San Jose Earthquakes vs Nashville SC 1-1

Nashville SC and San Jose Earthquakes drew 1-1 at Avaya Stadium after Hany Mukhtar put the visitors in front and Preston Judd levelled it after half-time.

Nashville led in the 34th minute when Mukhtar scored, with no assist listed. San Jose went in 1-0 down at the break after a first half that also brought a yellow card for Shakur Mohammed in the 28th minute, a booking for Beau Leroux on 39 minutes and a caution for Judd three minutes into stoppage time.

San Jose found the equaliser in the 70th minute when Judd scored from Eduard Löwen’s assist to make it 1-1. The Earthquakes had sent on Ousseni Bouda for Timo Werner in the 67th minute before that goal, while Nashville answered with a double change on 72 minutes, bringing on Reed Baker-Whiting for Daniel Lovitz and Edvard Sandvik Tagseth for Patrick Yazbek. San Jose then made two more changes in the 76th minute and another double switch on 86 minutes as they pushed to turn a point into more, but the visitors kept the draw intact.

The numbers leaned in different directions. San Jose had 47% of the possession and 384 passes to Nashville’s 456, yet they had 14 shots to six, 4 corners to none and a 0.82 to 0.35 edge in expected goals. Nashville had 4 shots on target to San Jose’s 2, while the Earthquakes recorded 3 saves and the visitors 1.

Discipline was also part of the story. San Jose picked up three yellow cards, for Leroux, Judd and Ian Harkes, while Nashville had one, for Mohammed. There were no red cards.