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American-Ghanaian midfielder Derrick Jones Acheampong has set sight on profitable the Main League Soccer with Columbus Crew.
The 28-year-old midfielder watched from the bench on Saturday as Crew break up the factors with New York Crimson Bulls on the Sports activities Illustrated Stadium, preserving their play-off hopes alive.
Regardless of making few appearances this season, the previous US youth worldwide stays optimistic of his aspect’s probabilities.
“For me, clearly, we’re a workforce and we all know we now have to win video games now. We began good, we now have an excellent squad and this doesn’t trouble us as a result of we all know what we now have,” he advised GHANASoccernet.
“We’ll simply hold working,” he added.
Crew final received the MLS in 2023, with Ghanaian midfielder Yaw Yeboah scoring the winner in opposition to Los Angeles FC. Earlier than their triumph in 2023, a gaggle of Ghanaian gamers, together with Harrison Afful and Jonathan Mensah – then captain of Crew – received the competitors in 2020.
Jones desires to affix the tall listing of profitable Ghanaian footballers in the USA, having already received the Leagues Cup with the Gold and Black.
“For certain, like I mentioned we now have an excellent squad and we’re going to take it a sport at a time and to the play-offs and see what is going to occur,” mentioned Jones.
Jones and his teammates journey to Atlanta to face Atlanta United of their subsequent sport.
By Lukman Abdul Mumin
