Nashville SC vs Portland Timbers, MLS 2025 REGULAR SEASON
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Match Preview
Nashville SC vs Portland Timbers — MLS at Geodis Park.
- Nashville SC 10 games · 23 pts (2026/26)
- Portland Timbers 10 games · 10 pts (2026/26)
Standings
# Team P Pts 1 Nashville SC 10 23 2 San Jose Earthquakes 11 28 3 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 10 25 4 New England Revolution 10 19 5 Los Angeles FC 11 21 6 Internacional CF Miami 11 19 7 Seattle Sounders FC 9 20 8 Chicago Fire FC 10 17 9 Minnesota United FC 11 20 10 D.C. United SC 11 15 11 Real Salt Lake 10 19 12 FC Cincinnati 11 15 13 FC Dallas 11 16 14 Charlotte FC 11 14 15 Houston Dynamo 10 15 16 Toronto FC 11 14 17 New York City FC 11 12 18 Colorado Rapids SC 11 13 19 Columbus Crew SC 11 12 20 Los Angeles Galaxy 11 13 21 Austin FC 11 13 22 New York Red Bulls 11 12 23 San Diego FC 11 12 24 Atlanta United FC 11 10 25 Orlando City SC 11 10 26 Portland Timbers 10 10 27 Montreal Impact FC 10 9 28 St. Louis City 10 6 29 Philadelphia Union 11 6 30 Sporting Kansas City 10 5 Head-to-Head
Recent Form
Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Mar New York Red Bulls A 0–2 L 23 Feb New England Revolution H 0–0 D 19 Oct Chicago Fire FC A 3–0 W 06 Oct New York City FC A 1–3 L 03 Oct D.C. United SC H 3–4 L 28 Sep New England Revolution A 0–1 L Date Opponent H/A Score Result 02 Mar Austin FC H 1–0 W 23 Feb Vancouver Whitecaps FC H 1–4 L 20 Oct Seattle Sounders FC A 1–1 D 06 Oct FC Dallas H 0–0 D 03 Oct Austin FC H 0–1 L 29 Sep Vancouver Whitecaps FC A 1–1 D Season Stats
Nashville SC Portland Timbers #1 Position #13 23 Points 10 10 Played 10 7 / 2 / 1 W / D / L 3 / 1 / 6 21 Scored 13 6 Conceded 21 +15 GD -8 2.30 PPG 1.00 70% Win % 30% Key Stats
60% Both Teams to Score
H2H (5 games)40% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history50% Clean Sheets
Nashville SC this season0% Clean Sheets
Portland Timbers this seasonNashville SC are 1st (23 pts). Portland Timbers are 13th (10 pts).
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Match Events
- 0' The stage is set the green flag drops! Another match against Nashville SC and Portland Timbers has kicked off!
- 5' The referee calls foul for Zac McGraw. He receives a card.
- 10' Supporters expect more eagerness from Andy Najar, as he is very good at scoring at Geodis Park with 2 goals in the last 2 games.
- 15' The travelling Portland Timbers supporters hardly appreciate their team being pressed down to the backline.
- 20' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. Nashville SC needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
- 25' Not even hints on scoring a goal over the last 25 minutes.
- 30' Nashville SC started playing very sharply right from the kick off. However, it slowed down the tempo rapidly by 30.
- 35' While players are taking a pause, let’s have a look at their stats. The teams met 0 times this season with winning -% of all matches.
- 40' Spectators do not have much to choose from both teams. The sides had several scoring chances but they still need a bit more than just a sight of a goal.
- 45' Jack Maher needs to be pretty careful with his discipline considering 0 Red cards this season.
- 46' Eric Miller is replacing Zac McGraw for the Portland Timbers side.
- 48' Goal! Andy Najar scores his 4 goal in 385 matches.
- 53' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
- 58' While there is no rush on the pitch, let’s have a look at some stats. James Pantemis made 257 appearances and scored 1 goals. He is very likely to score a goal today.
- 63' It’s high time Phil Neville made some changes to put the his team’s game back to action.
- 68' What a strike from Ahmed Qasem! The score is 2-0.
- 73' Players seem to put ease on their energy level Spectators hardly appreciate such approach. Teams need to speed up the tempo.
- 76' Another substitution for Portland Timbers to replace Kevin Kelsy by Felipe Mora on 76 minute.
- 77' The whistle greets Ahmed Qasem as he departs to be replaced by Jonathan Perez.
- 82' Although teams showed high tempo form the start, they seem to slow down a bit. Both sides really need to catch a fire. Otherwise, we have another goalless match.
- 83' David Ayala is having his name booked by the referee on 83.
- 86' Another change for Nashville SC made on 86 minute. Patrick Yazbek leaves to be changed by Gaston Brugman.
- 90' Time for substitution for Nashville SC. Andy Najar is replaced by Josh Bauer.
- Another three points for Nashville SC.
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Nashville SC
Starting XI- 9
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Andy Najar ↓ Josh Bauer 90'
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Hany Mukhtar ↓ Teal Bunbury 77'
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Patrick Yazbek ↓ Gaston Brugman 86'
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Ahmed Qasem ↓ Jonathan Perez 77'
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Gaston Brugman ↑ 86'
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Teal Bunbury ↑ 77'
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Jonathan Perez ↑ 77'
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Josh Bauer ↑ 90'
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Coach B.J. CallaghanPortland Timbers
Starting XI- 41
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Zac McGraw ↓ Eric Miller 46'
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Kevin Kelsy ↓ Felipe Mora 76'
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Jimer Fory ↓ Kamal Miller 77'
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Julio Ortiz ↓ Diego Chara 46'
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Diego Chara ↑ 46'
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Eric Miller ↑ 46'
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Kamal Miller ↑ 77'
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Felipe Mora ↑ 76'
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Santiago Moreno ↑ 46'
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Head to Head
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