Nashville Soccer Club Earns Hard Fought Mid-Week Road Result against the Portland Timbers

August 4, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Nashville SC News Release

PORTLAND, Ore. – Nashville Soccer Club earned a gritty road 1-1 result against the Portland Timbers on Wednesday night at Providence Park. Teal Bunbury scored in the 20th minute of the match marking his third consecutive match finding the back of the net.

Earning Road Results: Nashville SC has earned results in nine of 14 road matches played this season.

The Real Teal: Bunbury has now scored three consecutive goals three times in his career (twice with NE Revolution in May 26 – June 9, 2018 and June 29 – July 17, 2019).

Next Match: The Boys in Gold will have an extremely quick turnaround as they fly home on Thursday to take on Toronto FC 7 p.m. CT on Saturday.

Match Timeline

NSH 20′: Teal Bunbury scores on a second effort shot with a clear pathway to the right side of the net

POR 27′: Santiago Moreno finishes Jaroslaw Niezgoda’s header attempt with a strong one touch out of the air

Notes

Nashville SC:

earned results in both matches against the Timbers this season

earned its first result in club history at Providence Park

had more shots on target (5-3) and more touches in the opponent’s box (25-21) than the Timbers

has out-scored its opponents 18-8 in the first half of matches this season

has suffered just one defeat when allowing one goal this season (4W-1L-5D)

remains unbeaten when scoring the first goal of the match in 2022 (7W-0L-7D)

is 4W-3L-5D all-time in the month of August

owns a 2W-1L-1D all-time record against Toronto FC

owns a 5W-1L-4D all-time record against Canadian teams

Teal Bunbury:

scored his 67th career MLS goal tonight

led the team in expected goals (0.46) and shots on target (2)

Sean Davis:

recorded his 25th career assist tonight

has played the most minutes of any Nashville SC player this season (1,987)

Randall Leal led the team in passing percentage at 95.5 percent

Daniel Lovitz led the team in touches with 75

Lovitz and Alex Muyl each played 90 minutes in their return to the lineup after missing Saturday’s match against Vancouver Whitecaps FC due to yellow card accumulation

Hany Mukhtar leads MLS in shots (88) and shots on target (48)

Box Score:

Nashville SC (8W-7L-9D, 33 pts.) vs. Portland Timbers (7W-6L-11D, 32 pts.)

August 3, 2022 – Providence Park

Final Score

POR: 1

NSH: 1

Scoring Summary

NSH: Teal Bunbury (Sean Davis) 20′

POR: Santiago Moreno (unassisted) 27′

Discipline

NSH: Walker Zimmerman (caution) 45+ 1′

NSH: Hany Mukhtar (caution) 60′

NSH: Teal Bunbury (caution) 67′

POR: Zac McGraw…