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Nashville SC Update

September 15, 2023 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Nashville SC News Release


NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Nashville Soccer Club (11W-9L-7D, 40 pts.) will return from international break with another multi-match road week as it travels to face Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday, Sept. 20 and San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday, Sept. 23.

Nashville SC has clashed with Sporting KC thrice before, holding a 1W-2L-0D series record and a 1W-1L-0D record at Children's Mercy Park. Nashville SC's last trip to Children's Mercy Park resulted in a 2-1 win for the Tennessee side in April 2022.

Nashville SC will look to earn its first win over the San Jose Earthquakes, as both previous contests resulted in draws. Nashville SC's last meeting with the California side was a scoreless draw at GEODIS Park. Previously, Hany Mukhtar scored the two goals Nashville SC has recorded against the Earthquakes at PayPal Park.

Nashville SC's MLS NEXT Pro affiliate team Huntsville City FC (9W-11L-6D, 4 SOW, 37 pts.) is also gearing up for an important week as it plays its final two games in the MLS NEXT Pro regular season to push for the playoffs. Huntsville City FC currently sits in seventh place in the Eastern Conference, just above the playoff line. The Alabama side will have a pivotal meeting at the Philadelphia Union II on Sunday, Sept. 17 that could determine its playoff fate before it takes on Chicago Fire II the following weekend to end its regular season.

BROADCAST INFORMATION: ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚

Nashville SC vs. Sporting Kansas City (Sept. 20, 2023) ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚

MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app

104.5 The Zone

Official watch party at 55 South (7031 Executive Center Dr. Suite 101, Brentwood, TN 37207)

Nashville SC vs. San Jose Earthquakes (Sept. 23, 2023) ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚ ‚

- MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app

- 104.5 The Zone

Huntsville City FC vs. Philadelphia Union II ‚ (Sept. 17, 2023) ‚ ‚ ‚

- MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app

Huntsville City FC vs. Chicago Fire II ‚ (Sept. 24, 2023) ‚ ‚ ‚

- MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app

MEDIA NOTES:

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- has allowed the fewest goals (27) in MLS play through 27 matches

- owns the sixth-best goal differential in the league at +5

- sits seventh in the Eastern Conference with 40 points

- owns a 3W-7L-4D record on the road this season

- is one of three teams in the Eastern Conference to own 11 wins and one of eight teams to own 10 or more wins

- recorded its latest goal of the season in their most recent match on Sept. 2, 2023 with a 98th minute penalty kick from Hany Mukhtar

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Teal Bunbury

- is suspended for Nashville SC's Sept. 20 match against Sporting Kansas City due to yellow card accumulation

- has appeared in 362 MLS regular season matches in his career, ranking sixth among active MLS players

Aníbal Godoy

leads the team in pass percentage at 90.7% (minimum 600 passes)

registered 56 minutes of play as Panama's captain in its 3-0 victory over Martinique on Sept. 8, 2023 and registered a full 90 minutes as he captained Panama to a 1-1 draw with Guatemala on Sept. 11, 2023

Mike Jacobs, General Manager with Nashville SC, served as Sporting Kansas City's Technical Director from 2015-17; Sporting KC won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 2015 and 2017 while Jacobs was Technical Director, and Jacobs oversaw the expansion and launch of Sporting Kansas City II in 2016

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Lukas MacNaughton leads the team in interceptions (30)

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Jack Maher

- leads the team in total passes (1275)

- leads the team in duel percentage at 64.9% (minimum 150 duels)

Dax McCarty is a caution away from suspension due to yellow card accumulation

Shaq Moore leads the team in tackles (42)

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Hany Mukhtar

leads the league and Golden Boot race with 14 goals and 40 shots on target

is tied for fifth-most game winning goals in the league with four (also, T. Almada, E. Loewen, G. Vrioni, B. White)

is tied for seventh-most game winning assists in the league with three (also, T. Almada, M. Choiniere, L. Chu, R. Gauld, B. Gutierrez, J. Hernandez, M. Klich, R. Laryea, N. Lodeiro, E. Loewen, E. Thommy, M. Uhre)

is third in the league with 22 goal contributions (behind L. Acosta, 24, and T. Almada, 23) and second with 36 points (behind L. Acosta, 37)

's 13 of 14 goals have come from inside the 18-yard box

leads the team in goals per 90 minutes (G/90min) at 0.57

leads the team with four penalty kicks and a conversion rate of 100%

leads the team with 98 shots

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Chance Myers, Nashville SC Chief Scout, played for Sporting KC from 2008-16, where he won the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup twice (2012, 2015) and MLS Cup in 2013; Myers and SKC advanced to the MLS Playoffs seven times during his tenure with the club

Elliot Panicco

- registered his first MLS start of 2023 on Aug. 30, 2023, third start overall, and extended his record in goal to a 1W-0L-2D

- recorded his first MLS shutout on Aug. 30, 2023 at Inter Miami CF

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Joe Willis has the fourth-most saves in the league with 80 and is tied for eighth in shutouts with seven

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