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Nashville SC Crushes Orlando City SC at Home
Nashville, Tennessee – In a memorable night at GEODIS Park, Nashville SC dominated Orlando City SC with a resounding victory. The home team, displaying impressive offensive precision, took the match with a commanding score.
From the start, Nashville SC imposed their rhythm. At 3 minutes, Sam Surridge opened the scoring with a goal, assisted by Hany Mukhtar. The connection between Surridge and Mukhtar was key throughout the match. Mukhtar, showing his quality, extended the lead to 17 minutes, after an assist from J. Bauer. The dominance of Nashville SC continued and Mukhtar scored again at 40 minutes, this time with an assist from J. Shaffelburg, consolidating an impeccable first half. Just before the break, Surridge sealed his double, scoring without assistance at 43 minutes.
The second half began with Orlando City SC trying to react, but the Nashville SC defense remained firm. Luis Muriel scored for Orlando City SC at 76 minutes, assisted by T. Spicer, but any hope of a comeback vanished with Muriel’s dismissal at 81 minutes for a red card. In added time, J. Palacios sealed the match with a goal at 90 minutes, without assistance.
The match was marked by a high number of fouls, reflecting the intensity of the game. Nashville SC committed 12 fouls and received two yellow cards, while Orlando City SC committed 13 fouls, received two yellow cards and one red card. In terms of possession, both teams shared the ball at 50%. Nashville SC took 16 shots, of which 8 were on target, while Orlando City SC had 12 shots, with only 4 on target. Referee Tim Ford had a busy night at GEODIS Park.
Substitutions orlando city sc: at minute 58 C. Araujo came in and E. Atuesta went out., at minute 58 N. Rodriguez came in and M. Pasalic went out., at minute 58 K. Smith came in and A. Freeman went out., at minute 74 D. Thorhallsson came in and L. Muriel went out., at minute 89 J. Gerbet came in and Z. Taifi went out.
Substitutions nashville sc: at minute 63 J. Shaffelburg came in and A. Qasem went out., at minute 76 G. Brugman came in and B. Acosta went out., at minute 76 A. Najar came in and T. Schmitt went out., at minute 88 P. Yazbek came in and E. Tagseth went out., at minute 89 A. Muyl came in and J. Perez went out.
The teams lined up as follows:
Nashville SC
Orlando City SC
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