Nashville SC

1st · 18-6-3 · 60 pts · +34

YES!

Nashville SC beat Columbus Crew

5-5-11 2 – 3

15-4-2

FT · Sat, Aug 22

Match Details

GEODIS Park (Nashville, Tennessee) · Apple TV

Commentary

·Match ends, Nashville SC 3, Columbus Crew 2.
90'+8'Second Half ends, Nashville SC 3, Columbus Crew 2.
90'+7'Reed Baker-Whiting (Nashville SC).
90'+7'Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
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'+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'+3'Corner, Nashville SC. Conceded by Lautaro Giaccone.
90'+1'Fourth official has announced 6 minutes of added time.
90'+1'Offside, Nashville SC. Andy Nájar is caught offside.
90'Elias Saad (Nashville SC) wins a free kick on the left wing.
90'Foul by Brooks Lennon (Columbus Crew).
88'Foul by Edvard Tagseth (Nashville SC).

Line Score

	1	2	T
CLB	0	2	2
NSH	1	2	3

Match Leaders

Columbus Crew

MF Mohamed Farsi · 1Goals
AG André Gomes · 1Total Shots
Patrick Schulte · 3Saves
CR Cesar Ruvalcaba · 12Defensive Interventions
Steven Moreira · 55Accurate Passes

Nashville SC

HM Hany Mukhtar · 1Goals
Hany Mukhtar · 3Total Shots
JP Jeisson Palacios · 10Defensive Interventions
JP Jeisson Palacios · 77Accurate Passes

League Table · 2026 MLS

	Team	GP	W	D	L	GD	Pts
1	Nashville	27	18	6	3	+34	60
2	New England	27	14	4	9	+9	46
3	Miami	27	12	10	5	+14	46
4	Charlotte	27	12	7	8	+9	43
5	Chicago	26	12	6	8	+8	42
6	Philadelphia	27	11	6	10	+10	39
7	Orlando	27	10	4	13	-16	34
8	Red Bull NY	27	9	6	12	-17	33
9	NYCFC	27	8	9	10	+5	33
10	Cincinnati	26	8	9	9	-9	33
11	D.C. United	26	6	12	8	-8	30
12	Columbus	27	8	5	14	-4	29
13	Toronto	27	6	11	10	-12	29
14	Atlanta	27	7	6	14	-13	27
15	CF Montréal	27	6	6	15	-20	24

Qualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Round One Best-of-3 seriesQualifies for MLS Cup Playoffs - Wild Card Matches

Key Events

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'+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.

88'Substitution, Nashville SC. Shak Mohammed replaces Cristian Espinoza.

88'Substitution, Nashville SC. Bryan Acosta replaces Matthew Corcoran.

84'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Lautaro Giaccone replaces Taha Habroune.

84'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dániel Gazdag replaces Brais Méndez.

76'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Dylan Chambost replaces André Gomes.

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.

62'Substitution, Nashville SC. Reed Baker-Whiting replaces Daniel Lovitz.

62'Substitution, Nashville SC. Edvard Tagseth replaces Patrick Yazbek.

62'Substitution, Nashville SC. Elias Saad replaces Alex Muyl.

59'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Josef Martínez replaces Chase Adams.

59'Substitution, Columbus Crew. Brooks Lennon replaces Mohamed Farsi.

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.

49'Cesar Ruvalcaba (Columbus Crew) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

39'Daniel Lovitz (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.

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.