Nashville SC vs New York Red Bulls 3-2

Nashville SC came from 3-0 down to beat New York Red Bulls 3-2 at Geodis Park, with Sam Surridge’s stoppage-time goal completing the comeback. The visitors had been in control at the break before the game turned after the interval.

New York Red Bulls took the lead in the 34th minute when Julian Hall scored from Adri Mehmeti’s assist to make it 1-0. Rafael Mosquera, who had come on in the 39th minute, doubled it in the 40th minute after Cade Cowell set him up, and Tim Parker’s own goal in the 45th minute made it 3-0. That was the half-time score.

Nashville needed one goal to change the tone, and Surridge provided it three minutes into stoppage time. Cristian Espinoza supplied the assist for the 90+1st-minute strike, which left it 4-1 to New York Red Bulls on the scoreboard and opened the way for the late pressure that had already been building. Earlier, Nashville had made two changes in the 67th minute, with Patrick Yazbek and matthew corcoran replaced by Edvard Sandvik Tagseth and Bryan Acosta, then made two more in the 90+3rd minute. New York Red Bulls also used a three-change window in the 89th minute after protecting their lead through the second half.

Nashville had 62% of the ball, 500 passes to New York Red Bulls’ 313 and 11 corners to 3, while also finishing with 20 shots to 14 and 6 on target to 4. The visitors still registered a slightly higher xG, 2.94 to 2.85, and had more saves, 5 to 2, while Nashville committed 5 fouls to 13.

New York Red Bulls were booked twice, with Sekou Kone cautioned in the 25th minute and Jorge Ruvalcaba in the 45+2nd minute. Cade Cowell also missed a penalty in the 19th minute.