Lorenzo Insigne scores first MLS goal in 4-3 Toronto FC win vs. Nashville SC

Insigne’s first MLS goal was a banger

Lorenzo Insigne picked the perfect time to score his first MLS goal, scoring what turned out to be the winner for Toronto FC in a 4-3 road win against Nashville SC that verged on MLS Madness™.

TFC took three leads, as Jonathan Osorio scored a brace and their other big Serie A acquisition Federico Bernardeschi converted a second half penalty. However, their hosts kept fighting back, with Hany Mukhtar bagging a penalty of his own and Teal Bunbury scoring deep in first half stoppage time.

That set the stage for Insigne to produce some magic. With TFC up 3-2 in the 77th minute, Michael Bradley moved the ball to Insigne in a seemingly contained situation. Two Nashville players were locked in on Insigne, while Toronto’s attackers remained stagnant.

It didn’t matter. Insigne dipped his shoulder to turn and burst past both Nashville players, cut inside of a third, and fire a 24-yard bullet past Joe Willis.

Toronto still nearly put that to waste, as Walker Zimmerman got Nashville a late third, but the visitors held on to make it three straight without a loss.

Watch Insigne’s brilliant first MLS goal

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