Ghana defender Jonathan Mensah scored his first MLS goal of the season as well an concede an own goal as Columbus Crew beat New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
The Ghana International opened the scoring as early as the 7th minute, after drilling through the Bulls defence as Columbus Crew went on to win 3-2 in the MLS.
The gold and Blacks put their road doldrums behind them in a big way, scoring three times in the first thirty minutes at the Red Bull Arena.
Patrick Mullins doubled the advantage in the 24th minute, racing onto a ball played into space by Harrison Afful before slotting low inside the far post for his first Crew SC goal.
Columbus made it 3-0 in the 31st minute when Sean Davis headed a Santos corner kick into his own goal at the near post.
Chris Armas made a double switch at halftime, bringing on Bradley Wright-Phillips and Kaku and the Red Bulls rallied to cut their deficit to one on a Mensah own goal and Danny Royer's sixth of the season.
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