{"id":246629,"date":"2026-04-06T12:22:04","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportsworldghana.com\/?p=246629"},"modified":"2026-04-06T12:22:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T12:22:04","slug":"mohammed-sofo-scores-first-mls-goal-to-seal-red-bulls-win-over-cincinnati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/2026\/04\/06\/mohammed-sofo-scores-first-mls-goal-to-seal-red-bulls-win-over-cincinnati\/","title":{"rendered":"Mohammed Sofo scores first MLS goal to seal Red Bulls\u2019 win over Cincinnati"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Ghanaian forward Mohammed Sofo made a decisive impact off the bench, scoring his first goal of the season to help <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>New York Red Bulls<\/strong><\/span> secure an entertaining <strong>4-2 victory<\/strong> over FC Cincinnati.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The 21-year-old, introduced with just ten minutes remaining, capped his cameo with a composed finish in stoppage time after linking up with fellow Ghanaian Ronald Donkor. Sofo showed great composure inside the box, executing a clever step-over before firing home with his left foot to seal the win at the Sports Illustrated Stadium.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Having started the season on the sidelines due to injury, Sofo was making only his third appearance of the campaign. His goal marked a significant personal milestone and underlined his potential impact for the Red Bulls going forward.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Head coach Michael Bradley introduced the youngster late in the game, replacing Jorge Ravulcaba\u2014and the decision paid off in style as Sofo delivered a clinical finish to wrap up the contest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The match itself was a thrilling encounter from the outset. Julian Hall gave the hosts an early lead in the 15th minute, but Cincinnati responded quickly through Pavel Bucha just three minutes later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Captain Emil Forsberg restored the Red Bulls\u2019 advantage shortly after halftime, before an own goal by Kyle Smith extended the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Smith, however, redeemed himself by helping Cincinnati pull one back, setting up a tense finish before Sofo\u2019s late strike put the result beyond doubt.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian forward Mohammed Sofo made a decisive impact off the bench, scoring his first goal of the season to help&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":246630,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[108,110,111],"class_list":["post-246629","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-stories","tag-cincinnati","tag-mohammed-sofo","tag-new-york-red-bulls"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246629","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=246629"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/246629\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/246630"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=246629"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=246629"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/learn.oshtree.org\/b-class\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=246629"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}