Major League Soccer · USA · Round 1

Atlanta United
0 - 2 Full time
Nashville SC

Mercedes-Benz Stadium · Atlanta, Georgia

Lineups

Atlanta United5-3-2
BG1Guzan
BL11↓84'Lennon
MR12Robinson
AF6↓68'Franco
AW4Walkes
GB21Bello
LA19↓84'Araujo
AS13↓68'Sejdic
MM10Moreno
JM7Martinez
EB8Barco
JW1Willis
DL2Lovitz
AJ12Johnston
WZ25Zimmerman
DR4Romney
TW23Washington
BA27Anunga
AG20Godoy
HM10↓89'Mukhtar
DR14⚽↓59'Rios
CS17↓80'Sapong
Nashville SC5-3-2

Atlanta United substitutes

16 Erik Lopez 6.1 ↑68'
9 Matheus Rossetto 6.3 ↑68'
22 Jurgen Damm ↑84'
2 Ronald Hernández ↑84'
25 Alec Kann
31 Erick Torres
32 George Campbell
33 Mikey Ambrose
28 Tyler Wolff

Coach: Gonzalo Pineda

Nashville SC substitutes

8 Randall Leal 7.6 ⚽↑59'
72 Ake Arnaud Loba 6.1 ↑80'
19 Alex Muyl ↑89'
7 Abu Danladi
35 Bryan Meredith
15 Eric Miller
5 Jack Maher
26 Luke Haakenson
24 Robert Castellanos

Coach: Gary Smith

Match events

26'Daniel Lovitz
37'Ezequiel Barco
45+2'Daniel Rios assist: Daniel Lovitz 0 - 1âš½
Second half
59'↑ Randall Leal ↓ Daniel Rios⇄
61'Amar Sejdic
68'↑ Matheus Rossetto ↓ Alan Franco⇄
68'↑ Erik Lopez ↓ Amar Sejdic⇄
74'Brian Anunga
80'↑ Ake Arnaud Loba ↓ Charles Sapong⇄
84'↑ Ronald Hernández ↓ Brooks Lennon⇄
84'↑ Jurgen Damm ↓ Luiz Araujo⇄
89'↑ Alex Muyl ↓ Hany Mukhtar⇄
90+5'Randall Leal assist: Joe Willis 0 - 2âš½
90+6'Randall Leal

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Match details

CompetitionMajor League Soccer
Kick-off (UTC)Saturday, 28 August 2021, 19:30 UTC — shown in your local time at the top of this page
StatusFinished

Line-ups, match events and the head-to-head record for this fixture are shown on this page where the data feed publishes them.

Head to head

3Atlanta United wins3Draws3Nashville SC wins

9 past meetings on record. Biggest Atlanta United win: Atlanta United 4–0 Nashville SC (2023). Biggest Nashville SC win: Nashville SC 1–2 Atlanta United (2020).

27 Aug 2023Atlanta United 4 - 0 Nashville SCMajor League Soccer
29 Apr 2023Nashville SC 3 - 1 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
22 May 2022Nashville SC 2 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
12 May 2022Nashville SC 3 - 2 Atlanta UnitedUS Open Cup
9 Jul 2021Nashville SC 2 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
29 May 2021Atlanta United 2 - 2 Nashville SCMajor League Soccer
13 Sep 2020Nashville SC 4 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer
23 Aug 2020Atlanta United 2 - 0 Nashville SCMajor League Soccer
1 Mar 2020Nashville SC 1 - 2 Atlanta UnitedMajor League Soccer