Nashville SC Recap: Four-Nil Over Hartford; Captain Goes Down

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First Tennessee Park, 8/7/19: Final 4-0

The Starting XI included:

  • Keeper: Matt Pickens
  • Defenders: Taylor Washington, Forrest Lasso, Jimmy Ockford and Kosuke Kimura
  • Midfielders: Michael Reed, Bolu Akinyode and Lebo Moloto
  • Forwards: Kharlton Belmar, Alan Winn and Daniel Ríos

The bench included keeper Connor Sparrow, defenders Justin Davis, Darnell King, Bradley Bourgeois and Ken Tribbett, and forwards Tucker Hume and Ropapa Mensah.

Recap

The match started in an unfortunate manner with the loss of Captain Michael Reed in a hard take down by Hartford’s Mads Jørgensen in the third minute of the match. Reed appears to break his ankle, but the team has yet to confirm the injury. Jørgensen would receive a red card for his tackle.

After that, you could tell the wind was out of the NSC sails for the first half. Losing the captain and getting riled up is going to spook anyone. The half ends at 0-0, even with Hartford being a man short from the red card ejection.

Gary Smith must have taken some paint off the walls during the half time pep talk, because the boys in gold came out with vengeance in their eyes. First to strike was Ken Tribbet (who subbed in for Reed) in the 51st minute with a header from a Washington Coca Cola Corner kick.

The second goal came from Goldenfoot himself during the 56th minute, Daniel Rios who rockets his 15th goal of the season taking him into the tie for the League lead in goals. Last season with North Carolina FC, he dropped 20 goals. He’s on pace to decimate that total this season with Nashville.

Third goal came from Alan Winn who keeps nashville on the #WINNing ways with his third goal of the season. Rios slowed the play down in the attack end, Lebo Moloto set it up, and Winn dropped it in at the 64′ mark.

Final goal of the night was quite the controversy. No one, including the office score keepers, could tell who scored the goal. We knew it went in, but it was unclear who touched the ball last. The score keeper changed the ruling three times, but in the end, Ropapa Mensah (second team substitution at half time) gets credit for the goal having been redirected off his knee. Goal was at the 69′ mark (#nice) and his fourth of the season.

Hartford had a penalty kick late in the game, but failed to get on the board against Keeper Matt Pickens, who picks up his 8th consecutive win (9th consecutive unbeaten).

Nashville is back on the pitch 8/10 against the Bethlehem Steel.

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