2022 Nashville SC season

Nashville SC
2022 season
Head coach	Gary Smith
Stadium	Geodis Park
MLS	Conference: 5th
MLS Cup Playoffs	First round
U.S. Open Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: ; Hany Mukhtar (23); All: ; Hany Mukhtar (26)
Highest home attendance	30,109 (5/1 v. PHI); (5/21 v. ATL)
Lowest home attendance	26,003 (5/18 v. MTL)
Average home league attendance	28,731
Biggest win	NSH 4–0 DAL (8/27)
Biggest defeat	CLT 4-1 NSH (7/9)
Home colors	Away colors
	← 2021 2023 →

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]

Roster

Current roster

As of May 13, 2022^[2]

Squad no.	Name	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 26)	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 31)	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 26)	Rio Grande Valley FC	1	1
25	Walker Zimmerman (DP)	DF	(1993-05-19) May 19, 1993 (age 31)	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 25)	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

Major League Soccer

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	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

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

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	Mukhtar 50' (pen.) Sapong 90+2' Zubak 93'		Almada 13' Araújo 29'	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	Schlegel 60', 90+4' Pereyra 71' Perea 109'	Report	Lovitz 39' Mukhtar 52', 55' Sapong 71' McCarty 72' Davis 87' 91' Panicco 90+1' Zubak 90+3' Maher 102' Anunga 105+1'	Stadium: Exploria Stadium Attendance: 11,940 Referee: Mark Allatin
	Penalties
	Kara Jansson Perea Smith Pato Carlos Torres		Muyl Loba Maher Zimmerman Zubak Romney Miller

Leagues Cup

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

^ 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.
^ "Nasvhille SC Roster". nashvillesc.com. Nashville SC. Retrieved April 14, 2021.
^ "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.

[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.

[1]

[2]

[3]