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Nashville SC Team Formation
Nashville SC’s inaugural MLS match was February 29, 2020, with the club hosting Atlanta United FC at Nissan Stadium. The game was played in front of 59,069 fans, becoming the highest attended soccer event in Tennessee history. Walker Zimmerman scored the first goal in the team’s MLS history but they ultimately lost the match 2-1. However, their inaugural season came ...
The Nashville SC began play in the league in 2020 as a continuation of the USL club of the same name and plays its home matches at Nissan Stadium with intention to move to the Nashville Fairgrounds, in a planned 27,500-seat soccer-specific stadium, to be constructed in the near future. It is principally owned by John Ingram, owner of Ingram Industries, along with investors and partial owners the Turner family of Dollar General Stores and the Wilf family.
Established
2017
City
Nashville
League History
2020 – Present / Major League Soccer
Team History
2020 – Present / Nashville SC
Nickname
Nashville SC – the franchise announced that the MLS team would assume the Nashville Soccer Club name then in use by the city's USL Championship side.
Championship
MLS Cups 0
Stadium
2020 – Present / Nissan Stadium
Owner
2017 - Present / John Ingram, Mark Wilf, Zygi Wilf, Leonard Wilf
Retired Number
*Blue is this team’s history