Toronto FC throws away lead in home loss to Nashville SC

TFC is now winless in five games after conceding in the last minute of regulation time on Wednesday night.

Toronto FC throws away lead in home loss to Nashville SC
  • Toronto FC 1 (Coello 34’), Nashville SC 2 (Surridge 65’, 90’)
  • Bernardeschi returns to lineup, collects team-high 5th assist of the season
  • Coello nets his first career goal for the Reds in 39 MLS appearances 

TORONTO – John Herdman issued the challenge but his players didn’t respond exactly the way he wanted.    

A despondent Herdman boldly proclaimed “the real us have to show up” for Toronto FC's next outing following a disastrous display in a 4-1 home loss to the Chicago Fire last weekend.  

The message didn’t get through to the Reds, who jumped out to the lead before letting it slip through their fingers in a 2-1 defeat to Nashville SC on a muggy Wednesday night at BMO Field.  

Alonso Coello scored his first career MLS goal and Federico Bernardeschi recorded his team-leading fifth assist for Toronto (7-9-3) who extended its winless skid to five games (two straight losses) and hasn’t won a match in a month.