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Leal, Mukhtar, McCarty score; Nashville wins playoff debut

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Randall Leal and Hany Mukhtar scored 10 minutes apart in the first half and Nashville beat Inter Miami 3-0 on Friday night in an all-expansion play-in round game.

Nashville advanced to face Toronto FC, last year’s runner-up, on Tuesday night in East Hartford, Connecticut. Leal scored the club’s first playoff goal in the 14th minute with a shot from distance.

Mukhtar sent Miami goalkeeper John McCarthy diving the wrong way on a penalty kick in the 24th. Dax McCarty, who played in his 24 MLS playoff games, made it 3-0 in the 57th.