Nashville beat Toronto 2:0 in the MLS Regular Season, round 27, at Park GEODIS on 27 September 2026. The hosts opened the scoring through Hany Mukhtar in the 16th minute and doubled their advantage before the break with another goal from the same player in the 43rd. We had called for a Nashville win with moderate confidence, and the match played out exactly as we'd expected.
Things came to a head for Toronto when Mukhtar struck again in the 43rd minute, and the visitors never really recovered. The hosts made six substitutions across the second half — Lewis Morgan off in the 45th, Nickseon Gomis in the 63rd, Elias Saad in the 71st, then Dániel Sallói and Jonathan Osorio both in the 73rd. Cristian Espinoza followed in the 78th, before Edvard Sandvik Tagseth and Andy Najar both came on in the 87th. Theo Corbeanu replaced Najar at the same time.
Nashville dominated possession at 62 per cent and created five big chances, though they only converted two. They had 11 shots on target compared to Toronto's three, and their expected goals tally of 2.57 told the story better than the scoreline. Toronto managed just one big chance and finished with an expected goals figure of 0.52. By then the match was already decided, and the visitors simply came for a cross they never reached.
The hosts made 509 passes to Toronto's 316, with 125 going into the final third compared to the visitors' 48. Nashville won 16 aerial duels against 16 for Toronto, but their 20 clearances showed they had more work to do defensively. Sam Surridge picked up two bookings in five minutes for Nashville, though only one was shown. The pitch cut up badly in places, but that didn't stop the hosts from rolling the dice with their attacking approach.
The result keeps Nashville top of the table with 57 points from 26 games, while Toronto remain in 12th place on 29 points. The hosts have won 17 of their 26 matches this season, and this victory extended their unbeaten run. Toronto's recent form has been poor — they've lost three of their last five — and this defeat leaves them nine points outside the playoff positions.
