MLS

Nashville SC vs Columbus Crew, 2026 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
Nashville SC
  • 27': Hany Mukhtar
  • 90'+3': Reed Baker-Whiting
  • 90'+5': Andy Nájar
FT
3 - 2
Columbus Crew
  • 58': Mohamed Farsi
  • 68': André Gomes

About

Nashville SC are hosting Columbus Crew at GEODIS Park, Nashville, Tennessee, USA, starting on . The match is a part of the MLS.

Match Commentary

  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 10': Foul by Andy Nájar (Nashville SC).
  • 10': Chase Adams (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 13': Handball by Cristian Espinoza (Nashville SC).
  • 18': Attempt blocked. Patrick Yazbek (Nashville SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 18': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
  • 19': Corner, Columbus Crew. Conceded by Andy Nájar.
  • 20': Foul by Sam Surridge (Nashville SC).
  • 20': Tarun Karumanchi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 27': Goal! Nashville SC 1, Columbus Crew 0. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the top left corner. Assisted by Daniel Lovitz with a through ball.
  • 29': Maxwell Woledzi (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 29': Foul by Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew).
  • 32': Attempt blocked. Chase Adams (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Taha Habroune.
  • 32': Delay in match for a drinks break.
  • 35': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 39': Daniel Lovitz (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 39': Delay in match because of an injury Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew).
  • 41': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 42': Patrick Yazbek (Nashville SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 42': Foul by Malte Amundsen (Columbus Crew).
  • 45': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Malte Amundsen.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
  • 45'+1': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Tarun Karumanchi.
  • 45'+1': Fourth official has announced 5 minutes of added time.
  • 45'+1': Attempt blocked. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Cristian Espinoza with a cross.
  • 45'+2': Attempt blocked. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Muyl.
  • 45'+2': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Sean Zawadzki.
  • 45'+3': Attempt missed. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Andy Nájar.
  • 45'+5': Attempt saved. Cristian Espinoza (Nashville SC) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom right corner by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Hany Mukhtar.
  • 45'+5': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Patrick Schulte.
  • 45'+6': Attempt saved. Matthew Corcoran (Nashville SC) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the top centre of the goal by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
  • 45'+6': First Half ends, Nashville SC 1, Columbus Crew 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins Nashville SC 1, Columbus Crew 0.
  • 46': Foul by Tarun Karumanchi (Columbus Crew).
  • 46': Patrick Yazbek (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': André Gomes (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 48': Foul by Andy Nájar (Nashville SC).
  • 48': Foul by Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew).
  • 48': Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 49': Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  • 49': Attempt saved. Jeisson Palacios (Nashville SC) header from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal by Patrick Schulte (Columbus Crew). Assisted by Cristian Espinoza.
  • 51': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  • 51': Cristian Espinoza (Nashville SC) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 54': Chase Adams (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 54': Foul by Patrick Yazbek (Nashville SC).
  • 54': Foul by Sean Zawadzki (Columbus Crew).
  • 54': Cristian Espinoza (Nashville SC) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 58': Goal! Nashville SC 1, Columbus Crew 1. Mohamed Farsi (Columbus Crew) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Malte Amundsen.
  • 59': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Brooks Lennon replaces Mohamed Farsi.
  • 59': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Josef Martínez replaces Chase Adams.
  • 62': Substitution, Nashville SC. Elias Saad replaces Alex Muyl.
  • 62': Substitution, Nashville SC. Edvard Tagseth replaces Patrick Yazbek.
  • 62': Substitution, Nashville SC. Reed Baker-Whiting replaces Daniel Lovitz.
  • 66': Offside, Columbus Crew. Brais Méndez is caught offside.
  • 66': Taha Habroune (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 66': Foul by Edvard Tagseth (Nashville SC).
  • 68': Goal! Nashville SC 1, Columbus Crew 2. André Gomes (Columbus Crew) from a free kick with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  • 72': Attempt blocked. Matthew Corcoran (Nashville SC) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked.
  • 73': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Tarun Karumanchi.
  • 74': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by André Gomes.
  • 76': Delay in match for a drinks break.
  • 76': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost replaces André Gomes.
  • 78': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 79': Offside, Columbus Crew. Brooks Lennon is caught offside.
  • 83': Delay in match (Nashville SC).
  • 83': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 84': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dániel Gazdag replaces Brais Méndez.
  • 84': Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lautaro Giaccone replaces Taha Habroune.
  • 87': Attempt missed. Elias Saad (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the left side of the box is close, but misses to the right.
  • 88': Substitution, Nashville SC. Bryan Acosta replaces Matthew Corcoran.
  • 88': Substitution, Nashville SC. Shak Mohammed replaces Cristian Espinoza.
  • 88': Tarun Karumanchi (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 88': Foul by Edvard Tagseth (Nashville SC).
  • 90': Foul by Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew).
  • 90': Elias Saad (Nashville SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 90'+1': Offside, Nashville SC. Andy Nájar is caught offside.
  • 90'+1': Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
  • 90'+3': Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Lautaro Giaccone.
  • 90'+3': Goal! Nashville SC 2, Columbus Crew 2. Reed Baker-Whiting (Nashville SC) header from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Hany Mukhtar with a cross following a corner.
  • 90'+5': Goal! Nashville SC 3, Columbus Crew 2. Andy Nájar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Jeisson Palacios.
  • 90'+7': Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 90'+7': Reed Baker-Whiting (Nashville SC).
  • 90'+8': Second Half ends, Nashville SC 3, Columbus Crew 2.
  • 0': Match ends, Nashville SC 3, Columbus Crew 2.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
1 Corner Kicks 8
3 Saves 0
42.2 Possession 57.8
3 SHOTS 13
2 ON GOAL 6
0.7 On Target % 0.5
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
355 Accurate Passes 505
422 Passes 571
0.8 Pass Completion % 0.9
0 Accurate Crosses 4
4 Crosses 13
0.0 Cross % 0.3
52 Long Balls 42
19 Accurate Long Balls 27
0.4 Long Balls % 0.6
1 Blocked Shots 5
12 Effective Tackles 11
15 Tackles 16
0.8 Tackle % 0.7
7 Interceptions 6
17 Effective Clearances 13
17 Clearances 13

