 10 years ago

  Portland Timbers win first MLS Cup, beat Columbus Crew 2-1 in crazy final.
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In one of the wildest MLS Cup finals in the league’s 20-year history, the Portland Timbers scored twice in the first seven minu ...
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  Portland Timbers win first MLS Cup, beat Columbus Crew 2-1 in crazy final.
  COLUMBUS, Ohio — In one of the wildest MLS Cup finals in the league’s 20-year history, the Portland Timbers scored twice in the first seven minutes and beat the Columbus Crew 2-1 to win Portland’s first-ever league championship.
  It was a game defined by craziness. A first-minute goal by Portland that came when Diego Valeri pressured goalkeeper Steve Clark into clearing the ball off Valeri and into the goal. Several missed calls, including a missed Columbus handball on the goalline and a ball out of bounds that Portland played on and turned into its second goal. And it was yet another goalkeeper error, this one by Portland’s Adam Kwarasey, that led to the Columbus goal.
  But there was also a lot of organic soccer excitement within the game, too, and in the end Portland became the first away team to win the MLS Cup final since the league switched to having one of the participants host the Big Game in 2011.
  Here are my three thoughts on the game:
  Portland deserved this 
  The Timbers just executed better. Valeri was more of a disruptive force than a creator for parts of this game, but that disruption is what caused the first goal, and his calm helped Portland hold onto the lead. Meanwhile, Darlington Nagbe had some quietly glorious moments with the ball and did much of the work to create the game-winning goal.
  Portland’s center backs, Liam Ridgewell and Nat Borchers, had a stellar game, as they have for the entirety of the playoffs, and left back Jorge Villafaña did a fantastic job shutting down Ethan Finlay. Coach Caleb Porter took this team to a new level in the last two months, and the Timbers consummated their rise to being the best team in the league.
  Parts of this game were uncomfortable to watch.
  The Crew fullbacks, Waylon Francis and Harrison Afful, didn’t get forward into the attack as much as they usually do, and Afful in particular was guilty of much of the game’s rough play.
  Finlay, who has done so much damage this season, was relatively punchless on his way to an early sub. And Federico Higuaín didn’t have the impact on the game that I was expecting to see. Give plenty of credit to Portland for a defensive game plan that prevented Columbus from executing the way it intended. Porter helped turn that weakness into a strength with the acquisition of Borchers, who might have been the most important player of the MLS playoffs.

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