Philadelphia vs Nashville 2025 MLS, Regular Season

Philadelphia Union

33': Jovan Lukic
90'+12': Olwethu Makhanya

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Nashville SC

15': Sam Surridge
44': Ahmed Qasem
82': Hany Mukhtar (P)

Nashville SC hand Union first loss of season

Ahmed Qasem scored his second goal in as many career MLS starts, Sam Surridge and Hany Mukhtar each added their first of the season and Nashville SC pulled off a 3-1 upset victory over the Philadelphia Union on Sunday afternoon in Chester, Pa.

Match Commentary

15': Goal! Philadelphia Union 0, Nashville SC 1. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Walker Zimmerman.
33': Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Nashville SC 1. Jovan Lukic (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot from the right side of the box to the bottom right corner following a corner.
44': Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Nashville SC 2. Ahmed Qasem (Nashville SC) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Daniel Lovitz.
45'+2': Patrick Yazbek (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
45': Second Half begins Philadelphia Union 1, Nashville SC 2.
65': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Nathan Harriel replaces Frankie Westfield.
65': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Bruno Damiani replaces Mikael Uhre.
75': Substitution, Nashville SC. Jacob Shaffelburg replaces Ahmed Qasem.
75': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Indiana Vassilev replaces Danley Jean Jacques.
82': Goal! Philadelphia Union 1, Nashville SC 3. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
84': Substitution, Nashville SC. Gastón Brugman replaces Patrick Yazbek.
84': Substitution, Nashville SC. Josh Bauer replaces Andy Nájar.
85': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Chris Donovan replaces Tai Baribo.
85': Substitution, Philadelphia Union. Alejandro Bedoya replaces Dániel Gazdag.
87': Edvard Tagseth (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card.
88': Kai Wagner (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card.
90'+2': Substitution, Nashville SC. Teal Bunbury replaces Hany Mukhtar.
90'+3': Bruno Damiani (Philadelphia Union) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
90'+11': Penalty saved. Quinn Sullivan (Philadelphia Union) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner.
90'+12': Olwethu Makhanya (Philadelphia Union) is shown the red card for violent conduct.
90'+15': Second Half ends, Philadelphia Union 1, Nashville SC 3.

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Subaru Park
Location: Chester, Pennsylvania, USA
Attendance: 18,535

MLS Standings

POS	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
+8	Columbus Crew	11	24	1
+11	Philadelphia Union	11	22	3
+2	FC Cincinnati	11	22	3
+9	Inter Miami CF	10	21	1

Full Table

Statistics

NSH		PHI
20	Fouls	11
2	Yellow Cards	2
0	Red Cards	1
4	Offsides	0
2	Corner Kicks	7
4	Saves	1
39.2	Possession	60.8
12	SHOTS	11
4	ON GOAL	5
0.3	On Target %	0.5
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
204	Accurate Passes	341
290	Passes	443
0.7	Pass Completion %	0.8
2	Accurate Crosses	2
8	Crosses	29
0.3	Cross %	0.1
62	Long Balls	65
26	Accurate Long Balls	27
0.4	Long Balls %	0.4
3	Blocked Shots	3
11	Effective Tackles	17
15	Tackles	25
0.7	Tackle %	0.7
9	Interceptions	8
47	Effective Clearances	30
47	Clearances	30

Line-Ups

Philadelphia Union (4-4-2)

No.	Name
18	Andre Blake (GK)
29	Olwethu Makhanya
5	Jakob Glesnes
27	Kai Wagner
39	Francis Westfield
4	Jovan Lukic
21	Danley Jean Jacques
33	Quinn Sullivan
10	Dániel Gazdag
7	Mikkel Uhre
9	Tai Baribo

Substitutes:

Bruno Damiani, Indiana Vassilev, Oliver Semmle, Cavan Sullivan, Nathan Harriel, Olivier Mbaizo, Chris Donovan, Jesús Bueno, Alejandro Bedoya.

Nashville SC (4-4-2)

No.	Name
1	Joe Willis (GK)
5	Jack Maher
25	Walker Zimmerman
2	Daniel Lovitz
31	Andy Najar
20	Edvard Tagseth
8	Patrick Yazbek
19	Alex Muyl
37	Ahmed Qasem
9	Sam Surridge
10	Hany Mukhtar