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2018 Nashville SC season

The 2018 Nashville SC season was the club's inaugural season both as an organization and as a member in the United Soccer League (USL). Nashville SC played in the Eastern Conference of the USL.

Nashville SC
2018 season
General managerChristopher Jones
Head coachGary Smith
StadiumFirst Tennessee Park
United Soccer LeagueEastern Conference: 7th
U.S. Open CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lebo Moloto (5)
All:
Lebo Moloto,
Ropapa Mensah,
Brandon Allen,
Tucker Hume (5)
Highest home attendance18,922
(Mar 24 vs. Pittsburgh, at Nissan Stadium)
Lowest home attendance7,487
(Apr 7 vs. Charlotte)
Average home league attendance13,205
2019 →

Club edit

Technical Staff edit

Technical Staff[1]
Position Staff
Head Coach   Gary Smith
Technical Director   Mike Jacobs
Assistant Coach   David Proctor
Team Administrator & Equipment Manager   Jeff Robben

Roster edit

As of July 12, 2018[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 GK Micah Bledsoe   United States
2 DF Justin Davis   United States
3 FW Ropapa Mensah (on loan from Inter Allies)   Ghana
4 MF Ramone Howell (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)   Jamaica
5 DF Liam Doyle   Isle of Man
6 MF Josh Hughes   United States
7 MF Ryan James   Canada
8 FW Robin Shroot   Northern Ireland
9 FW Michael Cox (traded to Saint Louis FC)   Canada
10 MF Lebo Moloto   South Africa
11 MF Ismaila Jome   Gambia
12 FW Tucker Hume   United States
13 MF Ian McGrath (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)   United States
14 DF Jordan Dunstan (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)   Canada
15 DF Michael DeGraffenreidt (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)   United States
16 MF Martim Galvão   Portugal
17 MF Michael Reed (captain)   United States
18 GK Matt Pickens   United States
19 FW Alan Winn   United States
20 MF Matt LaGrassa   United States
21 GK C. J. Cochran (on loan to Fresno FC)   United States
22 DF Bradley Bourgeois   United States
23 DF Taylor Washington   United States
27 DF Kosuke Kimura   Japan
28 DF London Woodberry   United States
30 MF Bolu Akinyode   Nigeria
32 FW Brandon Allen   United States

Competitions edit

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies edit

February 10 Nashville SC 1–3 Atlanta United FC Nashville, Tennessee
3:00 p.m. CST Mensah   65' Report Martínez   58'
Vazquez   75'
Nagbe   78'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,059
February 21 Chicago Fire 0–0 Nashville SC Bradenton, Florida
Dean   39' Cox   50' Stadium: IMG Academy
February 23 Ottawa Fury 1–1 Nashville SC Bradenton, Florida
Haworth   4' Report Winn   2' (pen.) Stadium: IMG Academy
February 25 Orlando City SC 0–3 Nashville SC Sanford, Florida
Report Moloto  
Winn  
Cox  		 Stadium: Sylvan Lakes Park
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Result not publicized.
March 1 Lipscomb Bisons 0–2 Nashville SC Nashville, Tennessee
McGrath   50'
Galvão   75'		 Stadium: Lipscomb University
March 3 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
Laing   45'
Welshman   65'
Seymore   82'		 Report LaGrassa   21'
Winn   87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
March 10 Chattanooga FC 1–3 Nashville SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
Hernandez   59'
Valeciano  		 Report LaGrassa   18' (pen.)
Mensah   30'
Hume   45'
James  		 Stadium: Finley Stadium
Attendance: 3,239

Source:[3]

USL edit

Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 14 8 12 56 41 +15 50 Conference Playoffs
7 Indy Eleven 34 13 10 11 45 42 +3 49
8 Nashville SC 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 49
9 North Carolina FC 34 13 8 13 60 50 +10 47
10 Ottawa Fury 34 13 6 15 31 43 −12 45
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary edit

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAHAHAAAHAAHAHHHHAAHHHHHAHHAHAAAAHH
ResultLDWWLDDWDWWDWLWDLLWLDWDLWLDLDWDWDD
Source: Results Table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results Table edit

