Nashville SC 3-2 Columbus Crew result, stats and report

CF Montréal won 2-1 at Columbus Crew despite being outpossessed by more than 20 percentage points, with the Crew's structural frailties exposed through direct play and clinical finishing. Sophie Hargreaves breaks down the detail behind a result that tells you more about Columbus than it does about Montréal.

Nashville SC took all three points from Red Bull Arena with a headed goal deep in stoppage time, exposing structural problems in New York's defensive organisation that go well beyond one bad result.

Columbus Crew host Inter Miami on Sunday night having lost four straight MLS matches and conceded thirteen goals in the process. Inter Miami arrive with thirty goals scored across their last ten and no intention of slowing down.

Nashville SC arrive at this fixture on the back of four wins from five, having scored fourteen goals along the way. Toronto have not lost in their last five but they have not exactly been pulling up trees either.

Nashville SC carry an unblemished home record into Sunday's clash with Chicago Fire, a side that cannot stop conceding regardless of where they play. The patterns here are clear, and they point in one direction.

Two sides deep in dysfunction meet at Stade Saputo on Saturday night, with CF Montréal welcoming a Columbus Crew side that has won just twice in their last ten matches. Something has to give, but the question is whether either team is capable of forcing it.

Two teams in poor form and sliding down the Eastern Conference standings meet at Lower.com Field in a fixture that neither can afford to lose. Sophie Hargreaves breaks down the structural problems on both sides and finds one clear tactical angle worth backing.

Nashville SC arrive in Florida as one of MLS's most compelling stories of 2026, carrying a defensive structure that has made them genuinely difficult to beat. Inter Miami have the possession and the profile to cause problems, but their recent form tells a different story.