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2022 Nashville SC season

The 2022 Nashville SC season was the club's third season as a member of Major League Soccer. The club returned to the Western Conference following the addition of Charlotte FC to the Eastern Conference.[1]

Nashville SC
2022 season
Head coachGary Smith
StadiumGeodis Park
MLSConference: 5th
MLS Cup PlayoffsFirst round
U.S. Open CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague:
Hany Mukhtar (23)
All:
Hany Mukhtar (26)
Highest home attendance30,109 (5/1 v. PHI)
(5/21 v. ATL)
Lowest home attendance26,003 (5/18 v. MTL)
Average home league attendance28,731
Biggest winNSH 4–0 DAL (8/27)
Biggest defeatCLT 4-1 NSH (7/9)
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Roster edit

Current roster edit

As of May 13, 2022[2]
Squad no. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of birth (age) Previous club Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 Joe Willis   GK (1988-08-10) August 10, 1988 (age 35)   Houston Dynamo FC 69 0
32 Will Meyer   GK (1998-05-24) May 24, 1998 (age 25)   Akron 0 0
35 Bryan Meredith   GK (1989-08-02) August 2, 1989 (age 34)   Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0
Defenders
2 Daniel Lovitz   DF (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 (age 32)   CF Montréal 61 1
4 Dave Romney   DF (1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 (age 30)   LA Galaxy 69 3
5 Jack Maher (GA)   DF (1999-10-28) October 28, 1999 (age 24)   Indiana University 33 1
15 Eric Miller   DF (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 (age 31)   New York City FC 27 0
21 Ahmed Longmire   DF (1999-10-11) October 11, 1999 (age 24)   UCLA 0 0
22 Josh Bauer   DF (1998-07-22) July 22, 1998 (age 25)   Atlanta United FC 0 0
23 Taylor Washington   DF (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 (age 30)   Nashville SC (USL) 37 0
24 Robert Castellanos   DF (1998-05-11) May 11, 1998 (age 25)   Rio Grande Valley FC 1 1
25 Walker Zimmerman (DP)   DF (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 30)   Los Angeles FC 62 7
Midfielders
6 Dax McCarty (C)   MF (1987-04-30) April 30, 1987 (age 37)   Chicago Fire FC 61 2
7 Handwalla Bwana (HG)   FW (1999-06-25) June 25, 1999 (age 24)   Seattle Sounders FC 8 0
8 Randall Leal (INTL)   MF (1997-01-14) January 14, 1997 (age 27)   Deportivo Saprissa 67 13
10 Hany Mukhtar (DP)   MF (1995-03-21) March 21, 1995 (age 29)   Brøndby IF 61 26
13 Irakoze Donasiyano   MF (1998-02-03) February 3, 1998 (age 26)   Virginia 1 0
19 Alex Muyl (HG)   MF (1995-09-30) September 30, 1995 (age 28)   New York Red Bulls 65 4
20 Aníbal Godoy   MF (1990-02-10) February 10, 1990 (age 34)   San Jose Earthquakes 57 2
26 Luke Haakenson   MF (1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 (age 26)   Creighton University 24 2
27 Tah Brian Anunga   MF (1996-08-10) August 10, 1996 (age 27)   Charleston Battery 51 1
54 Sean Davis (HG)   MF (1993-02-08) February 8, 1993 (age 31)   New York Red Bulls 10 0
Forwards
9 Aké Loba (DP, INTL)   FW (1998-04-01) April 1, 1998 (age 26)   C.F. Monterrey 29 1
11 Ethan Zubak (HG)   FW (1998-04-15) April 15, 1998 (age 26)   LA Galaxy 2 0
12 Teal Bunbury   FW (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 (age 34)   New England Revolution 4 0
17 C. J. Sapong   FW (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 (age 35)   Chicago Fire FC 45 15

Competitions edit

Major League Soccer edit

Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season

Standings edit

Pos Team
 Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
3 FC Dallas 34 14 9 11 48 37 +11 53 Qualification for the first round
4 LA Galaxy 34 14 12 8 58 51 +7 50
5 Nashville SC 34 13 10 11 52 41 +11 50
6 Minnesota United FC 34 14 14 6 48 51 −3 48
7 Real Salt Lake 34 12 11 11 43 45 −2 47
Source: MLS
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) fewer disciplinary points; 6) away goal differential; 7) away goals scored; 8) home goals differential; 9) home goals scored; 10) coin toss (2 clubs tied) or drawing of lots (≥3 clubs tied)

