Portland Timbers - Columbus Crew 0 - 1 | GOAL - Wessam Ali
Portland Timbers - Columbus Crew 0 - 1 | GOAL - Wessam Ali
Video Transcript
He was really surprised even on the first day.
So he's gonna have the license to be a box-to-box midfielder, and the more he can get forward, the better it will be.
Ball comes back to Banotek, but first on it is Wisam Abu Ali off the left foot, fires and scores!
Wisam Abu Ali beginning his first full season in MLS, and he opens the scoring minutes in.
What a start for the Crew on the road.
They've got the lead in Portland.
Comes to him, he just goes to play the ball back, but he just puts it into such a dangerous position.
But give great credit to Abu Ali, 'cause he had so much to do, and what he does exceptionally well, when he wins the ball here, he's got one thing in his mind.
He's going to his left, but then what he does, he brings the ball back to his right, and he completely wrong-foots Pantemis.
And it's a brilliant start from Columbus.
Yes, a poor mistake from Portland in particular.
Velde just playing the ball blind.
But what I would say, it's an outstanding finish from Abu Ali.
Going one way, the keeper has to go along with him, and then he just plays the ball-
