Overview

• Jonathan Pérez was sent off with a straight red card in the 63rd minute after a high boot on Tai Baribo, leaving Nashville a man down for more than half an hour.
• Video review detected a foul by Olwethu Makhanya on Hany Mukhtar and awarded the decisive penalty in the 11th minute of stoppage time.
• The stoppage-time score extended Nashville’s win streak to four matches and kept their unbeaten run alive at 12 games.
• Nashville’s win moved them to 41 points—just one behind Eastern Conference leader FC Cincinnati—while Philadelphia dropped to third with 40 points.
• Mukhtar’s ninth goal of the season was also his 75th MLS career goal, the most in the league since 2020.