March 17 1 Louisville City FC 2–0 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
2:00 p.m. CDT Spencer   56',   81'
McCabe   66'		 Report LaGrassa   79' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,933
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
March 24 2 Nashville SC 0–0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Nashville, Tennessee
5:00 p.m. CDT Moloto   52'
Mensah   68'		 Report Vancaeyezeele   18' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,922
Referee: Leland Grant
March 31 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Nashville SC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1:00 p.m. CDT Aubrey   5'
Chambers   59'		 Report Cox   6' (pen.)
Davis   79'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 2,220
Referee: Brandon Smith
April 7 4 Nashville SC 2–0 Charlotte Independence Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Winn   24'
Mensah   90+1'		 NSH Report
USL Report
Report		 Duckett   12'
Johnson   89'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,487
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
April 14 5 Indy Eleven 2–1 Nashville SC Indianapolis, Indiana
11:00 a.m. CDT Saad   15', 34'
Ayoze   70'		 Report Akinyode   26'
Doyle   37'
Mensah   45'		 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 10,188
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
April 24 6 Penn FC 0–0 Nashville SC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
5:30 p.m. CDT Heinemann   28'
Baffoe   75'		 Report Shroot   21'
Bourgeois   28'
Moloto   43'
Mensah   51'
Washington   64'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Lorant Varga
May 6 7 New York Red Bulls II 1–1 Nashville SC Harrison, New Jersey
12:00 p.m. CDT Bezecourt   27' USL Report Mensah   7' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 652
May 13 8 Nashville SC 2–0 Louisville City FC Nashville, Tennessee
5:00 p.m. CDT Moloto   39', 84' USL Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,610
May 26 9 Charleston Battery 1–1 Nashville SC Charleston, South Carolina
6:00 p.m. CDT Guerra   50' USL Report Doyle   25' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,697
May 30 10 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Nashville SC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:00 p.m. CDT USL Report Allen   69' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 967
June 2 11 Nashville SC 3–1 Penn FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Allen   36'
Moloto   48'
Winn   81'		 Tribbett   76' Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,724
June 9 12 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Nashville SC St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30 p.m. CDT Taylor   84' Moloto   22' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
June 16 13 Nashville SC 1–0 North Carolina FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Mensah   90+4' Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,047
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
June 26 14 Nashville SC 0–2 Indy Eleven Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Report Ouimette   16'
Braun   35'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,482
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 30 15 Nashville SC 3–0 Atlanta United 2 Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Allen   19'
Winn   45+3'
Moloto   84'		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Luis Guardia
July 7 16 Nashville SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Moloto   15' Report Keinan   17' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,228
Referee: Lorant Varga
July 11 17 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Nashville SC Matthews, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. CDT George   42'
Calvert   90+4'		 Report Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,247
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 21 18 Ottawa Fury 2–0 Nashville SC Ottawa, Ontario
6:00 p.m. CDT Taylor   90+1'
Oliveira   90+6'		 Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: Juan Márquez
July 25 19 Nashville SC 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Washington   80' Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,729
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
July 28 20 Toronto FC II 2–0 Nashville SC Toronto, Ontario
7:00 p.m. CDT Uccello   34 (p)'
Srbely   47'		 Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 2,277
Referee: Ernie Constantine
August 4 21 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 p.m. CDT Konig   1' Report Hume   85' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,426
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 10 22 Nashville SC 2–0 Ottawa Fury Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT LaGrassa   31',   65'
Allen   59' (pen)		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,694
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 18 23 Louisville City FC 0–0 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
6:30 p.m. CDT Totsch   68'
Francis   90+4'		 Report Mensah   84' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 9,684
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 25 24 Nashville SC 1–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Jome   27',   31'  
Davis   84'		 Report Nanco   23'
Mbaizo   45'
Najem   90+3'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,856
Referee: Leland Grant
August 28 25 Nashville SC 4–0 Richmond Kickers Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Hume   42',   60'
Bourgeois   48'
Davis   55'
LaGrassa   57'		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
September 1 26 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Nashville SC Matthews, North Carolina
6:30 p.m. CDT Watson   25'
George   53',   86'  
Jung-soo   81'		 Report Winn   45'
Moloto   53'
Woodberry   67'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,317
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 8 27 North Carolina FC 3–3 Nashville SC Cary, North Carolina
6:00 p.m. CDT Shipalane   18'
Ríos   39'
Steinberger   63'		 Report Allen   51' (pen),   80' (pen)
Kimura   67'
Moloto   82'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,505
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
September 18 28 Nashville SC 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Moloto   20' Report Hristov   6' (pen)
Morad   46'
Woodberry   69' (og)
GGuenzatti   90+7'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,269
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 22 29 Nashville SC 1–1 Charleston Battery Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Hume   9'
Reed   45+2'		 Report Anunga   24'
Okonkwo   60'
Mansaray   63'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,376
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
September 26 30 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Nashville SC Lawrenceville, Georgia
6:00 p.m. CDT Report Mensah   7',   50'
Hume   64'		 Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Elton Garcia
September 29 31 Nashville SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls II Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT Reed   26'
Akinyode   53'
LaGrassa   65'
Washington   69'		 Report Moreno   5'
Aguinaga   24'
Stroud   72'
Kutler   78'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,036
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 6 32 Richmond Kickers 0–3 Nashville SC Richmond, Virginia
6:00 p.m. CDT Boehme   40'
Agyemang   81'
Gentile   90'		 Report Hume   20'
Reed   29'
Winn   56'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,659
Referee: Matthew Franz
October 9 33 Nashville SC 2–2 Toronto FC II Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 p.m. CDT LaGrassa   63'
Allen   72'
Davis   90+5'		 Report Srbely   34'
Perruzza   75'
Hamilton   85'
Patterson-Sewell   90+1'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,531
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 13 34 Nashville SC 3–3 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
1:00 p.m. CDT Hume   5'
LaGrassa   40'
Allen   80'
Akinyode   90'		 Report Albadawi   39',  63'
Bone   52',  81'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

