Nashville put four past you at Q2
Austin FC 1–4 Nashville SC at Q2 Stadium. That is a bad night at home, and it came at the worst possible time. Sam Surridge, Patrick Yazbek, Shak Mohammed and Hany Mukhtar all scored for Nashville, with a goal from Elias Saad in there for you (2). Nashville's own headline said it clean: "Lone Star State? Lone team standing" (2).
LAFC away on Wednesday, and the playoff math is tight
You are at BMO Stadium on Wednesday, October 14, kicking off at 7:30 p.m. PT (1). You sit 13th of 15 in the Western Conference on 31 points from 28 played, with a goal difference of -15. The top nine is the target and there are five matches left, three of them in eight days (1).
What you are walking into at BMO
LAFC are fresh off a 1–1 draw with a 10-man Vancouver on Saturday, in Xavi Tamarit's first game as interim head coach (1) (3). Denis Bouanga scored in that one, the 80th regular-season goal of his MLS career (4). If you needed a warning about who to track, that is it.
The last time you met them
Austin FC 0–0 LAFC at Q2 Stadium on April 17. It was LAFC's fifth straight clean sheet to start the season (1). Nobody scored that day. You need a very different result this week.
After LAFC
Vancouver Whitecaps at home on Sunday, October 18. Then Sporting Kansas City away on Sunday, October 25 (1).
