Nashville SC 2-1 New York City FC: Match Highlight, Goals & Player Ratings

Nashville SC

J. Palacios 16'

M. Woledzi 49'

New York City FC

N. Fernández Mercau 23' (Pen)

Major League Soccer 2026

Regular Season - 16

May 24, 2026 12:30am

Geodis Park, Nashville

Key stats

Ball Possession

48%

52%

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Lineup

Nashville SC 4-3-3

New York City FC 4-2-3-1

Goalkeeper

B. Schwake

7.0

M. Freese

6.3

Defenders

D. Lovitz

6.3

Nico Cavallo

5.9

M. Woledzi

7.9

Raul Gustavo

6.2

J. Palacios

8.3

Thiago Martins

6.3

R. Baker-Whiting

6.7

T. Gray

6.3

Midfielders

A. Qasem

6.0

A. Perea

6.2

M. Corcoran

7.6

K. Trewin

6.9

B. Acosta

6.9

M. Jones

7.3

A. Farnos

6.7

A. Ojeda

6.6

Forwards

W. Madrigal

6.3

N. Fernández Mercau

6.6

H. Mukhtar

6.9

C. Espinoza

6.3

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Highest rating

8.3

J. Palacios

7.3

M. Jones

Match Summary

On May 24, 2026 during the 2026 Major League Soccer match, Nashville SC faced off against New York City FC at Geodis Park, Nashville. The game concluded with Nashville SC securing a victory. With 48% possession, Nashville SC versus New York City FC's 52% and shots on goal at 6 to 4. Nashville SC had 89% successful passes (of 445 passes) over New York City FC which had 87% successful passes (of 482 passes). The outstanding efforts by J. Palacios and M. Jones played a key role.

Lineup

4-3-3

4-2-3-1

Schwake

7.0

Played:
93Min

Saves:
3 of 4

Accurate passes:
25/30

Baker-Whiting

6.7

Played:
93Min

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
25/29

Key passes:
2

Won duels:
2/3

Dribbles:
1/1

Palacios

8.3

Played:
93Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
60/68

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Woledzi

7.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
65/68

Won duels:
4/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Lovitz

6.3

Played:
93Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
37/43

Won duels:
0/3

Acosta

6.9

Played:
79Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
48/56

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
1/1

Corcoran

7.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
5

Interceptions:
2

Accurate passes:
54/59

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
8/8

Qasem

6.0

Played:
72Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
18/18

Won duels:
1/9

Dribbles:
0/2

Espinoza

6.3

Played:
89Min

Accurate passes:
25/28

Key passes:
3

Won duels:
2/6

Dribbles:
2/5

Mukhtar

6.9

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
22/24

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
4/7

Dribbles:
0/1

Madrigal

6.3

Played:
79Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
10/13

Won duels:
3/12

Dribbles:
0/5

Mercau

6.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
24/29

Won duels:
5/16

Dribbles:
2/7

Jones

7.3

Played:
66Min

Tackles:
2

Accurate passes:
4/9

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
7/9

Dribbles:
2/3

Farnos

6.7

Played:
66Min

Accurate passes:
9/12

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
2/2

Ojeda

6.6

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
18/21

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
3/5

Perea

6.2

Played:
78Min

Tackles:
2

Interceptions:
3

Accurate passes:
15/19

Won duels:
2/5

Dribbles:
0/1

Trewin

6.9

Played:
85Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Accurate passes:
39/43

Won duels:
3/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Cavallo

5.9

Played:
85Min

Accurate passes:
21/25

Won duels:
0/2

Dribbles:
0/1

Gustavo

6.2

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
63/77

Won duels:
3/6

Martins

6.3

Played:
93Min

Accurate passes:
93/97

Won duels:
1/1

Gray

6.3

Played:
93Min

Tackles:
2

Blocked:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
68/76

Key passes:
1

Won duels:
5/7

Dribbles:
1/1

Freese

6.3

Played:
93Min

Saves:
4 of 6

Accurate passes:
12/15

Substitutes

Coach

Brian Callaghan

Willis

Maher

Bauer

Played:
4Min

Knight

Muyl

6.3

Played:
14Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
1/1

Brunet

6.3

Played:
14Min

Tackles:
1

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
1/3

Mohammed

Surridge

6.7

Played:
21Min

Accurate passes:
2/3

Won duels:
1/1

Pacius

Coach

Pascal Jansen

Romero

Tanasijević

Carrizo

6.6

Played:
15Min

Accurate passes:
7/7

Won duels:
0/1

Wolf

6.7

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
11/13

Won duels:
2/3

Pierre

6.3

Played:
8Min

Accurate passes:
4/4

Molinari

Shore

6.7

Played:
27Min

Tackles:
1

Accurate passes:
12/14

Won duels:
2/3

Reid

6.7

Played:
8Min

Interceptions:
1

Accurate passes:
1/1

Stats

Ball Possession

Nashville SC: 48%

New York City FC: 52%

Total Shots

Nashville SC: 12

New York City FC: 7

Shots on Goal

Nashville SC: 6

New York City FC: 4

Corner Kicks

Nashville SC: 6

New York City FC: 3

Offsides

Nashville SC: 2

New York City FC: 0

Fouls

Nashville SC: 11

New York City FC: 12

Yellow Cards

Nashville SC: 2

New York City FC: 1

Red Cards

Nashville SC: 0

New York City FC: 0

Total Passes

Nashville SC: 445

New York City FC: 482

Goals Prevented

Nashville SC: -1

New York City FC: -1

Passes Accuracy

Nashville SC: 394 (89%)

New York City FC: 420 (87%)

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline

Nashville SC vs New York City FC

Key stats

Lineup

Highest rating

Match Summary

Lineup

Stats

Ball Possession

Total Shots

Shots on Goal

Corner Kicks

Offsides

Fouls

Yellow Cards

Red Cards

Total Passes

Goals Prevented

Passes Accuracy

Head-to-Head

Timeline