Nashville SC is an American soccer club founded in 2017, after the city of Nashville was awarded a Major League Soccer (MLS) franchise. Nashville SC began playing competitive soccer in the 2020 season. It plays its home games at Geodis Park, competing in the Eastern Conference of MLS.
All statistics are for the MLS regular season games only, including the group stage of the 2020 MLS is Back Tournament, and are correct through the 2023 season.
Key
DF = Defender
MF = Midfielder
FW = Forward/striker
Name | Position | Country | Years | Games | Goals | Assists | Notes |
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David Accam | FW | Ghana | 2020–2021 | 7 | 1 | 0 | [1] |
Jalil Anibaba | DF | USA | 2020–2021 | 21 | 1 | 0 | [2] |
Brian Anunga | MF | Cameroon | 2020– | 79 | 1 | 0 | [3] |
Dominique Badji | FW | Senegal | 2020 | 12 | 1 | 1 | [4] |
Brayan Beckeles | DF | Honduras | 2020 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [5] |
Josh Bauer | DF | USA | 2022– | 10 | 0 | 0 | [6] |
Teal Bunbury | FW | USA | 2022– | 48 | 8 | 1 | [7] |
Handwalla Bwana | MF | Somalia | 2020–2022 | 7 | 0 | 0 | [8] |
Jhonder Cádiz | FW | Venezuela | 2020–2021 | 30 | 4 | 2 | [9] |
Robert Castellanos | DF | USA | 2021–2022 | 1 | 1 | 0 | [10] |
Abu Danladi | FW | Ghana | 2020–2021 | 25 | 3 | 1 | [11] |
Sean Davis | MF | USA | 2022– | 66 | 1 | 3 | [12] |
Irakoze Donasiyano | DF | Tanzania | 2021–2022 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [13] |
Aníbal Godoy | MF | Panama | 2020– | 88 | 2 | 8 | [14] |
Luke Haakenson | MF | USA | 2021–2023 | 58 | 2 | 3 | [15] |
Alistair Johnston | DF | Canada | 2020–2021 | 44 | 1 | 2 | [16] |
Derrick Jones | MF | USA | 2020 | 18 | 0 | 2 | [17] |
Matt LaGrassa | MF | USA | 2020–2021 | 20 | 0 | 1 | [18] |
Randall Leal | MF | Costa Rica | 2020– | 101 | 16 | 20 | [19] |
Aké Loba | FW | Ivory Coast | 2021–2022 | 40 | 2 | 2 | [20] |
Daniel Lovitz | DF | USA | 2020– | 111 | 2 | 17 | [21] |
Lukas MacNaughton | DF | Canada | 2023– | 14 | 1 | 0 | [22] |
Jack Maher | DF | USA | 2020– | 82 | 4 | 2 | [23] |
Dax McCarty | MF | USA | 2020–2023 | 105 | 2 | 13 | [24] |
Jimmy Medranda | DF | Colombia | 2020 | 1 | 0 | 0 | [25] |
Eric Miller | DF | USA | 2020–2022 | 43 | 0 | 0 | [26] |
Shaq Moore | DF | USA | 2022– | 43 | 0 | 8 | [27] |
Hany Mukhtar | MF | Germany | 2020– | 113 | 58 | 28 | [28] |
Alex Muyl | MF | USA | 2020– | 111 | 6 | 9 | [29] |
Dylan Nealis | DF | USA | 2021 | 4 | 0 | 1 | [30] |
Fafà Picault | FW | Haiti | 2023 | 27 | 5 | 1 | [31] |
Rodrigo Piñeiro | FW | Uruguay | 2021–2022 | 2 | 0 | 0 | [32] |
Daniel Rios | FW | Mexico | 2020–2021 | 30 | 5 | 1 | [33] |
Dave Romney | DF | USA | 2020–2022 | 87 | 4 | 7 | [34] |
C. J. Sapong | FW | USA | 2021–2023 | 74 | 17 | 10 | [35] |
Jacob Shaffelburg | FW | Canada | 2022– | 36 | 5 | 1 | [36] |
Sam Surridge | FW | England | 2023– | 9 | 2 | 0 | [37] |
Taylor Washington | DF | USA | 2020– | 67 | 1 | 2 | [38] |
Alan Winn | FW | USA | 2020 | 7 | 0 | 0 | [39] |
Walker Zimmerman | DF | USA | 2020– | 101 | 12 | 5 | [40] |
Ethan Zubak | FW | USA | 2022–2023 | 20 | 0 | 1 | [41] |
Name | Country | Years | Games | Conceded | Shutouts | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Elliot Panicco | USA | 2020– | 4 | 4 | 1 | [42] |
Joe Willis | USA | 2020– | 121 | 124 | 41 | [43] |
MLS regulations permit teams to name eight players from outside of the United States in their rosters. However, this limit can be exceeded by trading international slots with another MLS team, or if one or more of the overseas players is a refugee or has permanent residency rights in the USA.
Country | Number of players | Games |
---|---|---|
Cameroon | 1 | 79 |
Canada | 3 | 94 |
Colombia | 1 | 1 |
Costa Rica | 1 | 101 |
Germany | 1 | 113 |
Ghana | 2 | 32 |
Haiti | 1 | 27 |
Honduras | 1 | 2 |
Ivory Coast | 1 | 40 |
Mexico | 1 | 30 |
Panama | 1 | 88 |
Senegal | 1 | 12 |
Somalia | 1 | 7 |
Tanzania | 1 | 1 |
Uruguay | 1 | 2 |
USA | 22 | 1,252 |
Venezuela | 1 | 30 |
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