Ghana right back Harrison Afful has lauded his brother and team mate Jonathan Mensah for winning the defender of the year at Major League Soccer side Columbus Crew.
Columbus Crew announced Mensah and other winners for the this on Monday afternoon.
Mensah made 26 starts on 27 appearances amidst a deep Crew SC backline and was twice named to MLSSoccer.com's Team of the Week.
On the year, Mensah totaled 78 aerial duels won and ranked top-10 in the League in headed clearances with 65.
Additionally, the centerback scored the game-opening goal in a 3-2 road win over the New York Red Bulls on July 28, 2018.
Afful who won the award some years back at the club posted a congratulatory message to his colleague on twitter.
Congratulations bro @jomens25 ??✝️ https://t.co/HGBFkO1zz3
— King Harrison (@thekingharrison) November 19, 2018