Match results edit

February 27 1 Seattle Sounders FC 0–1 Nashville SC Seattle, Washington
7:00 PM CST Arreaga   18'
Nouhou   90+5'		 Report Godoy   80' Stadium: Lumen Field
Attendance: 30,013
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
March 5 2 Minnesota United FC 1–1 Nashville SC St. Paul, Minnesota
5:00 PM CST Dotson   20'   71'
Dibassy   31'		 Report Sapong   5'
Davis   26'
Godoy   58'		 Stadium: Allianz Field
Attendance: 18,107
Referee: Armando Villarreal
March 12 3 FC Dallas 2–0 Nashville SC Frisco, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Pomykal   25'
Martínez   33'
Jara   85' (pen.)
Velasco   87'
Cerrillo   90+6'		 Report Sapong   28'
Leal   40'
Muyl   62'
Godoy   82'		 Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 13,448
Referee: Ramy Touchan
March 19 4 Real Salt Lake 2–1 Nashville SC Sandy, Utah
8:30 PM CDT Wood   2'
Schmitt   24',   54'		 Report Zimmerman   25',   53'
Lovitz   41'
McCarty   90+3',   90+6'		 Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,036
Referee: Tori Penso
April 2 5 Columbus Crew 0–1 Nashville SC Columbus, Ohio
5:00 CDT Etienne   55'
Díaz   66'
Artur   90+3'		 Report Muyl   28',   79'
Sapong   75'
Haakenson   90+5'		 Stadium: Lower.com Field
Attendance: 20,371
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
April 9 6 Sporting Kansas City 1–2 Nashville SC Kansas City, Kansas
7:30 PM CDT Duke   17'
Walter   25'
Espinoza   52'
Hernández   63'		 Report Romney   51'
Sapong   68'
Washington   79'		 Stadium: Children's Mercy Park
Attendance: 18,852
Referee: Ismail Elfath
April 16 7 San Jose Earthquakes 2–2 Nashville SC San Jose, California
12:30 PM CDT Cowell   21'
Ebobisse   52',   72'		 Report Mukhtar   38',   63'
Lovitz   51'
Haakenson   90+5'		 Stadium: PayPal Park
Attendance: 10,394
Referee: Timothy Ford
April 23 8 LA Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC Carson, California
9:30PM CDT Joveljić   86',   87'
Hernández   89'		 Report Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 26,674
Referee: Allen Chapman
May 1 9 Nashville SC 1–1 Philadelphia Union Nashville, Tennessee
4:00 PM EDT Lovitz   33'
Muyl   37'
Davis   49'
Leal   76',   85' (pen.)		 Report Wagner   60'
Martínez   62'
Uhre   66'
Blake   84'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 30,109
Referee: Chris Penso
May 8 10 Nashville SC 2–0 Real Salt Lake Nashville, Tennessee
3:00 PM MT Romney   63'
Sapong   90+'		 Report Luiz   20'
Ruiz   49'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 28,226
Referee: Fotis Bazakos
May 14 11 Houston Dynamo 2–0 Nashville SC Houston, Texas
7:30 PM CDT Carrasquilla   16'
Lundqvist   35'
Clark   42'
Hadebe   42'
Quintero   49'   53' (pen.)		 Report Miller   45+1'
Maher   46'
Zubak   86'
Zimmerman   90+1'		 Stadium: PNC Stadium
Attendance: 16,035
Referee: Ramy Touchan
May 18 12 Nashville SC 2–1 CF Montréal Nashville SC
8:30 PM EDT Muyl   28',   43'
Mukhtar   41',   51'		 Report Kamara   55' Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 26,003
Referee: Jon Freemon
May 21 13 Nashville SC 2–2 Atlanta United FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT Sapong   24'   72'
Mukhtar   31'
Godoy   59'
Muyl   82'
Zubak   83'		 Report Almada   26'
Ibarra   33'
Dwyer   88'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 30,109
Referee: Ted Unkel
May 28 14 Colorado Rapids 1–3 Nashville SC Commerce City, Colorado
8:00 PM CDT Rubio   14',   78'
Abubakar   41'
Acosta   51'		 Report Sapong   8'
Mukhtar   14',   17',   56'
Miller   42'		 Stadium: Dick's Sporting Goods Park
Attendance: 15,465
Referee: Nima Saghafi
June 11 15 Nashville SC 0–0 San Jose Earthquakes Nashville, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT Anunga   74' Report Remedi   67'
Judson   83'
Marie   89'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 28,672
Referee: Allen Chapman
June 19 16 Nashville SC 1–2 Sporting Kansas City Nashville, Tennessee
3:00 PM CDT Godoy   40'
Loba   63'		 Report Hernández   41'
Zusi   51'
Melia   81'
Russell   86'
Espinoza   89'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 29,269
Referee: Victor Rivas
June 25 17 D.C. United 1–3 Nashville SC Washington, DC
2:00 p.m. EDT Najar   21'
Fountas   59'
Birnbaum   63'		 Report Lovitz   6'   26'
Mukhtar   45+1'   50'
Zimmerman   54'
Romney   60'
Anunga   84'
Haakenson   90+2'		 Stadium: Audi Field
Attendance: 19,325
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
July 3 18 Nashville SC 2–2 Portland Timbers Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Davis   18'
Mukhtar   57'
Zimmerman   77'		 Report Ayala   28'
McGraw   51'
Asprilla   64' (pen.)
