NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 25, 2025) – Nashville Soccer Club, in partnership with Special Olympics Tennessee and for the first time Transcard, the official payments partner of Nashville SC, today held a signing ceremony inside the Transcard Premier Club at GEODIS Park for its 2025 Special Olympics Unified Team athletes. Joined by Nashville SC General Manager Mike Jacobs and players Dan Lovitz, Jacob Shaffelburg, Taylor Washington, and Joe Willis, each Unified Team player signed their contract and participated in practice on the GEODIS Park field.
The Special Olympics Unified Team brings together athletes with and without intellectual disabilities to promote social inclusion and is inspired by a simple principle: training together and playing together is a quick path to friendship and understanding.
The 2025 squad marks the fourth-straight season Nashville SC has partnered with Special Olympics Tennessee to field a Unified Team. In 2022, Nashville SC formed its inaugural team and provided Special Olympics Tennessee with a $10,000 donation. In 2023, Unified Team Boy in Gold Carl Ramey was named to the All-Star Team and was awarded co-MVP of the Special Olympics Unified Team All-Star match in Washington, DC. Last season, returning players Adan Ramirez and Chris Parks were named to the Special Olympics Unified Team All-Star roster for the match in Columbus, Ohio.
This year’s Nashville SC Unified Team will play three matches:
- May 3 at Atlanta United FC’s Unified Team
- May 10 vs. Charlotte FC’s Unified Team at GEODIS Park following Nashville SC’s MLS match against Charlotte FC
- June 14 at Chicago Fire FC’s Unified Team
#1 Braden Jenkins
2 Charlie Milhizer
3 Cameron Pryor
#4 Harper Gibson
5 Brodie Cowans
6 AJ Elliott
#7 Ahmad Amedi
#8 Rogen Bonn
9 Dylan Butts
#10 Carl Ramey
11 Gavin Crawford
#12 Brea Fisher
#13 Mia Hasan
#14 Adan Ramirez
18 Seth Isbell
#19 Bryan Fisher
#25 Mihail Katselis
29 Max Allen
#30 Cole Ballweber
#34 Logan Holdaway
42 Elijah Noah-Wilson
#44 Gray Gibson
#47 Chris Parks
*Bold denotes returning player
Head Coach: Misty Germek
Assistant Coach: Sandy Pollock
Goalkeeper Coach: Meghan Coyle
