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 GK Micah Bledsoe  United States
2 DF Justin Davis  United States
3 FW Ropapa Mensah (on loan from Inter Allies)  Ghana
4 MF Ramone Howell (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  Jamaica
5 DF Liam Doyle  Isle of Man
6 MF Josh Hughes  United States
7 MF Ryan James  Canada
8 FW Robin Shroot  Northern Ireland
9 FW Michael Cox (traded to Saint Louis FC)  Canada
10 MF Lebo Moloto  South Africa
11 MF Ismaila Jome  Gambia
12 FW Tucker Hume  United States
13 MF Ian McGrath (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  United States
14 DF Jordan Dunstan (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  Canada
15 DF Michael DeGraffenreidt (on loan to Inter Nashville FC)  United States
16 MF Martim Galvão  Portugal
17 MF Michael Reed (captain)  United States
18 GK Matt Pickens  United States
19 FW Alan Winn  United States
20 MF Matt LaGrassa  United States
21 GK C. J. Cochran (on loan to Fresno FC)  United States
22 DF Bradley Bourgeois  United States
23 DF Taylor Washington  United States
27 DF Kosuke Kimura  Japan
28 DF London Woodberry  United States
30 MF Bolu Akinyode  Nigeria
32 FW 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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