The Columbus Crew acquired forward Ibrahim Aliyu from the Houston Dynamo on Thursday. The Dynamo will receive $450,000 and up to $750,000 in conditional performance-based incentives.
Ibrahim Aliyu's fifth-minute goal held up as the deciding score in Houston Dynamo FC's 1-0 win over visiting Charlotte FC on Saturday. The victory extended Houston's unbeaten streak to six matches (3-0-3).
Ibrahim Aliyu scored in the 78th minute to help the Houston Dynamo defeat host Sporting Kansas City 2-1 on Saturday night. With leading scorer Erik Thommy out for personal reasons, Kansas City (2-5-5, 11 points) started strikers Alan Pulido, Daniel Salloi, Johnny Russell and Willy Agada on the front line.
Ibrahim Aliyu scored late in the first half and the Houston Dynamo won for the first time this season, defeating the visiting Portland Timbers 1-0 on Saturday night.