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: GEODIS Park
Location: Nashville, Tennessee, USA

MLS Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Nashville SC 26 +32 57
2 New England Revolution 26 +12 46
3 Inter Miami CF 26 +15 46
4 Charlotte FC 26 +10 43
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NSH Nashville SC (4-4-2)

No. Name
99 Brian Schwake (GK)
3 Maxwell Woledzi
4 Jeisson Palacios
2 Daniel Lovitz
31 Andy Nájar
16 Matthew Corcoran
8 Patrick Yazbek
19 Alex Muyl
7 Cristian Espinoza
9 Sam Surridge
10 Hany Mukhtar
Nashville SC Substitutes:
Elias Saad, Shakur Mohammed, Ahmed Qasim, Reed Baker-Whiting, Edvard Tagseth, Bryan Acosta, Josh Bauer, Joe Willis, Jack Maher.

CLB Columbus Crew (4-4-2)

No. Name
28 Patrick Schulte (GK)
25 Sean Zawadzki
12 Cesar Ruvalcaba Yellow Card
18 Malte Amundsen
31 Steven Moreira
50 Tarun Karumanchi
20 André Gomes
16 Taha Habroune
23 Mohamed Farsi
46 Chase Adams
10 Brais Méndez
Columbus Crew Substitutes:
Dániel Gazdag, Brooks Lennon, Christopher Rogers, Dylan Chambost, Amar Sejdic, Josef Martínez, Laurtaro Giaccone, Nicholas Hagen, Andrés Herrera.

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