Nashville Soccer Club in conjunction with U.S. Soccer have announced that the club will host reigning USL Championship league winner San Antonio FC in the Third Round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at GEODIS Park on April 26. The match will be streamed live for free on the Bleacher Report (B/R) app and B/R Football YouTube channel.
Nashville SC Season Ticket Members will enjoy an exclusive presale window before tickets go on sale to the general public at 3 p.m. CT on Friday, April 14. Season Ticket Members will receive an email with information on their specific window dates and times on Tuesday, April 11.
The 2023 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup will mark the second year Nashville SC has competed in tournament, following a two-year hiatus due to the Covid-19 Pandemic. Last year, the Boys in Gold reached the Quarterfinals after defeating Atlanta United FC and Louisville City FC, before ultimately falling to Orlando City SC 6-5 in penalties.
San Antonio FC has resided in the USL Championship since 2016 and won the league title last year after finishing the regular season with a league-high 77 points. San Antonio FC meets Nashville SC after defeating Club de Lyon FC 2-1 in the Second Round.
On its 108th edition, the Open Cup is the oldest ongoing national soccer competition in the United States and the world’s third-longest continuously run national cup tournament. The historic tournament is conducted on a single-game, knockout basis and open to all professional and amateur teams affiliated with U.S. Soccer.
A full breakdown of the remaining schedule of the tournament is below:
Third Round: April 25-26
Round of 32: May 9-10
Round of 16: May 23-24
Quarterfinals: June 6-7
Semifinals: Aug. 23
Final: Sept. 27
Nashville Soccer Club returns to GEODIS Park to host Toronto FC at 7:30 p.m. CT on Saturday in a match that can be seen on MLS Season Pass on the Apple TV App and is available on radio at 104.5 The Zone. Limited tickets are available at www.NashvilleSC.com/Tickets.
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 defeated 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 2021 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. Nashville SC inaugurated GEODIS Park, the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States and Canada, in front of a 30,109-sellout crowd on May 1, 2022. For more information, visit NashvilleSC.com and follow the club at @NashvilleSC on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Spotify.
