2018 Nashville SC season

The 2018 Nashville SC season will be the club's inaugural season both as an organization and as a member in the United Soccer League (USL). Nashville SC plays in the Eastern Conference of the USL.

Nashville SC
2018 season
General managerChristopher Jones
Head coachGary Smith
StadiumFirst Tennessee Park
United Soccer LeagueEastern Conference: 7th
U.S. Open CupRound of 16
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lebo Moloto (5)
All:
Lebo Moloto,
Ropapa Mensah,
Brandon Allen,
Tucker Hume (5)
Highest home attendance18,922
(Mar 24 vs. Pittsburgh, at Nissan Stadium)
Lowest home attendance7,487
(Apr 7 vs. Charlotte)
Average home league attendance13,205

Club

Technical Staff
Technical Staff[1]
Position Staff
Head Coach Gary Smith
Technical Director Mike Jacobs
Assistant Coach David Proctor
Team Administrator & Equipment Manager Jeff Robben

Roster
As of July 12, 2018[2]
No. Position Player Nation
1 Goalkeeper Micah Bledsoe  United States
2 Defender Justin Davis  United States
3 Forward Ropapa Mensah (on loan from Inter Allies)  Ghana
4 Midfielder Ramone Howell (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  Jamaica
5 Defender Liam Doyle  Isle of Man
6 Midfielder Josh Hughes  United States
7 Midfielder Ryan James  Canada
8 Forward Robin Shroot  Northern Ireland
9 Forward Michael Cox (traded to Saint Louis FC)  Canada
10 Midfielder Lebo Moloto  South Africa
11 Midfielder Ismaila Jome  Gambia
12 Forward Tucker Hume  United States
13 Midfielder Ian McGrath (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  United States
14 Defender Jordan Dunstan (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  Canada
15 Defender Michael DeGraffenreidt (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  United States
16 Midfielder Martim Galvão  Portugal
17 Midfielder Michael Reed (captain)  United States
18 Goalkeeper Matt Pickens  United States
19 Forward Alan Winn  United States
20 Midfielder Matt LaGrassa  United States
21 Goalkeeper C. J. Cochran (on loan to Fresno FC)  United States
22 Defender Bradley Bourgeois  United States
23 Defender Taylor Washington  United States
27 Defender Kosuke Kimura  Japan
28 Defender London Woodberry  United States
30 Midfielder Bolu Akinyode  Nigeria
32 Forward Brandon Allen  United States

Competitions

  Win   Draw   Loss

Friendlies
February 10 Nashville SC 1–3 Atlanta United FC Nashville, Tennessee
3:00PM CST Mensah  65' Report Martínez  58'
Vazquez  75'
Nagbe  78'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,059
February 21 Chicago Fire 0–0 Nashville SC Bradenton, Florida
Dean  39' Cox  50' Stadium: IMG Academy
February 23 Ottawa Fury 1–1 Nashville SC Bradenton, Florida
Haworth  4' Report Winn  2' (pen.) Stadium: IMG Academy
February 25 Orlando City SC 0–3 Nashville SC Sanford, Florida
Report Moloto
Winn
Cox 		Stadium: Sylvan Lakes Park
Attendance: Closed-door
Note: Result not publicized.
March 1 Lipscomb Bisons 0–2 Nashville SC Nashville, Tennessee
McGrath  50'
Galvão  75'		 Stadium: Lipscomb University
March 3 FC Cincinnati 2–2 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
Laing  45'
Welshman  65'
Seymore  82'		 Report LaGrassa  21'
Winn  87' (pen.)		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
March 10 Chattanooga FC 1–3 Nashville SC Chattanooga, Tennessee
Hernandez  59'
Valeciano 		Report LaGrassa  18' (pen.)
Mensah  30'
Hume  45'
James 		Stadium: Finley Stadium
Attendance: 3,239

Source:[3]

USL
Main article: 2018 USL season

Standings
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
6 Bethlehem Steel FC 34 14 8 12 56 41 +15 50 Conference Playoffs
7 Indy Eleven 34 13 10 11 45 42 +3 49
8 Nashville SC 34 12 13 9 42 31 +11 49
9 North Carolina FC 34 13 8 13 60 50 +10 47
10 Ottawa Fury 34 13 6 15 31 43 −12 45
Source: 2018 USL standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Results summary

