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Nashville SC vs Sporting Kansas City 4-0
- Hany Mukhtar10'
- Sam Surridge17'
- Andy Najar29'
- Warren Madrigal (P)90+5'
- Kick-off
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026 · 00:30 (UTC)
- Venue
- Geodis Park, Nashville
- Referee
- Joshua Encarnacion
Match timeline
- 90+5’Penalty goal
Nashville SCWarren Madrigal4 – 0 - 90+3’VAR checkNashville SCWarren MadrigalPenalty confirmed
- 83’SubstitutionNashville SCAlex Muyl ONSam Surridge OFF
- 81’Substitution
Sporting Kansas CityEmir Karic ONJayden Reid OFF - 76’SubstitutionNashville SCWarren Madrigal ONHany Mukhtar OFF
- 76’SubstitutionNashville SCBryan Acosta ONmatthew corcoran OFF
- 69’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityJacob Davis ONIan James OFF
- 68’SubstitutionNashville SCDaniel Lovitz ONAndy Najar OFF
Show 8 earlier events
- 68’SubstitutionNashville SCShakur Mohammed ONCristian Espinoza OFF
- 65’VAR checkNashville SCSam SurridgeGoal cancelled
- 53’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityTaylor Calheira ONSeymour Garfield-Reid OFF
- 45’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityCalvin Harris ONAndré Luiz OFF
- 45’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityJacob Bartlett ONZorhan Bassong OFF
- 29’Goal!Nashville SCAndy NajarAssist: Cristian Espinoza3 – 0
- 17’Goal!Nashville SCSam SurridgeAssist: Hany Mukhtar2 – 0
- 10’Goal!Nashville SCHany MukhtarAssist: Andy Najar1 – 0
- 1’Kick-off
Key stats
Nashville SCSporting Kansas City- 49%Possession51%
- 18Shots8
- 3.02xG0.49
- 11Shots on Target1
- 7Corners4
- 14Fouls9
- 1Offsides2
- 1Saves6
- 374Passes380
Lineups
Confirmed selections
Nashville SC4 - 2 - 3 - 1
- 99Schwake
- 31Najar
- 4Palacios
- 3Woledzi
- 27Baker-Whiting
- 16Corcoran
- 20Tagseth
- 7Espinoza
- 10Mukhtar
- 11Saad
- 9Surridge
Substitutions
- 68’↑2 D. Lovitz↓31 A. Najar
- 68’↑14 S. Mohammed↓7 C. Espinoza
- 76’↑41 W. Madrigal↓10 H. Mukhtar
- 76’↑6 B. Acosta↓16 M. Corcoran
- 83’↑19 A. Muyl↓9 S. Surridge
Unused substitutes 8 P. Yazbek, 22 J. Bauer, 5 J. Maher, 1 J. Willis
Coach B. Callaghan
Sporting Kansas City4 - 4 - 2
- 30Cleveland
- 2James
- 15Miller
- 28Meyer
- 99Reid
- 11Luiz
- 22Bassong
- 20Agyabeng
- 93Suleymanov
- 24Ramos
- 29Reid
Substitutions
- 45’↑14 C. Harris↓11 André Luiz
- 45’↑16 J. Bartlett↓22 Z. Bassong
- 53’↑19 T. Calheira↓29 S. Reid
- 69’↑8 J. Davis↓2 I. James
- 81’↑18 E. Karić↓99 J. Reid
Unused substitutes 23 E. Bartlow, 17 S. Afrifa, 1 J. Pulskamp, 7 Capita
Coach R. Wicky
Match facts
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Round
- Matchday 29
- Date
- Thu, 15 Oct 2026
- Kick-off
- 00:30 (UTC)
- Venue
- Geodis Park, Nashville
- Referee
- Joshua Encarnacion
- Nashville SC coach
- B. Callaghan
- Sporting Kansas City coach
- R. Wicky
League table
Major League Soccer - United States and Canada · Western Conference
| # | Team | P | W | D | L | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Vancouver Whitecaps | 33 | 18 | 7 | 8 | +38 | 61 |
| 2 |  FC Dallas | 33 | 15 | 10 | 8 | +9 | 55 |
| 3 |  San Jose Earthquakes | 33 | 14 | 10 | 9 | +8 | 52 |
| 4 |  St. Louis City | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | +10 | 51 |
| 5 |  Houston Dynamo | 33 | 14 | 9 | 10 | +1 | 51 |
| 6 |  Los Angeles FC | 33 | 12 | 11 | 10 | +13 | 47 |
| 7 |  Los Angeles Galaxy | 33 | 11 | 11 | 11 | -6 | 44 |
| 8 |  Portland Timbers | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 43 |
| 9 |  Colorado Rapids | 33 | 12 | 7 | 14 | -1 | 43 |
| 10 |  Seattle Sounders | 33 | 11 | 10 | 12 | -3 | 43 |
| 11 |  Real Salt Lake | 33 | 12 | 6 | 15 | 0 | 42 |
| 12 |  Minnesota United FC | 33 | 10 | 11 | 12 | -4 | 41 |
| 13 |  San Diego | 33 | 9 | 11 | 13 | -5 | 38 |
| 14 |  Austin | 33 | 8 | 10 | 15 | -21 | 34 |
| 15 |  Sporting Kansas City | 33 | 6 | 5 | 22 | -42 | 23 |