Niezgoda   69'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 28,387
Referee: Armando Villarreal
July 9 19 Charlotte FC 4–1 Nashville SC Charlotte, North Carolina
6:30 PM CDT Fuchs   26' (pen.)
Świderski   61'
Ruiz   89'
Shinyashiki   90+1'		 Report Anunga   21'
Mukhtar   67' (pen.)
Leal   71'
Washington   90+6'		 Stadium: Bank of America Stadium
Referee: Joseph Dickerson
July 13 20 Nashville SC 1–0 Seattle Sounders FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Mukhtar   44'
Muyl   45+2'
Miller   89'		 Report Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 26,927
Referee: Rubiel Vazquez
July 17 21 Nashville SC 1–2 Los Angeles FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Muyl   13'
Anunga   18'
Mukhtar   43' (pen.)
Leal   89'		 Report Arango   27'
Cifuentes   46'
Escobar   73'
Blessing   83'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 30,109
Referee: Drew Fischer
July 23 22 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30 PM CDT Vazquez   52'
Cameron   73'		 Report Bunbury   6'
Muyl   39'
Lovitz   61'		 Stadium: TQL Stadium
Attendance: 23,420
Referee: Chris Penso
July 30 23 Nashville SC 1–1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:00 PM CDT Bunbury   17'
Maher   86'		 Report Blackmon   33'
Baldisimo   47'
Raposo   56'
Brown   87'
Gauld   90+2'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 26,578
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
August 3 24 Portland Timbers 1–1 Nashville SC Portland, Oregon
9:30 PM CDT Moreno   27'
McGraw   90'		 Report Bunbury   20',   67'
Zimmerman   45+1'
Mukhtar   59'		 Stadium: Providence Park
Attendance: 23,101
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
August 6 25 Nashville SC 3–4 Toronto FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT McCarty   2'
Davis   24'
Mukhtar   41' (pen.)
Bunbury   45+4'
Sapong   61'
Zimmerman   84'		 Report Osorio   19',   44'
Laryea   40'
Bernardeschi   54' (pen.)
Marshall-Rutty   71'
Insigne   77'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 26,326
Referee: Allen Chapman
August 14 26 Nashville SC 1–2 Minnesota United FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM CT Mukhtar   61'
Leal   90+4'		 Report Fragapane   27'   45+1'
Reynoso   31'
Lod   46'
Benítez   75'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 25,240
Referee: Alex Chilowicz
August 21 27 Nashville SC 4–0 FC Dallas Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT Mukhtar   5',   33'
Shaffelburg   26'
Romney   72'		 Report Pomykal   31'
Lletget   62'
Twumasi   67'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 25,571
Referee: Kevin Stott
August 27 28 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0–3 Nashville SC Vancouver, British Columbia
10:00 PM EDT Brown   36'
Blackmon   44'
Cavallini   53'		 Report Leal   19'
Maher   23',   50'
Washington   63'
Davis   76'
Lovitz   90'		 Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 16,361
Referee: Jon Freemon
August 31 29 Nashville SC 4–1 Colorado Rapids Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT Mukhtar   29' (pen.), 54', 75'
Godoy   45'
Leal   59'
Shaffelburg   61'
McCarty   70'		 Report Zardes   35'
Abubakar   41'
Acosta   71'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 24,127
Referee: Mark Allatin
September 3 30 Nashville SC 3–0 Austin FC Nashville, Tennessee
8:30 PM EDT Zimmerman   49'
Mukhtar   29', 90+1',   83'		 Report Fagúndez   39'
Cascante   54'
Lima   75'
Djitté   90+4'   90+5'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 25,293
Referee: Nima Saghafi
September 10 31 Nashville SC 1–1 LA Galaxy Nashville, Tennessee
3:30 PM EDT Mukhtar   29' (pen)
Zimmerman   31'   90+7'
Romney   42'
Leal   45+2'
Moore   84'
Willis   90+9'		 Report Coulibaly   22'
Williams   27'
Puig   27',   90+9' (pen.)
Edwards   43'
Vázquez   61'		 Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 28,753
Referee: Chris Penso
September 17 32 Austin FC 1–1 Nashville SC Austin, Texas
8:00 PM CT Driussi   61' Report Mukhtar   56' (pen.) Stadium: Q2 Stadium
Attendance: 20,738
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
October 2 33 Nashville SC 1–2 Houston Dynamo Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Bunbury   90+3'
Zimmerman   90+6'		 Report Ferreira   29,   39'
Hadebe   48'   90+4'		 Stadium: Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium
Attendance: 28,720
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr
October 9 34 Los Angeles FC 0–1 Nashville SC Los Angeles, California
4:00 PM CDT Report McCarty   9'
Bunbury   53'
Anunga   55'
Sapong   81'		 Stadium: Banc of California Stadium
Attendance: 22,205
Referee: Ted Unkel

