Schwake saved Messi’s penalty, and the night turned
Twenty-three minutes gone, Nashville a goal up, Lionel Messi on the spot after Maxwell Woledzi fouled Luis Suarez in the box. Brian Schwake read it and pushed it away. Inter Miami never found their footing again, and Nashville won 4-1.
Hany Mukhtar scored twice after the break. Andy Najar and Sam Surridge got the others. Elias Saad created two of the four. This was first against second in Major League Soccer on Saturday night, and it was not close.
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Four goals inside 46 minutes of football
Najar opened it in the 17th, heading in a Saad cross for his first goal of the season. Nashville had already taken the game’s first four shots on target by that point.
Telasco Segovia dragged Miami level in the third minute of first-half stoppage time, weaving through a crowded box and beating Schwake. It was his third goal for the club.
Four minutes into the second half Saad picked out Mukhtar inside the area, and the finish from the left side of the box was his seventh of the year. Cristian Espinoza teed up Surridge in the 56th for his 12th, which leads the team. Then in the 63rd, Schwake launched a goal kick downfield, Rocco Rios Novo slipped, and Mukhtar rolled it into an empty net.
Miami’s unbeaten run is over
Nashville sit at 13-2-4 and 43 points, the best record in the league, and they picked the right night to end a two-game winless run. They outshot Miami 12-2 in the first half alone, 5-2 on target.
Miami drop to 11-3-5 and 38 points. This was their first defeat since May 2, closing out a seven-match unbeaten stretch, and the four goals conceded matched their worst return of the season. Five points now separate the top two.
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