Nashville Soccer Club Falls 1-0 at New England Revolution

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Nashville Soccer Club Falls 1-0 at New England Revolution

September 28, 2024 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
Nashville SC News Release


Foxborough, MA - Nashville Soccer Club fell 1-0 to the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium Saturday night. Despite the loss, Nashville SC remains just four points out of the ninth and final Eastern Conference playoff spot with three regular season matches remaining.

Ten thousand for Walker: Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman reached 10,000 Major League Soccer regular season minutes played as a Boy in Gold tonight after making his 113th start in his 123rd appearance for Nashville. The Designated Player and captain is the fourth Nashville SC player to hit this milestone (also, Joe Willis, Dan Lovitz, Hany Mukhtar), and third outfield player to do so.

Randall's return: Nashville SC midfielder Randall Leal returned to the pitch in the 78th minute for the first time since the Boys in Gold visited Inter Miami CF on April 20, when he logged five minutes as a substitute. In the lead-up to his return from injury, last weekend, Leal registered 26 minutes for Nashville's MLS NEXT Pro affiliate Huntsville City FC against FC Cincinnati 2.

Muyl's milestones: Nashville SC midfielder Alex Muyl made his 100th regular season start for Nashville tonight, logging 79 minutes. Muyl joins Willis, Lovitz, Mukhtar and Zimmerman in Nashville SC's century club.

Next up: Nashville SC will play its final regular season home match when it hosts D.C. United on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at 7:30 p.m. CT at GEODIS Park.

Notes: * Nashville SC: o is 2W-3L-4D all-time vs. the New England Revolution o is 40W-34L-38D all-time vs. Eastern Conference opponents o is 9W-3L-11D all-time in the month of September o is 21W-8L-12D all-time on weekends o is 16W-17L-34D all-time when tied at half o is 23W-32L-26D all-time on the road o recorded 0.74 expected goals (xG) to New England's 0.68 * Julian Gaines appeared on Nashville SC's matchday roster for the fifth-consecutive time in MLS play * Randall Leal returned to the pitch for the first time since April 20, 2024 versus Inter Miami CF, registering 12 minutes plus added time * Hany Mukhtar o led the team with three shots tonight o leads Nashville SC with nine regular season assists and 15 goal contributions o leads the team with 2,486 MLS minutes this season * Alex Muyl o made his 100th regular season MLS start as a Boy in Gold o leads the team with 31 MLS games played * Jacob Shaffelburg returned to Nashville SC's matchday roster and appeared for the first time since Aug. 31, 2024 at Orlando City SC, logging 28 minutes plus added time * Sam Surridge leads the team with 11 MLS goals and 13 across all competitions * Walker Zimmerman became the fourth player in Nashville SC history to record 10,000 regular season minutes with the club

Box score: Nashville SC (8W-14L-9D) at New England Revolution (9W-17L-4D) Sept. 28, 2024 - Gillette Stadium

Final score: NSH: 0 NE: 1

Scoring summary: NE: Brandon Bye (A: Luca Langoni) 86'

Discipline: NSH: Shaq Moore (Caution) 41' NE: Matthew Polster (Caution) 43'

Lineups:

NSH starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Jack Maher, Shaq Moore, Walker Zimmerman (C); Hany Mukhtar, Teal Bunbury (Jacob Shaffelburg 62'), Alex Muyl (Randall Leal 78'), An?bal Godoy (Patrick Yazbek 62'), Tah Brian Anunga (Sean Davis 78'); Sam Surridge

Substitutes: Elliot Panicco, Josh Bauer, Taylor Washington, Julian Gaines, Brent Kallman

NER starters: Aljaz Ivacic; Dave Romney, Xavier Arreaga, Brandon Bye, Peyton Miller; Matthew Polster, Carles Gil (C), Emmanuel Boateng (Esmir Bajraktarevic 62'), Alhassan Yusuf; Giacomo Vrioni (Bobby Wood 79'), Luca Langoni (Tim Parker 89')

Substitutes: Earl Edwards Jr., Ian Harkes, Nacho Gil, Mark-Anthony Kaye, Andrew Farrell

Match officials: Referee: Marcos Deoliveira AR1: Jason White AR2: Diego Blas 4TH: Jeremy Scheer VAR: Sorin Stoica AVAR: Tom Supple

Weather: 62 degrees and clear

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