July 8, 2024 – Major League Soccer (MLS)
Nashville SC News Release
PORTLAND, Ore. – Nashville Soccer Club fell 4-1 to the Portland Timbers at Providence Park Sunday night despite the team’s efforts in the second half that resulted in Sam Surridge’s eighth goal of the regular season for the Boys in Gold in the 82 nd minute.
Welcome back, Shaq: Shaq Moore returned to the Nashville SC lineup for the first time since June 1 st after representing the United States at Conmebol Copa América™. The defender collected an assist and logged 90 minutes plus 12 minutes of added time.
Clutch Canadian: The Boys in Gold were again without midfielder Jacob Shaffelburg who helped lead Canada to an appearance in the Conmebol Copa América™ semifinals versus Argentina this Tuesday when he scored a goal in the team’s quarterfinal victory over Venezuela last Friday.
Next up: Nashville SC will conclude its three-match road swing when it visits the nation’s capital to face D.C. United on Saturday, July 13 th at 6:30 p.m. CT.
Notes:
– Nashville SC:
o will play its third-straight road match next Saturday at D.C. United
o is 17W-14L-16D vs. Western Conference opponents
o is 5W-7L-5D all-time in the month of July
– Forster Ajago made his second consecutive MLS start and fifth straight appearance
– Brent Kallman made his 10 th regular season appearance
– Dan Lovitz became Nashville SC’s first outfield player to reach 11,000-plus regular season minutes after logging 45 minutes Sunday night
– Jack Maher
o leads Nashville SC with 20 games started and 1,799 minutes
o led the club with 98.3% passing accuracy (minimum 59 completed passes)
– Shaq Moore
o made his first appearance with Nashville SC since June 1 after returning from international duty with the United States Men’s National Team at Conmebol Copa América™
o recorded his second assist of the season
– Alex Muyl leads the team with 22 games played
– Sam Surridge scored his team-leading eighth MLS goal, his first ever against Portland
– Joe Willis is one start shy of 250 career regular season starts
Box score:
Nashville SC (6W-8L-8D) at Portland Timbers (9W-8L-6D)
July 7, 2024 – Providence Park
Final score:
NSH: 1
POR: 4
Scoring summary:
POR: Felipe Mora (A: Jonathan…
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