Source: Match reports

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
GroundAHAHAAAHAAHAHHHHAAHHHHHAHHAHAAAAHH
ResultLDWWLDDWDWWDWLWDLLWLDWDLWLDLDWDWDD
Source: Results Table
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results Table
March 17 1 Louisville City FC 2–0 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
2:00PM CDT Spencer  56',  81'
McCabe  66'		 Report LaGrassa  79' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 7,933
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
March 24 2 Nashville SC 0–0 Pittsburgh Riverhounds Nashville, Tennessee
5:00PM CDT Moloto  52'
Mensah  68'		 Report Vancaeyezeele  18' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,922
Referee: Leland Grant
March 31 3 Bethlehem Steel FC 0–1 Nashville SC Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
1:00PM CDT Aubrey  5'
Chambers  59'		 Report Cox  6' (pen.)
Davis  79'		 Stadium: Goodman Stadium
Attendance: 2,220
Referee: Brandon Smith
April 7 4 Nashville SC 2–0 Charlotte Independence Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Winn  24'
Mensah  90+1'		 NSH Report
USL Report
Report		 Duckett  12'
Johnson  89'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,487
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
April 14 5 Indy Eleven 2–1 Nashville SC Indianapolis, Indiana
11:00AM CDT Saad  15', 34'
Ayoze  70'		 Report Akinyode  26'
Doyle  37'
Mensah  45'		 Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium
Attendance: 10,188
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
April 24 6 Penn FC 0–0 Nashville SC Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
5:30PM CDT Heinemann  28'
Baffoe  75'		 Report Shroot  21'
Bourgeois  28'
Moloto  43'
Mensah  51'
Washington  64'		 Stadium: FNB Field
Attendance: 1,012
Referee: Lorant Varga
May 6 7 New York Red Bulls II 1–1 Nashville SC Harrison, New Jersey
12:00PM CDT Bezecourt  27' USL Report Mensah  7' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 652
May 13 8 Nashville SC 2–0 Louisville City FC Nashville, Tennessee
5:00PM CDT Moloto  39', 84' USL Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,610
May 26 9 Charleston Battery 1–1 Nashville SC Charleston, South Carolina
6:00PM CDT Guerra  50' USL Report Doyle  25' Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium
Attendance: 2,697
May 30 10 Pittsburgh Riverhounds 0–1 Nashville SC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
6:00PM CDT USL Report Allen  69' Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Attendance: 967
June 2 11 Nashville SC 3–1 Penn FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Allen  36'
Moloto  48'
Winn  81'		 Tribbett  76' Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,724
June 9 12 Tampa Bay Rowdies 1–1 Nashville SC St. Petersburg, Florida
6:30PM CDT Taylor  84' Moloto  22' Stadium: Al Lang Stadium
June 16 13 Nashville SC 1–0 North Carolina FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Mensah  90+4' Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,047
Referee: Lukasz Szpala
June 26 14 Nashville SC 0–2 Indy Eleven Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Report Ouimette  16'
Braun  35'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,482
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
June 30 15 Nashville SC 3–0 Atlanta United 2 Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Allen  19'
Winn  45+3'
Moloto  84'		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,815
Referee: Luis Guardia
July 7 16 Nashville SC 0–0 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Moloto  15' Report Keinan  17' Stadium: Nissan Stadium
Attendance: 18,228
Referee: Lorant Varga
July 11 17 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Nashville SC Matthews, North Carolina
6:30PM CDT George  42'
Calvert  90+4'		 Report Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,247
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 21 18 Ottawa Fury 2–0 Nashville SC Ottawa, Ontario
6:00PM CDT Taylor  90+1'
Oliveira  90+6'		 Report Stadium: TD Place Stadium
Attendance: 4,267
Referee: Juan Márquez
July 25 19 Nashville SC 1–0 Atlanta United 2 Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Washington  80' Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,729
Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.
July 28 20 Toronto FC II 2–0 Nashville SC Toronto, Ontario
7:00PM CDT Uccello  34 (p)'
Srbely  47'		 Report Stadium: BMO Training Ground
Attendance: 2,277
Referee: Ernie Constantine
August 4 21 FC Cincinnati 1–1 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
6:30PM CDT Konig  1' Report Hume  85' Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 27,426
Referee: Ismir Pekmic
August 10 22 Nashville SC 2–0 Ottawa Fury Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT LaGrassa  31',  65'
Allen  59' (pen)		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,694
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
August 18 23 Louisville City FC 0–0 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
6:30PM CDT Totsch  68'
Francis  90+4'		 Report Mensah  84' Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field
Attendance: 9,684
Referee: Ramy Touchan
August 25 24 Nashville SC 1–2 Bethlehem Steel FC Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Jome  27',  31' 
Davis  84'		 Report Nanco  23'
Mbaizo  45'
Najem  90+3'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,856
Referee: Leland Grant
August 28 25 Nashville SC 4–0 Richmond Kickers Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Hume  42',  60'
Bourgeois  48'
Davis  55'
LaGrassa  57'		 Report Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,651
Referee: Marcos de Oliveira
September 1 26 Charlotte Independence 1–0 Nashville SC Matthews, North Carolina
6:30PM CDT Watson  25'
George  53',  86' 
Jung-soo  81'		 Report Winn  45'
Moloto  53'
Woodberry  67'		 Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews
Attendance: 1,317
Referee: Rosendo Mendoza
September 8 27 North Carolina FC 3–3 Nashville SC Cary, North Carolina
6:00PM CDT Shipalane  18'
Ríos  39'
Steinberger  63'		 Report Allen  51' (pen),  80' (pen)
Kimura  67'
Moloto  82'		 Stadium: WakeMed Soccer Park
Attendance: 9,505
Referee: Guido Gonzalez Jr.
September 18 28 Nashville SC 1–2 Tampa Bay Rowdies Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Moloto  20' Report Hristov  6' (pen)
Morad  46'
Woodberry  69' (og)
GGuenzatti  90+7'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,269
Referee: Malik Badawi
September 22 29 Nashville SC 1–1 Charleston Battery Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Hume  9'
Reed  45+2'		 Report Anunga  24'
Okonkwo  60'
Mansaray  63'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,376
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
September 26 30 Atlanta United 2 0–2 Nashville SC Lawrenceville, Georgia
6:00PM CDT Report Mensah  7',  50'
Hume  64'		 Stadium: Coolray Field
Attendance: 1,585
Referee: Elton Garcia
September 29 31 Nashville SC 1–1 New York Red Bulls II Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT Reed  26'
Akinyode  53'
LaGrassa  65'
Washington  69'		 Report Moreno  5'
Aguinaga  24'
Stroud  72'
Kutler  78'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 8,036
Referee: Elvis Osmanovic
October 6 32 Richmond Kickers 0–3 Nashville SC Richmond, Virginia
6:00PM CDT Boehme  40'
Agyemang  81'
Gentile  90'		 Report Hume  20'
Reed  29'
Winn  56'		 Stadium: City Stadium
Attendance: 5,659
Referee: Matthew Franz
October 9 33 Nashville SC 2–2 Toronto FC II Nashville, Tennessee
7:30PM CDT LaGrassa  63'
Allen  72'
Davis  90+5'		 Report Srbely  34'
Perruzza  75'
Hamilton  85'
Patterson-Sewell  90+1'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 7,531
Referee: Kevin Broadley
October 13 34 Nashville SC 3–3 FC Cincinnati Nashville, Tennessee
1:00PM CDT Hume  5'
LaGrassa  40'
Allen  80'
Akinyode  90'		 Report Albadawi  39', 63'
Bone  52', 81'		 Stadium: First Tennessee Park
Attendance: 9,083
Referee: Marcos DeOliveira