MLS Cup Playoffs edit

Main article: 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs
First round edit
October 15 First round LA Galaxy 1–0 Nashville SC Carson, California
2:00PM CDT Araujo   60',   64'
Brugman   79'		 Report Zimmerman   20'
Anunga   58'		 Stadium: Dignity Health Sports Park
Attendance: 22,280
Referee: Armando Villarreal

U.S. Open Cup edit

Main article: 2022 U.S. Open Cup

Due to finishing in the top four of their conference in 2021, Nashville SC will enter the tournament in the Round of 32, with draws announced April 22, 2022, and matches played May 10–11, 2022.[3] This will be their first Open Cup campaign as a member of Major League Soccer, after competing in 2018 and 2019 as a member of the United Soccer League/USL Championship.

May 11 Round of 32 Nashville SC   3–2 (a.e.t.)   Atlanta United FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:00 pm CDT
Stadium: Geodis Park
May 25 Round of 16 Louisville City FC   1–2   Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 pm EDT Ownby   37'
McCabe   86'
Gonzalez   90+6'		 Report Loba   39'
Haakenson   48'
Mukhtar   89'		 Stadium: Lynn Family Stadium
Attendance: 8,638
Referee: Eric Tatersall
June 29 Quarter-final Orlando City SC   1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		   Nashville SC Orlando, Florida
7:00 pm
Report
Stadium: Exploria Stadium
Attendance: 11,940
Referee: Mark Allatin
Penalties

Leagues Cup edit

Main article: 2022 Leagues Cup Showcase
September 21 Showcase Match Nashville SC   3–3
(4–2 p)		   Club América Nashville, Tennessee
Report Stadium: Geodis Park
Attendance: 24,553
Referee: César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)

References edit

  1. ^ Hills, Drake (November 5, 2021). "MLS reassigns Nashville SC to Western Conference for 2022 season. Here's what it means". Tennessean. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  2. ^ "Nasvhille SC Roster". nashvillesc.com. Nashville SC. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
  3. ^ "Record-Setting 103 Teams Confirmed For 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). United States Soccer Federation. January 25, 2022. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
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