Jonathan Mensah leads Columbus Crew to victory after being named captain

Black Stars defender, Jonathan Mensah, led his Columbus Crew side out as captain as they beat New York City FC 1-0.

Mensah, who has been at Columbus Crew since 2017 and has made 77 appearances for the MLS club played in defence as his side won their first game of the season, keeping a clean sheet in the process.

Mensah was named the club’s new captain ahead of the new season and is clearly relishing his new role.

After the game, Mensah posted shots of himself wearing the armband and the Crew fans on Twitter.

He spoke of his pride at captaining the side and his joy at his team picking up all three points as well.

“Proud to have captained #Crew96 for our first game of the season. Felt even better that we got all three points. Thank you to our amazing fans (crew family) for the support. Together, let’s make it a great season,” Mensah tweeted.

Mensah was however, not named in the 23-man Black Stars squad announced by head coach CK Akonnor on Tuesday.

Mensah missed out on a call-up last time out as well, as he was not included in Ghana’s squad for the AFCON 2021 qualifiers against South Africa and Sao Tome and Principe by Kwesi Appiah.