Brian Schwake's First Career MLS Clean Sheet Earns Nashville SC a 0-0 Draw at FC Dallas

Nobody scored at Toyota Stadium on Saturday night, and Brian Schwake will remember it anyway. The Nashville SC goalkeeper made two saves, the last of them in stoppage time, to see out a 0-0 draw with FC Dallas and collect the first clean sheet of his MLS career.

It was not a classic. Dallas put 2 of its 9 shots on target, Nashville managed 1 of 7, and the visitors finished with 10 men after Matthew Corcoran picked up a second yellow card in the 84th minute. But the 0-0 kept Nashville unbeaten in 2026 and gave Dallas its first shutout of the season, so both dressing rooms had something to hold on to.

Early Pressure, No Payoff

Dallas came out swinging. Herman Johansson's cross found Petar Musa in the middle of the box inside the first minute, and Musa sent it over the bar.

Nashville's best spell came in the 12th minute, when back-to-back corners produced two looks. Hany Mukhtar's left-footed shot from the center of the box flashed just wide, and Jeisson Palacios headed off target from a Cristian Espinoza delivery. Five minutes later Warren Madrigal took a pass from Mukhtar and hit a shot from outside the box that Michael Collodi saved in the center of the goal. It turned out to be Nashville's only shot on target of the night.

Dallas, playing out of a 5-3-2, grew into it before the break. Logan Farrington had a shot blocked in the 37th minute, and in the 44th Musa unloaded from distance, forcing Schwake into a save up in the top right corner.

The Second Half Gets Spicy

Farrington opened the second half by heading a Johansson cross wide in the 48th minute. Kaick was booked three minutes later, Mukhtar's direct free kick drifted just over in the 52nd, and Farrington skied another from outside the box in the 57th. The closest Dallas came in that stretch was the 59th minute, when Farrington found Musa centrally and the striker's shot slid just past the left post.

Dallas went to its bench in the 62nd minute, bringing on Louicius Deedson for Bernard Kamungo and Joaquín Valiente for Patrickson Delgado. That was Valiente's league and club debut; Dallas says he signed on Feb. 13 from Defensor Sporting. Anderson Julio and Sam Sarver followed in the 71st, Sarver making his season debut.

Then Nashville found a second wind. Espinoza had two chances in three minutes, both teed up by Mukhtar: a shot that went wide in the 75th and one that flew high and wide in the 78th. Woobens Pacius, introduced in the 76th, broke on a counter in the 80th and missed just wide to the right.

Corcoran was cautioned in the 74th minute, Osaze Urhoghide and Daniel Lovitz two minutes later. In the 84th Corcoran committed another bad foul and saw a second yellow, and Nashville had to see out the rest of the night shorthanded.

In the first minute of stoppage time, Valiente nodded a ball into Julio's path and Julio's shot from outside the box forced Schwake to save in the bottom right corner. The fourth official then signaled six added minutes, but that was the last real chance. Sarver was booked in the 95th minute and the whistle went soon after.

Who Mattered Most

Brian Schwake had only two saves to make, but both came on Dallas's most dangerous efforts. Nashville named him Man of the Match and noted he is the only goalkeeper in club history to go unbeaten through his first nine starts, with eight wins and a draw. He now has three clean sheets in four appearances in 2026, per the club.

Petar Musa was the most persistent attacker on the field. Three shots, one on target, plus the 59th-minute chance that slid just wide.

Hany Mukhtar wore the armband for Nashville and was the visitors' creative hub. He took two shots himself and set up three more, for Madrigal and twice for Espinoza, before coming off in the 87th minute.

Shaq Moore captained Dallas for the first time this season against a club he spent three seasons with, and Dallas's back line kept Nashville to a single shot on target.

Elsewhere on the team sheets, Jordan Knight came on for his MLS debut in the 87th minute, the fifth player to make his league debut for Nashville this season.

The Turning Point

Corcoran's red card. Up to the 84th minute Nashville had been the side pushing, with Espinoza and Pacius combining for three attempts in six minutes. After the sending-off the visitors made a triple change in the 87th, sending on Ahmed Qasem, Josh Bauer and Knight, and Dallas finally carved out a clean look in stoppage time. Schwake stopped it, and that save is the reason this is a story about a first career clean sheet and not a late collapse.

Stats That Matter

• Shots on target: Dallas 2, Nashville 1.
• Possession: Nashville 53.1 percent, Dallas 46.9 percent.
• Crosses: Dallas attempted 24 and completed 4.
• Clearances: Nashville 37, Dallas 31.
• Fouls: Nashville 15, Dallas 10.

What It Means

Both clubs sit at 1-1-0 with 4 points after two matches. Dallas opened with a 3-2 home win over Toronto FC, and Nashville opened with a 4-1 home win over the New England Revolution.

For Nashville, the point carried some history. The club said its three wins and a draw across all competitions are its best start through four matches of a season in club history, that this is the first time since 2023 it has earned at least four points through its first two MLS matches, and that it was the team's first shutout against an MLS opponent since July 19, 2025, against Toronto, a span of 17 matches. It came in Nashville's fourth match in 11 days, which makes a road point feel even better. Nashville hosts Minnesota United at GEODIS Park next Saturday, March 7.

Dallas, meanwhile, extended its regular-season sellout streak to 36 straight matches with a crowd of 11,004. Including one playoff match, the club says it has sold out 37 straight MLS home games at Toyota Stadium, the longest such run in its history. The first road trip of the season comes next, at LAFC on Saturday, March 7.

Closing Take

Call it a Seinfeld special: a game about nothing that still managed to give one guy a big night. Two saves will not make a highlight package, but goalkeepers measure careers in zeros, and he finally has his first one in MLS. Dallas will rue Musa's near misses. Nashville will happily take the point and the plane home.

Stats from ESPN's match data. Club notes from FC Dallas (fcdallas.com) and Nashville SC (nashvillesc.com).