Nashville blanks Cincinnati 2-0 behind Surridge's two goals

Nashville beat Cincinnati 2-0 at TQL Stadium, and Sam Surridge scored both goals after halftime. Nashville moves to 23-8-3. Cincinnati falls to 12-10-12.

The game stayed scoreless until the 61st minute. Surridge broke it open with a right footed shot from the centre of the box into the bottom left corner. Andy Nájar set him up with a through ball. Nashville led 1-0.

Cincinnati never found an answer. In the 86th minute, Patrick Yazbek sent a through ball after a fast break, and Surridge finished from the same spot into the same corner. That made it 2-0. Surridge led Nashville with 5 shots. Evander had 4 for Cincinnati.

Brian Schwake earned player of the game honors with a Chirp Rating of 8.6. He made 5 saves and kept the clean sheet.

Chirp's Sim gave Nashville just a 45% chance in 10,000 simulations, so this result went against the lean.