Nashville SC 2-1 New York City FC: Final score, stats and lineups
MLS
Nashville SC
10-3-1
- Jeisson Palacios 16'
- Maxwell Woledzi 49'
2-1
FT
New York City FC
5-4-6
- Nicolás Fernández 23' (P)
Key events
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Jeisson PalaciosAssist: Cristian Espinoza16'
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23'
Nicolás Fernández (pen)
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25'
Kai TrewinFoul on Hany Mukhtar.
- Halftime 45'+5'
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Maxwell WoledziAssist: Bryan Acosta49'
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Ahmed QasimFoul on Malachi Jones.65'
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66'
Hannes WolfOff: Malachi Jones
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66'
Jonathan ShoreOff: Arnau Farnós
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Sam SurridgeOff: Ahmed Qasim71'
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78'
Maxi CarrizoOff: Andrés Perea
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Charles-Emile BrunetOff: Bryan Acosta79'
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Alex MuylOff: Warren Madrigal79'
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85'
Seymour ReidOff: Nico Cavallo
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85'
Kevin PierreOff: Kai Trewin
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Cristian EspinozaFoul on Hannes Wolf.86'
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Josh BauerOff: Cristian Espinoza89'
- End Regular Time 90'+6'
Team stats
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6Corner Kicks3
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47.8Possession52.2
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12SHOTS7
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6ON GOAL4
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3Blocked Shots1
Match info
- Competition
- MLS
- Kickoff
- Saturday, May 23, 2026, 8:30 PM ET
- Venue
- GEODIS Park, Nashville, Tennessee
- Where to watch
- Apple TV
- Attendance
- 25,835
- Series
- NYC leads series 3-1-1
Team stats
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11Fouls12
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2Yellow Cards1
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0Red Cards0
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2Offsides0
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6Corner Kicks3
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3Saves4
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47.8Possession52.2
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12SHOTS7
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6ON GOAL4
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0.5On Target %0.6
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0Penalty Goals1
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0Penalty Kicks Taken1
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395Accurate Passes428
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449Passes494
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0.9Pass Completion %0.9
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3Accurate Crosses2
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11Crosses9
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0.3Cross %0.2
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51Long Balls39
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27Accurate Long Balls16
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0.5Long Balls %0.4
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3Blocked Shots1
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5Effective Tackles11
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10Tackles14
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0.5Tackle %0.8
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11Interceptions6
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15Effective Clearances12
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15Clearances12
Lineups
Nashville SC4-2-3-1- 99Brian SchwakeG
- 27Reed Baker-WhitingRB
- 2Daniel LovitzLB
- 16Matthew CorcoranLM
- 4Jeisson PalaciosCD-R
- 3Maxwell WoledziCD-L
- 7Cristian Espinoza↓AM-R
- 6Bryan Acosta↓RM
- 10Hany MukhtarF
- 41Warren Madrigal↓AM
- 37Ahmed Qasim↓AM-L
- 5Jack Maher
- 17Woobens Pacius
- 19Alex Muyl↑
- 12Charles-Emile Brunet↑
- 14Shakur Mohammed
- 9Sam Surridge↑
- 1Joe Willis
- 23Jordan Knight
- 22Josh Bauer↑
New York City FC4-2-3-1- 49Matt FreeseG
- 24Tayvon GrayRB
- 2Nico Cavallo↓LB
- 8Andrés Perea↓LM
- 13Thiago MartinsCD-R
- 34Raul GustavoCD-L
- 26Agustin OjedaAM-R
- 5Kai Trewin↓RM
- 7Nicolás FernándezF
- 87Arnau Farnós↓AM
- 88Malachi Jones↓AM-L
- 99Seymour Reid↑
- 29Maxi Carrizo↑
- 32Jonathan Shore↑
- 19Strahinja Tanasijevic
- 15Kevin Pierre↑
- 71Peter Molinari
- 45Kamran Acito
- 17Hannes Wolf↑
- 30Tomas Romero
MLS Standings
| # | Team | GP | W | D | L | GD | P |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nashville SC | 33 | 22 | 8 | 3 | +44 | 74 |
| 2 | Inter Miami CF | 33 | 16 | 11 | 6 | +21 | 59 |
| 3 | New England Revolution | 33 | 18 | 4 | 11 | +9 | 58 |
| 4 | Chicago Fire FC | 33 | 16 | 7 | 10 | +11 | 55 |
| 5 | Charlotte FC | 33 | 15 | 8 | 10 | +15 | 53 |
| 6 | Philadelphia Union | 33 | 13 | 8 | 12 | +11 | 47 |
| 7 | FC Cincinnati | 33 | 12 | 10 | 11 | -6 | 46 |
| 8 | Columbus Crew | 33 | 13 | 5 | 15 | +6 | 44 |
| 9 | Orlando City SC | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -16 | 43 |
| 10 | Red Bull New York | 33 | 11 | 6 | 16 | -17 | 39 |
| 11 | New York City FC | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | +3 | 39 |
| 12 | Toronto FC | 33 | 9 | 12 | 12 | -12 | 39 |
| 13 | Atlanta United FC | 33 | 9 | 6 | 18 | -14 | 33 |
| 14 | D.C. United | 33 | 7 | 12 | 14 | -21 | 33 |
| 15 | CF Montréal | 33 | 6 | 8 | 19 | -30 | 26 |
Last five games
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