Player ratings
- 1
H. Mukhtar9.0 - 2
A. Najar8.8 - 3
S. Surridge7.9 - 4
J. Palacios7.7 - 5
C. Espinoza7.7 - 6
M. Woledzi7.5 - 7
E. Saad7.2 - 8
R. Baker-Whiting7.1 - 9
D. Lovitz7.1 - 10
M. Corcoran7.1 - 11
B. Schwake7.0 - 12
B. Acosta6.9 - 13
A. Muyl6.9 - 14
E. Tagseth6.7 - 15
S. Mohammed6.7 - 16
W. Madrigal6.4 - 17
P. Yazbek0.0 - 18
J. Bauer0.0 - 19
J. Maher0.0 - 20
J. Willis0.0
- 1
S. Cleveland6.8 - 2
R. Ramos6.6 - 3
Wyatt Meyer6.5 - 4
K. Agyabeng6.5 - 5
C. Harris6.4 - 6
T. Calheira6.4 - 7
J. Reid6.3 - 8
I. James6.2 - 9
Z. Bassong6.2 - 10
Jansen Miller6.1 - 11
S. Reid6.1 - 12
M. Suleymanov6.0 - 13
J. Bartlett6.0 - 14
E. Karić5.9 - 15
J. Davis5.8 - 16
André Luiz5.8 - 17
Capita0.0 - 18
E. Bartlow0.0 - 19
S. Afrifa0.0 - 20
J. Pulskamp0.0
Match ratings from API-Football, out of 10.
MVP of the match
H. Mukhtar
Nashville SC
- 1
- Goals
- 1
- Assists
Rated 9.0, the best on the pitch — 1 goal and 1 assist in 76 minutes.
Team form comparison
Last 5 matches, all competitions
Nashville SC- W-D-L
- 3-1-1
- Scored / match
- 2.4
- Conceded / match
- 1.0
Sporting Kansas City- W-D-L
- 2-1-2
- Scored / match
- 2.4
- Conceded / match
- 2.0
Fan predictions
How the fans called it
- Nashville SCResult0%
- Sporting Kansas City0%
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What happened
Match report
Nashville SC beat Sporting Kansas City 4-0 at Geodis Park, with three first-half goals and a late penalty from substitute Warren Madrigal.
Hany Mukhtar opened the scoring in the 10th minute from Andy Najar's assist, Sam Surridge made it 2-0 on 17 minutes after Mukhtar set him up, and Najar then struck in the 29th minute from Cristian Espinoza's pass to make it 3-0. Nashville reached half-time 3-0 ahead.
Sporting Kansas City made two changes on 45 minutes, but Nashville kept control after the break. A 65th-minute goal by Surridge was ruled out by VAR, though the home side still added a fourth in the 90th minute. Madrigal, who came on in the 76th minute, had a penalty confirmed by VAR in the 90+3rd minute and converted it in the 90+5th minute to seal the win.
The numbers backed Nashville's margin, though Sporting Kansas City had 51% of the possession and 380 passes to Nashville's 374. Nashville had 18 shots to 8, put 11 on target to 1, and finished with 3.02 expected goals to 0.49. Nashville also led 7-4 for corners, while Sporting Kansas City had six saves to Nashville's one and the visitors committed 9 fouls to 14.
There were no yellow cards or red cards.
Match record
- Competition
- Major League Soccer - United States and Canada
- Round
- Matchday 29
- Kick-off
- Venue
- Geodis Park, Nashville
- Referee
- Joshua Encarnacion
- Match ID
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16 events
- 10’Goal!Nashville SCHany MukhtarAssist: Andy Najar1 – 0
- 17’Goal!Nashville SCSam SurridgeAssist: Hany Mukhtar2 – 0
- 29’Goal!Nashville SCAndy NajarAssist: Cristian Espinoza3 – 0
- 45’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityCalvin Harris ONAndré Luiz OFF
- 45’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityJacob Bartlett ONZorhan Bassong OFF
- 53’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityTaylor Calheira ONSeymour Garfield-Reid OFF
- 65’VAR checkNashville SCSam SurridgeGoal cancelled
- 68’SubstitutionNashville SCDaniel Lovitz ONAndy Najar OFF
- 68’SubstitutionNashville SCShakur Mohammed ONCristian Espinoza OFF
- 69’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityJacob Davis ONIan James OFF
- 76’SubstitutionNashville SCWarren Madrigal ONHany Mukhtar OFF
- 76’SubstitutionNashville SCBryan Acosta ONmatthew corcoran OFF
- 81’SubstitutionSporting Kansas CityEmir Karic ONJayden Reid OFF
- 83’SubstitutionNashville SCAlex Muyl ONSam Surridge OFF
- 90+3’VAR checkNashville SCWarren MadrigalPenalty confirmed
- 90+5’Penalty goalNashville SCWarren Madrigal4 – 0