The Boys in Gold Host Charlotte FC Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. CT at GEODIS Park

Nashville SC Enters Saturday’s Match Unbeaten in MLS Play and at Home across All Competitions this Season

The Match Will Air Live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and on 104.5 the Zone

Nashville Soccer Club’s focus returns to MLS play following Wednesday night’s Concacaf Champions Cup exit and ahead of its Week 4 fixture on Saturday, March 16 at 7:30 p.m. CT against Charlotte FC. The season’s first MLS night game at GEODIS Park caps a stretch of eight matches in 24 days for the Boys in Gold. Tickets for Saturday evening’s match are available here.

Here are five things to know for Saturday’s match, airing live on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV and Nashville SC’s flagship station, 104.5 the Zone.

  1. The Boys in Gold exited Concacaf Champions Cup (CCC) competition Wednesday night with a 3-1 loss to Inter Miami CF in South Florida. Nashville SC qualified for their first-ever CCC by reaching last season’s inaugural Leagues Cup Final. 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 7-0 on aggregate.
  2. Nashville SC enters Saturday night unbeaten in MLS (0W-0L-3D) and at home across all competitions (1W-0L-3D) this season. NSC’s next league win will be the 50th MLS victory in club history (currently 46 Regular Season; 3 MLS Cup Playoffs).
  3. The Boys in Gold and Charlotte FC have played three times prior, with Nashville SC holding a 1W-1L-1D record against the North Carolina side. The last time the two teams met was Sept. 2, 2023 at GEODIS Park, a 1-1 draw. Nashville SC defeated Charlotte FC last season 2-1 on the road at Bank of America Stadium.
  4. Nashville SC’s 2022 MLS MVP and Golden Boot Winner, Hany Mukhtar, has had great success against Charlotte FC. The German midfielder has scored all four of the team’s goals in series history, including a game-winning penalty kick in Nashville’s 2-1-win last season and a game-tying penalty kick when the club’s battled to a draw the last time they met.
  5. First-year Nashville SC forward McKinze Gaines, who registered his first assist as a Boy in Gold last Sunday at home against the LA Galaxy, was acquired in the offseason via trade with Charlotte FC. Gaines spent two seasons in the Queen City, appearing in 43 MLS matches with 19 starts. He tallied two goals and five assists for Charlotte in MLS play.

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 Instagram, Facebook, TikTok, Twitter and Spotify.