{"id":432950,"date":"2017-11-01T08:30:28","date_gmt":"2017-11-01T08:30:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/harrison-afful-scores-messi-esque-goal-in-columbus-crew-4-1-win-over-new-york-city\/"},"modified":"2017-11-01T08:30:28","modified_gmt":"2017-11-01T08:30:28","slug":"harrison-afful-scores-messi-esque-goal-in-columbus-crew-4-1-win-over-new-york-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/01\/harrison-afful-scores-messi-esque-goal-in-columbus-crew-4-1-win-over-new-york-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Harrison Afful scores Messi-esque goal in Columbus Crew 4-1 win over New York City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Wednesday,  1 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>GHANAsoccernet.com <\/p>\n<p>2017-11-01<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-left\">\n<p class=\"article-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/21417474.295.jpg\" alt=\"Harrison Afful Crew Defender\" title=\"Harrison Afful Crew Defender\" width=\"295\" height=\"202\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Harrison Afful scored a super-golazo as Columbus Crew crushed New York City FC 4-1<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=150909146990235\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=150909146990235\"><br \/>\n\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1509525028_200_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana defender Harrison Afful scored a super-golazo as Columbus Crew crushed New York City FC 4-1 in the MLS Eastern Conference semi-final first leg on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The right-back produced a Messi-esque style by outmaneuvered four NYCFC defenders in the box during stoppage time to score a stunning goal.<\/p>\n<p>Before making his moves, Afful received the ball from Meram, who was credited with an assist.<\/p>\n<p>In just the sixth minute, Federico Higuain took a quick shot in the box of NYCFC, only to have it deflected.<\/p>\n<p>Kamara, Crew SC\u2019s leading scorer this season, found the deflection and slotted it home to give the Black &amp; Gold a 1-0 lead in the game that they would not relinquish.<\/p>\n<p>The Black &amp; Gold attacked the south end of the stadium in the 59th minute, and it ended in Artur\u2019s first career MLS goal with Crew SC.<\/p>\n<p>Meram brought the ball in on the run during the 69th minute and fired a shot towards NYCFC goalkeeper Sean Johnson.<\/p>\n<p>The ball ricocheted off the keeper\u2019s hands and kissed the back of the net to produce a 3-0 lead.<\/p>\n<p>New York City forward David Villa found a deflected ball in the box during the 78th minute and redirected it into the net to make the score 3-1.<\/p>\n<p>The second and final leg of will take place on Sunday, 05 November  at Yankee Stadium in New York.<\/p>\n<div class=\"related_articles\" style=\"width: 100%;\">\n<div style=\"clear: both; font-size: 90%; background-color: #eeeaea; padding: 5px; width: 60%; margin-top: 10px;\">\n<table width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/96124592.jpg\" style=\"padding-right:2px;\" \/><\/td>\n<td style=\"border:0; padding:0;width:100%; vertical-align:middle; font-size:11px;\">Courtesy of <b>GHANAsoccernet.com<\/b> &#8211; Ghana&#8217;s leading football news website. 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