MLS Nashville SC

Nashville SC Update

Published on February 28, 2023 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Nashville SC News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Feb. 28, 2023) - Nashville Soccer Club will visit the New York Red Bulls in Harrison, NJ, for its first road match of the 2023 Major League Soccer season which is set to take place at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, March 4.

Nashville SC will host its weekly matchday-2 media availability at approximately 12 p.m. CT on Thursday. The in person and Zoom availability will feature Head Coach Gary Smith and former New York Red Bulls Captain Sean Davis, who spent seven seasons with the Red Bulls and led them to the playoffs each year before signing with Nashville SC in January 2022.

Nashville SC is coming off a spectacular opening weekend after defeating New York City FC 2-0 at GEODIS Park. Walker Zimmerman got the party started with a goal in the first half, while Jacob Shaffelburg secured the insurance goal off a Hany Mukhtar assist in the 80th minute.

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Nashville SC:

debuted its coveted Man in Black kits this past weekend; the team will don this kit again on Saturday at NY Red Bulls

opened an MLS season at GEODIS Park for the first time

has won season openers in back-to-back seasons (2022 and '23); owns a 2W-1-L-D record in season openers

competed in its first match in the Eastern Conference since 2021

owns an all-time record of 23W-13L-25D against the Eastern Conference

scored the first goal in MLS play for the 49th time this past weekend; owns a 31W-4L-14D record when scoring first

owns a 0W-1L-1D all-time record against New York Red Bulls

a 0-2 loss at Red Bull Arena on June 18, 2021

a 1-1 draw at Nissan Stadium on Nov. 7, 2021

Hany Mukhtar recorded the loan goal for Nashville in the match off a direct free kick

the sides did not meet in 2022

Head Coach Gary Smith

recorded his 39th win as the Head Coach of Nashville SC in MLS

is now four wins shy of tying his personal record for most wins at an MLS club (Colorado Rapids, 43 wins)

Teal Bunbury made his 338th career regular season appearance, tied with Diego Chara for sixth all-time among active players

Sean Davis

returns to Red Bull Arena for the first time since signing with Nashville SC as a free agent on Jan. 4, 2022

was the first homegrown player in New York Red Bull history to be captain of the First Team

led Red Bulls to two Supporters' Shields, first during his rookie season in 2015 and second in 2018

Dax McCarty

spent six seasons with the Red Bulls, making 184 MLS appearances

ranks second all-time in MLS history among outfield players in games played (439), first among active players

is five regular season starts from reaching 400 in his career

Shaq Moore has anchored the right side of the backline to four shutouts in 12 career starts since joining Nashville

Alex Muyl returns to face the Red Bulls after spending five seasons and 121 appearances with the club

Hany Mukhtar

made his season debut as a second half substitute, and was greeted with a hero's welcome after being introduced to the home fans for the first time since being named Landon Donovan MLS MVP

recorded an assist just five minutes after entering the match

has been involved in over half of Nashville SC's regular season goals in club history (71 of 133)

Fafà Picault made his Nashville SC debut on Saturday registering an assist

Jacob Shaffelburg scored his third career goal for Nashville SC on Saturday; has scored three goals in nine starts for NSC

Joe Willis

earned his 50th career shutout, 32nd with Nashville on Saturday

appeared in his 90th match for NSC, the most of any player in club history

Walker Zimmerman

anchored the backline to a shutout on Saturday and scored the game-winning goal; as a homage to Johnny Cash, Zimmerman ran to the corner flag using it as a mic and singing the song "Ring of Fire"

has now scored the first goal of the season for Nashville SC in two of its four MLS seasons

recorded his 23rd career goal, 11th with Nashville SC

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