Sam Surridge scores first two MLS objectives, helps Nashville edge Revolution 3-2

New England Revolution

The Revolution are winless in 13 straight highway video games.

The New England Revolution continued their highway struggles on Saturday. (AP Photograph/Mark Stockwell)

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Newcomer Sam Surridge scored two straight first-half objectives and Nashville SC gave New England rookie goalkeeper Jacob Jackson a impolite welcome to the league with a 3-2 victory over the Revolution on Saturday night time.

Nashville (13-10-10) snapped a four-match winless streak, a club-record three-match scoreless streak and received for simply the second time in its final 12 matches. Nashville allowed solely three objectives in its earlier seven matches however managed to go simply 1-1-5.

New England (14-9-10) is now winless in its final 13 highway matches (0-7-6) in all competitions. Solely one of many seven defeats was by a number of objectives.

Jackson, 23, completed with a whopping seven saves in his first profession match. Joe Willis saved 5 photographs for Nashville.

Nashville jumped out to a 1-0 lead on Dax McCarty’s first objective of the season, unassisted within the nineteenth minute.

Surridge made it 2-0 along with his first profession objective in his fifth begin and eighth look since coming over from Nottingham Forest of the English Premier League because the membership’s designated participant. Surridge, who Nashville paid almost $6.5 million to accumulate, scored once more within the third minute of stoppage time to place Nashville up 3-0 at halftime.

Surridge used assists from Jacob Schaffelburg and defender Daniel Lovitz to attain his first objective. Hany Mukhtar and defender Shaq Moore assisted on his second objective.

The Revolution received on the scoreboard 4 minutes into the second half when Tomás Chancalay took a go from Gustavo Bou and located the web for a fourth time this season. Chancalay scored unassisted within the 71st minute to get the Revs inside a objective.

Nashville, which entered play having been shut out in 9 of its earlier 14 regular-season matches, takes a 2-1-3 lead within the collection. The Revs’ lone win got here at dwelling. Each groups have already clinched playoff berths with one match left.

Nashville will host the New York Purple Bulls on Saturday to shut out the common season. New England returns dwelling to host the Philadelphia Union on Saturday.