Postseason edit

Main article: 2018 USL Playoffs
October 20 Quarterfinal FC Cincinnati 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00 EDT Bone   95'
Smith   104'
Ledesma   111'		 Report Davis   110'
Bourgeois   115'
Tyrpak   116'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 20,217
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Penalties
Adi  
McLaughlin  
Smith  
Hoyte  
Lasso  
Walker  		   Doyle
  Allen
  Winn
  LaGrassa
  Tyrpak
  Davis

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup
May 16 Second round Nashville SC 2–0 Inter Nashville FC Nashville, Tennessee
EDT Hume   19', 89' Stadium: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex
May 23 Third round Nashville SC 3–1 Mississippi Brilla Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Allen   19'
Woodberry   30'
Shroot   90+1'		 Matsoso   59' Stadium: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex
Attendance: 1,047
June 6 Fourth round Nashville SC 2–0 Colorado Rapids Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Azira   39' (o.g.)
Mensah   78'		 Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium
Attendance: 4,453
June 20 Round of 16 Louisville City FC 2–1 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
Craig   24'
Del Piccolo   58'		 LaGrassa   68' Stadium: Lynn Stadium

Goalscorers edit

Includes all competitive matches.

As of matches played August 28, 2018
Rank Pos. Player United Soccer League US Open Cup Total
1 MF   Lebo Moloto 5 0 5
FW   Ropapa Mensah 4 1 5
FW   Brandon Allen 4 1 5
FW   Tucker Hume 3 2 5
5 FW   Alan Winn 3 0 3
MF   Matt LaGrassa 2 1 3
7 FW   Michael Cox 1 0 1
DF   Liam Doyle 1 0 1
DF   Taylor Washington 1 0 1
DF   Justin Davis 1 0 1
DF   Bradley Bourgeois 1 0 1
DF   London Woodberry 0 1 1
FW   Robin Shroot 0 1 1
Own Goals 0 1 1
Total 26 8 34

References edit

  1. ^ "Coaching Staff". Nashville SC. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
  2. ^ "Players and Staff – First Team". Nashville SC. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
  3. ^ "2018 Friendlies Schedule". nashvillesc.com. Nashville SC. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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