MLS REVIEW 22 Aug 2026: Nashville's double stoppage-time salvo headlines wild MLS Saturday

Nashville trailed Columbus until the closing seconds, but two goals in second-half stoppage time turned a 1-2 deficit into a 3-2 win. Hany Mukhtar had put the hosts ahead in the 27th minute, only for Mohamed Farsi and Andre Gomes to put Columbus 2-1 up, before Reed Baker-Whiting levelled and Andy Najar struck the winner, both in the 90th minute. "Tonight is a night where you really see the value of the fans and the crowd," said Nashville's Callaghan afterwards. Our model had called Nashville at 66% to win, and it came off.

Lionel Messi scored but could not rescue Inter Miami, who went down 1-2 at home to Toronto. Josh Sargent put Toronto ahead in the 59th minute and Derrick Etienne doubled the lead three minutes later, before Messi pulled one back in the 82nd. There was no model line for this one.

There was no way back for San Jose after a bright start. Timo Werner converted a fourth-minute penalty to put the hosts 1-0 up, but Minnesota responded through Joaquín Pereyra six minutes later and a Kelvin Yeboah double either side of half-time turned the game around, with further goals from M. Caldeira and M. Gonzalez completing a 5-1 rout for the visitors.

Vancouver put five past Dallas without reply, Brian White scoring twice in the first half on his return from a hamstring injury that had kept him out for three games. "It's no secret we haven't been in the greatest run of form in terms of getting results," White said afterwards. Emmanuel Sabbi opened the scoring, with Edier Ocampo and Bruno Caicedo also on the scoresheet either side of White's brace. Our model had Vancouver at 54% to win, and it did.

Charlotte came from behind at home to beat D.C. United 3-1, with L. Munteanu's opener cancelled out by D. Schnegg's equaliser before W. Cleary's winner and a late P. Biel goal settled it — our model favoured Charlotte at 56%, and got it right. Orlando also had to come from behind, A. Griezmann scoring either side of the hour to overturn D. Marczuk's opener and beat Real Salt Lake 2-1, with the model's 43% call for Orlando proving correct. St Louis City edged Houston 2-1 through S. Becher and D. Polvara around an I. Aliyu equaliser, another correct call for the model at 43%, while San Diego eased past Colorado 3-0 with goals from O. Valakari, E. Achouri and Gabriel Pirani, the model's 45% pick for the hosts also landing.

Elsewhere, CF Montréal drew 2-2 with LA Galaxy despite Galaxy playing more than 20 minutes with ten men after J. Marcinkowski's 68th-minute red card, P. Owusu's late leveller cancelling out M. Yoshida's goal. Cincinnati and Seattle shared the points 1-1, Evander's opener answered by K. Kossa-Rienzi. New York Red Bulls drew 1-1 with Chicago, C. Harper cancelling out M. Haile-Selassie's first-half strike. Austin and Philadelphia finished 1-1, C. Sullivan's opener matched by B. Hines-Ike. And LAFC drew 1-1 with Portland, D. Bouanga levelling D. Da Costa's early goal before Portland's V. Janssen was sent off in the 90th minute.