NASHVILLE, Tenn. (July 17, 2024) –Nashville Soccer Club fell 3-0 to Orlando City SC at GEODIS Park Wednesday night in the club's final home match before Leagues Cup 2024 begins on July 31st versus LIGA MX side Mazatlán F.C.
Two-fer: Nashville SC's second-ever Homegrown player, midfielder Isaiah Jones, appeared in his second consecutive match and made his GEODIS Park debut after becoming the first NSC Homegrown to play in a Major League Soccer regular season fixture last Saturday at D.C. United.
Shaff’s back: After helping lead Canada to the third-place match in the Conmebol Copa América™ 2024, Nashville SC midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg returned to the starting XI Wednesday night, logging 87 minutes.
Next up: Nashville SC will play its final MLS match before Leagues Cup 2024 this Saturday, July 20th at the Philadelphia Union at 6:30 p.m. CT. Leagues Cup 2024 Group Stage play begins for the Boys in Gold Wednesday, July 31st at 8 p.m. CT versus Liga MX side Mazatlán F.C. at GEODIS Park in new Head Coach B.J. Callaghan’s debut, with tickets available here.
Notes:
Nashville SC:
- is 3W-5L-5D all-time against Orlando City SC
- is 38W-31L-37D vs. Eastern Conference opponents
- is 3W-1L-0D on weekdays in 2024
- is 5W-9L-5D all-time in the month of July
Tah Brian Anunga made his 100th MLS regular season appearance, all as a Boy in Gold
Isaiah Jones made his second consecutive appearance after subbing in at the 87th minute and his GEODIS Park debut
Jack Maher leads Nashville SC with 22 matches started and 1,979 minutes
Hany Mukhtar led the game with 100% passing accuracy
Alex Muyl leads the team with 24 games played
Jacob Shaffelburg
- made his first MLS appearance since June 1st after returning from Conmebol Copa América™ 2024 with the Canadian Men’s National Team
- is one appearance shy of 100 MLS regular season games played
Box score:
Nashville SC (6W-10L-8D) vs. Orlando City SC (9W-9L-6D)
July 17, 2024 – GEODIS Park
Final score:
NSH: 0
ORL: 3
Scoring summary:
ORL: Cesar Araujo (A: Martin Ojeda) 19’
ORL: Alex Muyl (Own Goal) 40’
ORL: Ramiro Enrique (A: Iván Angulo) 81’
Discipline:
NSH: Alex Muyl (Caution) 18’
ORL: Dagur Thorhallsson (Caution) 22’
NSH: Josh Bauer (Caution) 29’
ORL: Facundo Torres (Caution) 64’
NSH: Forster Ajago (Caution) 88’
Lineups:
NSH starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Jack Maher, Shaq Moore, Josh Bauer; Hany Mukhtar (C), Jacob Shaffelburg (Isaiah Jones 87’), Alex Muyl (Tyler Boyd 61’), Tah Brian Anunga (Dru Yearwood 61’; Forster Ajago 70’), Sean Davis (Amar Sejdić 61’); Teal Bunbury
Substitutes: Elliot Panicco, Joey Skinner, Taylor Washington, Brent Kallman
ORL starters: Pedro Gallese; Rafael Santos (Kyle Smith 65’), Robin Jansson (C), Rodrigo Schlegel, Dagur Thorhallsson; Cesar Araujo (Jeorgio Kocevski 88’), Facundo Torres (Luis Muriel 75’), Wilder Cartagena, Iván Angulo (David Brekalo 88’); Ramiro Enrique, Martin Ojeda (Nicolas Lodeiro 65’)
Substitutes: Javier Otero, Felipe Martins, Jack Lynn, Alex Freeman
Match officials:
Referee: Pierre- Luc Lauziere
AR1: Jeffrey Greeson
AR2: Ben Pilgrim
4TH: Matthew Thompson
VAR: Edvin Jurisevic
AVAR: Jozef Batko
Weather: 85 degrees, partly cloudy
