July 14, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Nashville SC News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Soccer Club moved into third place in the Western Conference tonight with a 1-0 victory over Seattle Sounders FC in front of 26,927 fans at GEODIS Park. MVP candidate Hany Mukhtar scored the game-winning goal for Nashville SC in the 44th minute after a pair of tremendous passes from Randall Leal and CJ Sapong.
He’s a 10 and He’s Hany Mukhtar: MLS All-Star Hany Mukhtar etched his name in Nashville SC history on Wednesday becoming the first player in club history to score in four consecutive MLS matches. Mukhtar has now accounted for 16 of the club’s 26 goals this season.
Sweet Delivery: Winger Randall Leal notched his fourth assist in four matches tonight after getting the play started on Hany Mukhtar’s game-winning goal.
Sweeping Seattle: With the 1-0 victory tonight, Nashville SC has swept the season series against Seattle Sounders FC. The Boys in Gold took the series opener in a 1-0 win at Lumen Field in Seattle on Opening Day.
Next Match: Nashville SC will wrap up its homestand at 7:30 p.m. CT on Sunday hosting LAFC for the first time in club history.
Match Timeline
NSH 44′: Randall Leal delivers a ball from Nashville’s side of the pitch to CJ Sapong who tracks it down in the box and delivers a ball to Hany Mukhtar who slots home the shot
Notes
Nashville SC:
has earned results in 35 of 38 matches played in Nashville in MLS competition, including playoffs
has scored in the last five games in MLS, the longest scoring streak this season
earned a higher expected goals total than Seattle (1.23-0.73)
out-shot Seattle 12-9 tonight, marking the seventh time in the last nine matches they have out-shot their opponents
has a 25W-4L-9D record when scoring the first goal of the match in MLS
has a 19W-1L-6D record in MLS when owning the lead at halftime
has a 14W-3L-9D all-time record in weekday matches, 2W-0L-2D this season
has a 11W-1L-11-D record when Hany Mukhtar scores a goal
has a 4W-1L-3D all-time record in the month of July
Randall Leal leads the team in assists with six
Dan Lovitz surpassed 14,000 minutes played in his MLS career
Jack Maher led the team in completed passes with 55
Hany Mukhtar
has been involved in half of Nashville SC’s regular season goals (52 of 104) in club history
is tied for second in MLS in goals scored with 11
leads all MLS players with 44 goal contributions (27 goals, 17 assists) since 2021, which is four more than the next player (NYCFC’s Valentín…
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