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Nashville SC Dominates Houston Dynamo in Incident-Filled Match
Nashville, USA – Nashville SC defeated Houston Dynamo in a match played at GEODIS Park, with a final score of 3 to 1. The match, corresponding to matchday 32 of the 2025 Major League Soccer regular season, was marked by high ball possession by Nashville SC (67%) and an early expulsion of a Houston Dynamo player.
Nashville SC struck first in the 2nd minute, when Hany Mukhtar, assisted by Alex Muyl, opened the scoring. The situation became complicated for Houston Dynamo in the 9th minute, when Erik Sviatchenko received a red card. Despite playing with one man less, Houston Dynamo managed to tie the game in the 40th minute thanks to Junior Urso, assisted by Luis Ennali.
In the second half, Nashville SC regained control. Sam Surridge scored in the 48th minute, restoring the lead to his team. Shortly after, in the 50th minute, Aníbal Godoy extended the lead for Nashville SC, sealing the final result. The match was interrupted by a total of two yellow cards shown to Nashville SC players. The home team dominated in shots on goal, corners, and possession, demonstrating their superiority throughout the match. Referee Sergiy Boyko, from Ukraine, had a busy night, managing a match with 18 fouls committed by Nashville SC and 9 by Houston Dynamo.
Substitutions houston dynamo: at minute 15 O. Lingr came in and F. Awodesu went out., at minute 69 Junior Urso came in and A. Bassi went out., at minute 69 E. Ponce came in and D. Holmes went out., at minute 84 E. Bartlow came in and Sergio Santos went out., at minute 84 Artur came in and S. Kowalczyk went out.
Substitutions nashville sc: at minute 57 A. Najar came in and J. Bauer went out., at minute 57 P. Yazbek came in and B. Acosta went out., at minute 77 S. Surridge came in and T. Bunbury went out., at minute 77 H. Mukhtar came in and T. Boyd went out., at minute 87 J. Shaffelburg came in and W. Zimmerman went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nashville SC
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