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)

Roster

Current roster
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 Houston Dynamo FC 69 0
32 Will Meyer GK (1998-05-24) May 24, 1998 Akron 0 0
35 Bryan Meredith GK (1989-08-02) August 2, 1989 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 0 0
Defenders
2 Daniel Lovitz DF (1991-08-27) August 27, 1991 CF Montréal 61 1
4 Dave Romney DF (1993-06-12) June 12, 1993 LA Galaxy 69 3
5 Jack Maher (GA) DF (1999-10-28) October 28, 1999 Indiana University 33 1
15 Eric Miller DF (1993-01-15) January 15, 1993 New York City FC 27 0
21 Ahmed Longmire DF (1999-10-11) October 11, 1999 UCLA 0 0
22 Josh Bauer DF (1998-07-22) July 22, 1998 Atlanta United FC 0 0
23 Taylor Washington DF (1993-08-16) August 16, 1993 Nashville SC (USL) 37 0
24 Robert Castellanos DF (1998-05-11) May 11, 1998 Rio Grande Valley FC 1 1
25 Walker Zimmerman (DP) DF (1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 Los Angeles FC 62 7
Midfielders
6 Dax McCarty (C) MF (1987-04-30) April 30, 1987 Chicago Fire FC 61 2
7 Handwalla Bwana (HG) FW (1999-06-25) June 25, 1999 Seattle Sounders FC 8 0
8 Randall Leal (INTL) MF (1997-01-14) January 14, 1997 Deportivo Saprissa 67 13
10 Hany Mukhtar (DP) MF (1995-03-21) March 21, 1995 Brøndby IF 61 26
13 Irakoze Donasiyano MF (1998-02-03) February 3, 1998 Virginia 1 0
19 Alex Muyl (HG) MF (1995-09-30) September 30, 1995 New York Red Bulls 65 4
20 Aníbal Godoy MF (1990-02-10) February 10, 1990 San Jose Earthquakes 57 2
26 Luke Haakenson MF (1997-09-10) September 10, 1997 Creighton University 24 2
27 Tah Brian Anunga MF (1996-08-10) August 10, 1996 Charleston Battery 51 1
54 Sean Davis (HG) MF (1993-02-08) February 8, 1993 New York Red Bulls 10 0
Forwards
9 Aké Loba (DP, INTL) FW (1998-04-01) April 1, 1998 C.F. Monterrey 29 1
11 Ethan Zubak (HG) FW (1998-04-15) April 15, 1998 LA Galaxy 2 0
12 Teal Bunbury FW (1990-02-27) February 27, 1990 New England Revolution 4 0
17 C. J. Sapong FW (1988-12-27) December 27, 1988 Chicago Fire FC 45 15

    Competitions

    Major League Soccer
    Main article: 2022 Major League Soccer season

    Standings
    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
    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
    Main article: 2022 MLS Cup Playoffs
    First round
    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
    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
    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
    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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