Houston Dynamo FC 2, Nashville SC 0 (05.14.22)

Nashville SC falls 2-0 to Houston Dynamo FC

(NashvilleSC.com, 05.14.22)

HOUSTON, TEXAS — Nashville Soccer Club fell to Houston Dynamo FC 2-0 on a sweltering night at PNC Stadium. The loss marked just the second time Nashville SC has not earned a result in all competitions since April 1, now owning a 4W-2L-2D record in that stretch. 

True Test Ahead: Nashville SC is currently in a stretch of eight matches in 28 days, including Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup competition which dates back to the GEODIS Park opener against Philadelphia Union on May 1. The Boys in Gold will conclude this stretch on May 28 at the Colorado Rapids. 

Returning To The Castle: Nashville SC is set to return to Music City with a pair of matches this week at GEODIS Park, taking on CF Montréal on Wednesday May 18 and Atlanta United FC on Saturday, which will be televised on FOX. Nashville SC currently owns a 22 consecutive home match unbeaten streak in all competitions. Tickets are available at https://www.nashvillesc.com/tickets/ 

Squad Rotation: After a grueling 120-minute Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Round of 32 victory over Atlanta United FC on Wednesday, Nashville SC rotated its Starting XI with Luke Haakenson and Ethan Zubak making their first MLS starts of the season.

SCORING SUMMARY
HOU — Coco Carrasquilla 16′
HOU — Darwin Quintero (penalty) 53′

DISCIPLINE SUMMARY
HOU — Red Card — Adam Lundkvist (35′)
HOU — Yellow Card — Teenage Hadebe (42′)
HOU — Yellow Card — Steve Clark (42′)
NSC — Yellow Card — Eric Miller (45+1′)
NSC — Yellow Card — Jack Maher (46′)
HOU — Yellow Card — Darwin Quintero (49′)
NSC — Yellow Card — Ethan Zubak (86′)
NSC — Yellow Card — Walker Zimmerman (90+1′)

HOUSTON LINEUP
Steve Clark
Zeca (Griffin Dorsey 79′)
Tim Parker
Teenage Hadebe
Adam Lundkvist
Darwin Cerén
Fafa Picault (Tyler Pasher 79′)
Coco Carrasquilla
Memo Rodríguez (Beto Avila 79′)
Thorleifur Úlfarsson (Sam Junqua 40′)
Darwin Quintero (Ethan Bartlow 58′)

NASHVILLE LINEUP
Joe Willis
Eric Miller
Jack Maher
David Romney (Walker Zimmerman 64′)
Alex Muyl (Hany Mukhtar 46′)
Luke Haakenson (Handwalla Bwana 78′)
Dax McCarty
Sean Davis
Taylor Washington (Daniel Lovitz 65′)
C.J. Sapong (Aké Loba 64′)
Ethan Zubak