In the moments after Nashville's 3-0 win on Friday night against Inter Miami, it was important for the team to acknowledge the historical significance. It had been over 22 years since an expansion team won a Major League Soccer playoff game and even though the play-in win came as part of an expanded field, in a season impacted by the coronavirus, advancing as the No. 7 seed was a significant accomplishment.
"Guys were excited and happy and thrilled," center-back Walker Zimmerman said. "But amid all that, it was already shifting ahead. The standard shouldn't be, 'Let's be overly excited for winning this game.