May 11, 2023 – Major League Soccer (MLS) – Nashville SC News Release
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Nashville Soccer Club (5W-3L-3D, 18 pts.) returns to Major League Soccer competition at 6:30 p.m. CT on Saturday, May 13 when it visits D.C. United in a match that can be watched on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV app and heard on 104.5 The Zone.
Nashville SC registered its second consecutive three-goal match last Saturday, as it defeated Chicago Fire FC 3-0 and climbed to third place in the Eastern Conference. Just a week prior, Nashville had recorded its first season high multigoal match in a 3-1 victory over rival Atlanta United FC.
Reigning Landon Donovan MLS MVP Hany Mukhtar proved his value once again, as he registered the hat trick over Chicago, which earned him the Player of the Matchday presented by Continental Tire for Matchday 11 of the 2023 MLS season award. With his hat trick, Mukhtar became just the eighth player in MLS history to score multiple hat tricks against the same opponent after he made MLS history in 2021, scoring the fastest hat trick in MLS history, occurring within a span of six minutes (10′, 13′ 16′) against the Fire on July 17 at Nissan Stadium.
Since the start of 2021, Mukhtar has won the Man of the Matchday award six times, which is double the number of any other player in the league; he has seven overall in his career.
In the 2022 and thus far in the 2023 seasons, Hany Mukhtar has produced seven multi-score games, which are the most by an MLS player over that timeframe. The German attacker is currently sitting on 49 MLS regular season goals and could become the first NSC player to reach the 50-goal mark in regular season matches with a goal at D.C. United.
Last night, Nashville SC earned a trip to the Round of 16 in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup with a 2-0 victory over FC Dallas at GEODIS Park. Winger Fafà Picault scored the game-winning goal in the 63rd minute, while Alex Muyl scored the insurance goal in the 76th minute as Elliot Panicco recorded his second consecutive shutout of the season on Open Cup play.
Wednesday’s Open Cup match was special for Nashville SC Head Coach Gary Smith as he managed his 400th career match in the win. Smith, whose 400 matches span five different squads and four different professional leagues, has earned results in 281 of those matches.
Nashville Soccer Club in conjunction with U.S. Soccer announced today that the club will take on Inter Miami CF on the road on either May 23 or 24 as part of the Southeast…
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