Four players score to back rookie Brian Schwake as Nashville rolls to 4-1 victory over Austin

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Nashville SC defeated Austin FC 4-1 in a soccer match where four different players scored goals. Rookie goalkeeper Brian Schwake made five saves, helping Nashville end Austin’s eight-game unbeaten streak. Nashville now has a 19-3-6 record and clinched a playoff spot, while Austin falls to 7-11-10 on the season.
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On Saturday night, Nashville SC defeated Austin FC by a score of 4-1, ending Austin's eight-match unbeaten streak. The game featured goals from four different Nashville players: Reed Baker-Whiting, Elias Saad, Brandon Vázquez, and Abdul Shakur Mohammed. Rookie goalkeeper Brian Schwake made five saves in the victory, helping Nashville secure their impressive record of 19 wins, 3 losses, and 6 draws this season. Notably, Saad scored his first goal since joining Nashville after a long drought with the Seattle Sounders, while Baker-Whiting scored his second goal in just his first season with Nashville despite not scoring in his previous 61 matches with Seattle. The win solidifies Nashville's strong performance and positions them well ahead of Austin in the standings.

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🔮 Elias Saad scored in the 67th minute after Brad Stuver saved but couldn’t corral a shot by Cristian Espinoza for a two-goal advantage.
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AUSTIN Austin FC’s Nashville Nashville SC Texas

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AUSTIN GPE · 5× Nashville ORG · 5× Austin FC’s ORG · 1× Brad Stuver PERSON · 1× Brian Schwake PERSON · 1× Elias Saad PERSON · 1× Nashville SC ORG · 1× Patrick Yazbek PERSON · 1× Reed Baker-Whiting PERSON · 1× Texas GPE · 1×

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Saad added his first goal in his 11th league appearances and Baker-Whiting notched his second in his first season with the club after failing to score in 61 matches with the Seattle Sounders.
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🔮 Elias Saad scored in the 67th minute after Brad Stuver saved but couldn’t corral a shot by Cristian Espinoza for a two-goal advantage.

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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Nashville SC got goals from four different players to back rookie Brian Schwake, ending Austin FC’s eight-match unbeaten streak with a 4-1 victory on Saturday night. asserted
SC → get → night
Reed Baker-Whiting was in the right place in the 31st minute to knock in a Patrick Yazbek shot that hit the post and Nashville (19-3-6) took a 1-0 lead into halftime. asserted
Nashville → knock → halftime
Elias Saad scored in the 67th minute after Brad Stuver saved but couldn’t corral a shot by Cristian Espinoza for a two-goal advantage. asserted
Stuver → score → advantage
Brandon Vázquez used assists from Facundo Torres and Guilherme Biro in the 76th minute to score his second goal and cut it to 2-1. asserted
Vázquez → use → 2
But Abdul Shakur Mohammed found the net unassisted in the 88th minute and then assisted on a goal by Hany Mukhtar in the first minute of stoppage time. asserted
Mohammed → find → time
All four of Mohammed’s netters have come in 18 appearances this season. asserted
four → come → appearances
Saad added his first goal in his 11th league appearances and Baker-Whiting notched his second in his first season with the club after failing to score in 61 matches with the Seattle Sounders. asserted
Whiting → add → Sounders
Schwake totaled five saves and the 25-year-old has allowed only 22 goals through his first 27 MLS starts. asserted
old → total → starts
Stuver saved seven shots for Austin (7-11-10). asserted
Stuver → save → Austin
Nashville has already clinched a playoff spot and entered with a 14-point lead in the Eastern Conference and a 10-point advantage in the race for the Supporters’ Shield. asserted
Nashville → clinch → Shield
Austin falls to 4-4-6 at home, while Nashville ups its road record to 6-3-5. asserted
Nashville → fall → 6
Nashville has gone 7-1-3 since the start of August and was coming off 3-0 and 2-0 home wins over the Chicago Fire and Toronto FC, respectively. asserted
Nashville → go → Fire
Austin went 3-0-5 during its unbeaten run. asserted
Austin → go → run
Up next Nashville: Hosts Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday. asserted
Nashville → host → Wednesday
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