Henderson Gives Crew a Road Win

Chris Henderson scored in the 34th minute, and the Columbus Crew earned its first road win of the season, 1-0, over the Kansas City Wizards on Friday night.

Kansas City had its four-game winning streak stopped and dropped to 11-6-8 with 41 points, leaving the Wizards one point behind the New England Revolution in the Eastern Conference.

Columbus, which is last in the conference with 27 points, improved to 8-12-3.

Henderson, who played for the Wizards from 1998 to 2000, scored midway through the first half. Taking a pass from Kyle Martino, Henderson drove into the right corner of the Wizards’ penalty area, turned on defender Jimmy Conrad and scored with a hard right-footed shot from 13 yards that ricocheted off the left post and into the net.

In the 87th minute, Kansas City captain Diego Gutierrez received consecutive yellow cards and was ejected.