Nashville Soccer Club went on a record nine-game unbeaten streak after a trip to Toronto FC

TORONTO (June 10, 2023) Nashville Soccer Club [9W-3L-5D, 32 pts.]tied his Major League Soccer record streak of nine consecutive games without a win in the evening’s 1-1 draw at Toronto FC. [3W-5L-10D, 19 pts.]. The Boys in Gold own a 6W-0L-3D record in the series, where they have outscored their opponents 18-8 and have not allowed more than one goal per game. Toronto FC scored in the first half, but Randall Leal equalized the match. 69^thminute [WATCH] to ensure the draw.

From the lovely Leal:Leal played 32 minutes, his longest appearance as a substitute this season. Leal scored 14^thcareer MLS and his first season in just his fifth appearance in 2023.

The boys returned to town:Former Toronto FC players Jacob Shaffelburg and Lukas MacNaughton made their first appearances at BMO Field since being traded from Toronto to Nashville, both as rookies.

Next match back to GEODIS Park:Nashville SC returns to GEODIS Park on Saturday, June 17 for the opening game against 2023 expansion side St. Louis CITY SC at 7:30pm CT. Tickets are available at www.NashvilleSC.com/Tickets.

TOR 38: Raoul Petretta passes the ball to Lorenzo Insigne, who cuts the ball onto his right foot and sends the ball into the top right corner

NSH 69: Randall Leal picks the Toronto pocket and fires a shot from outside the 18-yard box on goal

• Nashville SC:
  • is 2W-2L-3D in series history against Toronto FC, including 2020 Audi MLS Playoffs
  • has scored in his last 10 league games, six of which are away games
  • is 1W-1L-1D midway through this season, 4W-13L-6D historically
  • has earned a hit in last three games in first base, 2W-3L-1D this season and 8W-23L-12D all-time
  • is 0W-1L-3D this season with one goal and 12W-13L-20D all-time
  • is undefeated in its last four road games with a 2W-0L-2D record, outscoring opponents 6-4 in that span
• Josh Bauer
  • played his third league game for Nashville SC
  • recorded the most minutes played in a match this season with 63 minutes
• Teal Bunbury
  • made 354^thcareer regular season appearance
  • led the team in winning six of 15 duels, including three of eight aerial duels won
• Sean Davis led the team with 10 wins
• Dan Lovitz led the team with three successful dribbles and two field goals
• Jack Maher led the team in passing accuracy with 31 total assists and 31 accurate passes (100%)
• Dax McCarty led the team by creating three chances

• Hani Mukhtar
  • served as captain for the seventh time, sixth this season
  • has led Nashville SC to a record 5W-0L-2D +10 goal differential as captain this season
  • led the team with three shots and two shots on goal
• Alex Muyl led the team with three tackles won
• Faf Picault led the team with two steals
• Joe Willisen finished second in the league on the night with an 81.5 percent save percentage behind San Jose’s Daniel de Sousa Brito (minimum three games played)

Nashville SC (9W-3L-5D, 32 points) vs. Toronto FC (3W-5L-10D, 19 points)

The final result
TOR: 1
SOE: 1

Scoring Summary

TOR: Lorenze Insigne (A: Raoul Petretta) 38

NSH: Randall Leal (unassisted) 69

NSH: Josh Bauer (caution) 35

TOR: Aime Mabika (bails) 72

Compositions:
NSH initiators: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Lukas MacNaughton (Josh Bauer 27), Jack Maher, Shaq Moore; Dax McCarty (Anbal Godoy 75), Hany Mukhtar (C), Teal Bunbury, Jacob Shaffelburg (Faf Picault 58), Alex Muyl (Randall Leal 58), Sean Davis (Taylor Washington 75)

Substitutes: Ethan Zubak, Jn Gregu, Tah Brian Anunga, Elliot Panicco

TOR startup:Sean Johnson; Aime Mabika, Kobe Franklin, Richie Laryea, Raoul Petretta; Mark-Anthony Kaye (Brandon Servania 81), Jonathan Osorio (C) (Kosi Thompson 90), Dandre Kerr (Jahkeel Marshall-Rutty 68); CJ Sapong, Federico Bernardeschi, Lawrence Badge

Substitutes:Cristian Gutierrez, Sigurd Rosted, Ayo Akinola, Shane ONeil, Tomas Romero, Jordan Perruzza

4. OFFICIAL:Mathieu Souare

Weather:Clear, 78 degrees