October 15, 2022 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Nashville SC News Release
LOS ANGELES – Nashville Soccer Club concluded its third season in Major League Soccer on Saturday afternoon after suffering a 1-0 loss to the LA Galaxy at Dignity Health Sports Park in the First Round of the 2022 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. The Boys in Gold wrap up the 2022 MLS season reaching the postseason in all three seasons of existence as an MLS club.
* Playoff Firsts For Nashville SC:* Saturday in Los Angeles marked the first time in club history Nashville SC opened the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs on the road, after hosting teams in Music City in 2020 and ’21. Today was the first time Nashville competed in a playoff match as a member of the Western Conference.
Season Three In The Books: Nashville SC’s third MLS season saw the Boys in Gold set a club record for wins in a season with 13, open the largest soccer specific stadium in the United States and Canada in GEODIS Park and reach the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs for the third consecutive season, becoming just the fifth team in league history to accomplish that feat.
MVP Season: Hany Mukhtar’s 2022 season was sensational for the Landon Donovan MLS MVP frontrunner. Mukhtar secured the league’s honor of the 2022 MLS Golden Boot, presented by Audi after scoring a league-high 23 goals, which was also a club record. The German led the league in goal contributions with 34. Mukhtar accounted for 44.2% of Nashville’s goals (23 of 52) in 2022, which was the highest percentage in MLS this season.
Match Timeline
LA 60′: Samuel Grandsir delivers a looping cross from the endline towards the box that finds the head of Julian Araujo who heads in the first goal of the game
* Notes*
Nashville SC:
had more shots than LA Galaxy (9-7), and more shots on target (5-4)
was the fifth ever team to clinch a playoff berth in their first three consecutive seasons (Chicago Fire, Seattle Sounders FC, Atlanta United FC, LAFC)
set a club record for wins a season with 13 and road wins a season with seven
finished as just one of two teams in the Western Conference with a positive goal differential (LAFC +4) in the regular season
scored more road goals this season (22) than any season prior
tied for the most points accumulated on the road this regular season with 26 (Also LAFC and Austin FC)
allowed just 21 goals away from GEODIS Park this season, the lowest total in the Western Conference including the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs
suffered its first road loss since July 9
failed to score…
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