Postseason
Main article: 2018 USL Playoffs
October 20 Quarterfinal FC Cincinnati 1–1 (a.e.t.)
(6–5 p)		 Nashville SC Cincinnati, Ohio
4:00 EDT Bone  95'
Smith  104'
Ledesma  111'		 Report Davis  110'
Bourgeois  115'
Tyrpak  116'		 Stadium: Nippert Stadium
Attendance: 20,217
Referee: Farhad Dadkho
Penalties
Adi
McLaughlin
Smith
Hoyte
Lasso
Walker 		Doyle
Allen
Winn
LaGrassa
Tyrpak
Davis

U.S. Open Cup
Main article: 2018 U.S. Open Cup
May 16 Second Round Nashville SC 2–0 Inter Nashville FC Nashville, Tennessee
EDT Hume  19', 89' Stadium: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex
May 23 Third Round Nashville SC 3–1 Mississippi Brilla Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Allen  19'
Woodberry  30'
Shroot  90+1'		 Matsoso  59' Stadium: Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex
Attendance: 1,047
June 6 Fourth Round Nashville SC 2–0 Colorado Rapids Nashville, Tennessee
7:30 PM CDT Azira  39' (o.g.)
Mensah  78'		 Stadium: Vanderbilt Stadium
Attendance: 4,453
June 20 Round of 16 Louisville City FC 2–1 Nashville SC Louisville, Kentucky
Craig  24'
Del Piccolo  58'		 LaGrassa  68' Stadium: Lynn Stadium

Goalscorers

Includes all competitive matches.

As of matches played August 28, 2018
Rank Pos. Player United Soccer League US Open Cup Total
1 MF Lebo Moloto505
FW Ropapa Mensah415
FW Brandon Allen415
FW Tucker Hume325
5 FW Alan Winn303
MF Matt LaGrassa213
7 FW Michael Cox101
DF Liam Doyle101
DF Taylor Washington101
DF Justin Davis101
DF Bradley Bourgeois101
DF London Woodberry011
FW Robin Shroot011
Own Goals011
Total26834

    References
    1. "Coaching Staff". Nashville SC. Archived from the original on April 13, 2017. Retrieved April 13, 2017.
    2. "Players and Staff – First Team". Nashville SC. December 12, 2017. Retrieved April 4, 2018.
    3. "2018 Friendlies Schedule". nashvillesc.com. Nashville SC. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
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