Ghanaian defender Harrison Afful celebrated a call-up to the Black Stars with a stunner in Columbus Crew's 3-0 thrashing of David Accam's Chicago Fire in the American Major League Soccer on Saturday night.
Afful scored in the eighth minute while Justin Meram and Dilly Duka added goals in the second half for the Columbus Crew to beat the Chicago Fire.
The Crew avoided playoff elimination but still need a strong showing in their last three games, which include away games against both of the first-placed New York teams.
Afful took Mohammed Saeid's corner from a few yards beyond the 18-yard box and sliced a shot that knuckled over the leaping Sean Johnson and under the crossbar.
Meram used a give-and-go with Dilly Duka and a cutback move to get free in the area and make it 2-0 for the Crew in the 50th minute.
Saeid crossed Meram's long pass to Duka who capped the scoring with a low shot that skidded over the diving Johnson in the 59th.
The Fire lost their third game in a row to plunge further down the table.