{"id":439557,"date":"2017-11-21T16:30:27","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/mensah-afful-target-mls-cup-success\/"},"modified":"2017-11-21T16:30:27","modified_gmt":"2017-11-21T16:30:27","slug":"mensah-afful-target-mls-cup-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/11\/21\/mensah-afful-target-mls-cup-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Mensah, Afful target MLS Cup success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"medsection1\">\n<!-- End of html generated by this->header() --><\/p>\n<p class=\"floatLeft\">Sports News of Tuesday, 21 November 2017<\/p>\n<p class=\"floatRight\"><strong>Source: <\/strong>Kwese.espn.com<\/p>\n<p>2017-11-21<\/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\/42128362.295.jpg\" alt=\"Mensahafful\" title=\"Mensahafful\" width=\"295\" height=\"166\" \/><span class=\"image_caption\"><span>Jonathan Mensah and Harrison Afful are eyeing a first major title in Major League Soccer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"noPrint\">\n<div id=\"537626303\" style=\"width:300;height:250;margin:0;padding:0\">\n<p>\t\t  <noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" id=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" name=\"b2ad7fa7fd\" src=\"http:\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/afr?auid=537626303&amp;cb=151125817976607\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\"><a href=\"\/\/ghanaweb-d.openx.net\/w\/1.0\/rc?cs=b2ad7fa7fd&amp;cb=151125817976607\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t  <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/11\/1511281827_104_ai\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"clear:right\">Ghana pair Jonathan Mensah and Harrison Afful are eyeing a first major title in Major League Soccer as Columbus Crew prepare for their Conference final against Toronto City FC.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah and Afful are expected to line up for Crew together &#8211; as they have often done for the Black Stars &#8211; on Tuesday night with the aim of helping their club gain the advantage in the first leg, but they are driven by individual ambitions too.<\/p>\n<p>Mensah is looking for his first major title at club level with Crew; Afful wants to add the MLS title to a trophy cabinet that includes four Tunisia championships with Esperance and two African Champions League titles.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We were close the season I arrived here but we lost to Portland Timbers so I really want to correct that,&#8221; Mensah told KweseESPN.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have won a few trophies in my career and being able to add one from the MLS will feel special.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Apart from a ceremonial pre-season title during his time with Free State Stars in South Africa, Mensah&#8217;s experience of winning trophies has come with the Ghana U-20 team, with whom he won the African and world title in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There has been no title of note at club level so I am determined for that to change,&#8221; Mensah added.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have settled in well here after a difficult time so it will be a real pleasure to finish the season with a title.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>To do that, Mensah and his teammates have to get past a Toronto FC side who blew opponents apart in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Canadian team will be without the suspended duo of Jozy Altidore and Sebastian Giovinco but Afful does not consider that an advantage.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think in the regular season they beat us without Giovinco and Altidore so I am not sure if that will make any difference,&#8221; Afful said.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The most important thing is that we are up for it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Whichever way the Eastern Conference final first leg goes, Mensah says he has enjoyed his debut season.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I like the play-off system here. 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