Inter Miami CF Wins Two Leg Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16 5-3 on Aggregate

Forward Sam Surridge Scores Second Goal of the Season 

The Boys in Gold Will Shift Focus to MLS Play, Resuming Saturday Night against Charlotte FC at GEODIS Park

Nashville SC exited Concacaf Champions Cup competition following a 3-1 loss to Inter Miami CF at Chase Stadium in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Wednesday night. The Boys in Gold qualified for their first-ever CCC by reaching last season’s Leagues Cup Final, also against Inter Miami CF. Before the team’s Round of 16 defeat (5-3 on aggregate), the club swept its two leg, Round One series against Dominican Side Moca FC, prevailing 7-0 on aggregate.

Jam Packed: Wednesday night’s match was the seventh match in 21 days for the Boys in Gold across all competitions. Nashville SC concludes a run of eight matches in 24 days on Saturday night at GEODIS Park when the club hosts Charlotte FC.  

He’s Seen It All: Nashville SC’s lone remaining player from the club’s USL days, defender Taylor Washington, got the start Wednesday night in place of injured center back Walker Zimmerman. Washington, who logged 45 minutes, was the only change to NSC’s starting XI from leg one against the Herons at GEODIS Park last Thursday.

Next up: The Boys in Gold return to Music City Saturday, March 16 to host Charlotte FC in MLS play at 7:30 p.m. CT for the season’s first MLS night game at GEODIS Park. Tickets are available here.

Match Timeline:

MIA 8’: Lionel Messi finds Luis Suarez running into the box, who finds the back of the net

MIA 23’: Diego Gomez finds Lionel Messi, who sends off a shot from just inside the box

MIA 63’: Luis Suarez sends a ball to Robert Taylor, who heads it into goal

NSH 90’ +3: Shaq Moore moves the ball down through the right of the box to find Sam Surridge making a run to tap the ball into the goal

Notes:

  • Nashville SC:
    • has faced off with Inter Miami CF across four different competitions (Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, MLS, Leagues Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup)
    • extended its record against Inter Miami CF to 4W-3L-5D across all competitions
    • meets Inter Miami CF twice more in MLS play this season, first on April 20 at Chase Stadium and again on June 29 at GEODIS Park
    • outshot MIA 15-10
  • Lukas MacNaughton has started every game against Inter Miami CF across last four competitions (MLS, Leagues Cup, Concacaf Champions Cup)
  • Shaq Moore recorded his second Concacaf Champions Cup goal contribution in as many matches (March 7 vs. MIA, March 13 at MIA)
  • Sam Surridge scored his second goal of the Concacaf Champions Cup, his first since the opening leg of Round One against Moca FC in the Dominican Republic on Feb. 22

Box Score:

Nashville SC at Inter Miami CF

March 13, 2024 – Chase Stadium

Final Score:

NSH: 1

MIA: 3

Scoring Summary:

MIA: Luis Suarez (A: Lionel Messi) 8’

MIA: Lionel Messi (A: Diego Gomez) 23’

MIA: Robert Taylor (Luis Suarez) 63’

NSH: Sam Surridge (Shaq Moore) 90’ +3

Discipline:

NSH: Aníbal Godoy (Caution) 4’

Lineups:               NSH Starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Lukas MacNaughton, Shaq Moore, Taylor Washington (Josh Bauer 46’); Alex Muyl (Sam Surridge 46’), Aníbal Godoy (Tah Brian Anunga 68’), Sean Davis (Dru Yearwood 68’); Hany Mukhtar (C), Jacob Shaffelburg (McKinze Gaines 75’), Tyler Boyd

Substitutes: Elliot Panicco, Ben Martino, Jack Maher, Amar Sejdić, Teal Bunbury, Forster Ajago, Brent Kallman

MIA Starters: Drake Callender; Tomas Aviles, Jordi Alba, Nicolas Freire, Sergil Kryvtsov (Noah Allen 77’); Sergio Busquets, Diego Gomez (David Ruiz 86’), Julian Gressel, Federico Redondo; Luis Suarez (Leonardo Campana 86’), Lionel Messi (C) (Robert Taylor 50’)

Substitutes: Carolos Dos Santos, Cole Jensen, Ryan Sailor, Lawson Sunderland, Shanyder Borgelin

Match Officials:

Referee: Drew Fischer

AR1: Micheal Barwegen

AR2: Lyes Arfa

4TH: Pierre-Luc Lauziere

VAR: Erick Miranda

AVAR: Guillermo Pacheco

Weather: Cloudy, 76 degrees

Nashville SC joined Major League Soccer on Feb. 29, 2020 in front of the largest attendance ever recorded for a soccer match in the State of Tennessee. In its inaugural MLS season, Nashville SC defied expectations by becoming the second MLS expansion side to win and advance to the Conference Semifinals in the 2020 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs. Nashville SC returned to the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in its sophomore season after becoming just the seventh team in MLS history to go unbeaten at home in a season. The Boys in Gold again qualified for the Audi MLS Cup Playoffs in both 2022 and 2023, becoming just the third team in league history to reach the postseason during the team’s first four years in existence. Nashville SC inaugurated GEODIS Park, the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada, in front of a sellout crowd of 30,109 on May 1, 2022. For more information, visit NashvilleSC.com and follow the club at @NashvilleSC on InstagramFacebookTikTokTwitter and Spotify.