Ameyawu Muntari scores winner for Santa Barbara City College in US College soccer

Ghanaian striker Ameyawu Muntari scored the winning goal for Santa Barbara City College but got sent off for excessive celebration in their 2-1 win against Oxnard College.

Oxnard took the lead in the beginning, with a goal scored within two minutes of the first half.

Chavez scored the first goal for City College in the 11th minute of the game with an assist from Sonny Boyoko.

In the 74th minute of the game, Muntari broke the tie for the Vaqueros.

After the goal, Muntari took off his jersey, ran behind the goal and did a round-off.

He ended with a wave to the audience as they were cheering for him.

A red card was pulled on Muntari for excessive celebration.

Sisterson said of Muntari, ''He pressured the goalie well [but after the goal] he unfortunately lost his head a little bit.''

Muntari left the field and will have to sit out the next game.

“I think we started off slow but ended up doing good. We worked hard until the 90 minutes were over.” Chavez said.

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