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Nashville SC’s busy return: Anthem controversy, franchise’s first win and a trade

AP photo by Smiley N. Pool / Nashville SC forward David Accam, left, celebrates with forward Dominique Badji after scoring during the 86th minute of Wednesday's win over FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas. Accam's goal held up in a 1-0 win that was the first victory in franchise history.
AP photo by Smiley N. Pool / Nashville SC forward David Accam, left, celebrates with forward Dominique Badji after scoring during the 86th minute of Wednesday's win over FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas. Accam's goal held up in a 1-0 win that was the first victory in franchise history. AP photo by Smiley N. Pool / Nashville SC forward David Accam, left, celebrates with forward Dominique Badji after scoring during the 86th minute of Wednesday's win over FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas. Accam's goal held up in a 1-0 win that was the first victory in franchise history.

By The Associated Press 6 min read

FRISCO, Texas – Nashville SC, an expansion club that has played even less than most teams during this pandemic-interrupted Major League Soccer season, had a busy first 24 hours back in action.

David Accam scored in the 86th minute to give Nashville a 1-0 victory over FC Dallas on Wednesday night in the first match for both since MLS shut down the season in March because of the coronavirus after each of the league’s 26 teams had played just twice.

It’s the first victory in franchise history for Nashville, which lost to Atlanta and Portland in its matches before the shutdown.

Because of positive COVID-19 tests for their players, Dallas and Nashville were forced to withdraw from the MLS is Back Tournament just before it started in early July in Florida. Wednesday’s game between the teams at Toyota Stadium was the first of the league’s restart of the regular season schedule after the tournament ended Tuesday night with Portland beating Orlando 2-1 in the title match. MLS is Back matches count in the season standings as well.

Fans were allowed in the stands for Wednesday’s game, but at a reduced capacity because of local regulations. Although 5,100 were allowed, the crowd appeared much smaller.