2022 Nashville SC season
{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox soccer club season
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| club = Nashville SC
| season = 2022
| manager = Gary Smith
| mgrtitle = Head coach
| chrtitle = General manager
| chairman =
| stadium = Geodis Park
| league = MLS
| league result = Conference: 5th
| cup1 = MLS Cup Playoffs
| cup1 result = First round
| cup2 = U.S. Open Cup
| cup2 result = Quarter-finals
| league topscorer =
Hany Mukhtar (23)
| season topscorer =
Hany Mukhtar (26)
| highest attendance = 30,109 (5/1 v. PHI)
(5/21 v. ATL)
| lowest attendance = 26,003 (5/18 v. MTL)
| average attendance = {{formatnum:{{#expr: (+30109+28226+26003+30109+28672+29269)/6 round 0}}}}
| largest win = NSH 4–0 DAL (8/27)
| largest loss = {{nowrap|CLT 4-1 NSH (7/9)}}
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The 2022 Nashville SC season was the club's third season as a member of Major League Soccer. The club returned to the Western Conference following the addition of Charlotte FC to the Eastern Conference.{{cite news |last=Hills |first=Drake |title=MLS reassigns Nashville SC to Western Conference for 2022 season. Here's what it means. |url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/sports/nashvillesc/2021/11/05/mls-reassigns-nashville-sc-western-conference-starting-2022/6214104001/ |access-date=April 12, 2022 |work=Tennessean |date=November 5, 2021}}
Roster
=Current roster<!-- Please do not change to squad -->=
{{Updated|May 13, 2022|{{cite web |title=Nasvhille SC Roster |url=https://www.nashvillesc.com/roster/ |website=nashvillesc.com |publisher=Nashville SC |access-date=April 14, 2021}}}}
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| style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Squad no.
! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Name ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Nationality ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Position(s) ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Date of birth (age) ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Previous club ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Apps ! style="background:#EDE939; color:#201357; text-align:center;"| Goals |
|---|
| colspan="8" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Goalkeepers |
| 1
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | GK | {{birth date and age|1988|8|10}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Houston Dynamo FC | 69 | 0 |
| 32
| Will Meyer | {{Flagicon|USA}} | GK | {{birth date and age|1998|5|24}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Akron | 0 | 0 |
| 35
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | GK | {{birth date and age|1989|08|02}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Vancouver Whitecaps FC | 0 | 0 |
| colspan="8" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Defenders |
| 2
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1991|8|27}} | {{Flagicon|CAN}} CF Montréal | 61 | 1 |
| 4
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1993|6|12}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | 69 | 3 |
| 5
| Jack Maher {{mlsstatus|GA}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1999|10|28}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Indiana University | 33 | 1 |
| 15
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1993|1|15}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} New York City FC | 27 | 0 |
| 21
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1999|10|11}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} UCLA | 0 | 0 |
| 22
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1998|7|22}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Atlanta United FC | 0 | 0 |
| 23
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1993|8|16}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Nashville SC (USL) | 37 | 0 |
| 24
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1998|5|11}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Rio Grande Valley FC | 1 | 1 |
| 25
| Walker Zimmerman {{mlsstatus|DP}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | DF | {{birth date and age|1993|5|19}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Los Angeles FC | 62 | 7 |
| colspan="8" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Midfielders |
| 6
| Dax McCarty {{mlsstatus|C}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1987|4|30}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Chicago Fire FC | 61 | 2 |
| 7
| Handwalla Bwana {{mlsstatus|HG}} | {{Flagicon|KEN}} | FW | {{birth date and age|1999|6|25}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Seattle Sounders FC | 8 | 0 |
| 8
| Randall Leal {{mlsstatus|INTL}} | {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1997|1|14}} | {{Flagicon|Costa Rica}} Deportivo Saprissa | 67 | 13 |
| 10
| Hany Mukhtar {{mlsstatus|DP}} | {{Flagicon|GER}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1995|3|21}} | {{Flagicon|DEN}} Brøndby IF | 61 | 26 |
| 13
| {{Flagicon|BDI}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1998|2|3}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Virginia | 1 | 0 |
| 19
| Alex Muyl {{mlsstatus|HG}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1995|9|30}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | 65 | 4 |
| 20
| {{Flagicon|PAN}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1990|2|10}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} San Jose Earthquakes | 57 | 2 |
| 26
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1997|9|10}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Creighton University | 24 | 2 |
| 27
| {{Flagicon|Cameroon}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1996|08|10}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Charleston Battery | 51 | 1 |
| 54
| Sean Davis {{mlsstatus|HG}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | MF | {{birth date and age|1993|2|8}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} New York Red Bulls | 10 | 0 |
| colspan="8" style="background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center;"| Forwards |
| 9
| Aké Loba {{mlsstatus|DP|INTL}} | {{Flagicon|Ivory Coast}} | FW | {{birth date and age|1998|4|1}} | {{Flagicon|MEX}} C.F. Monterrey | 29 | 1 |
| 11
| Ethan Zubak {{mlsstatus|HG}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|1998|4|15}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} LA Galaxy | 2 | 0 |
| 12
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|1990|2|27}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} New England Revolution | 4 | 0 |
| 17
| {{Flagicon|USA}} | FW | {{birth date and age|1988|12|27}} | {{Flagicon|USA}} Chicago Fire FC | 45 | 15 |
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Competitions
=Major League Soccer=
{{main|2022 Major League Soccer season}}
==Standings==
{{2022 Major League Soccer Western Conference table|showteam=NSH|show_limit=5}}
==Match results==
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = 1
|date = February 27
|time = 7:00 PM CST
|team1 = Seattle Sounders FC
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/seavsnsh-02-27-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Arreaga {{yel|18}}
Nouhou {{yel|90+5}}
|goals2 = Godoy {{goal|80}}
|referee = Alex Chilowicz
|stadium = Lumen Field
|location = Seattle, Washington
|attendance = 30,013
|result = W
}}
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|round = 2
|date = March 5
|time = 5:00 PM CST
|team1 = Minnesota United FC
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/minvsnsh-03-05-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Dotson {{yel|20}} {{goal|71}}
Dibassy {{yel|31}}
|goals2 = Sapong {{goal|5}}
Davis {{yel|26}}
Godoy {{yel|58}}
|stadium = Allianz Field
|location = St. Paul, Minnesota
|attendance = 18,107
|referee = Armando Villarreal
|result = D
}}
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|round = 3
|date= March 12
|time= 7:30 PM CDT
|team1= FC Dallas
|score= 2–0
|report= https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/dalvsnsh-03-12-2022/
|team2= Nashville SC
|goals1= Pomykal {{yel|25}}
Martínez {{yel|33}}
Jara {{goal|85|pen.}}
Velasco {{goal|87}}
Cerrillo {{yel|90+6}}
|goals2= Sapong {{yel|28}}
Leal {{yel|40}}
Muyl {{yel|62}}
Godoy {{yel|82}}
|location= Frisco, Texas
|stadium= Toyota Stadium
|attendance= 13,448
|referee= Ramy Touchan
|result= L
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 4
|date = March 19
|time = 8:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Real Salt Lake
|score = 2–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/rslvsnsh-03-19-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Wood {{goal|2}}
Schmitt {{yel|24}}, {{goal|54}}
|goals2 = Zimmerman {{goal|25}}, {{yel|53}}
Lovitz {{yel|41}}
McCarty {{yel|90+3}}, {{sent off|0|90+6}}
|stadium = Rio Tinto Stadium
|location = Sandy, Utah
|attendance = 20,036
|referee = Tori Penso
|result = L
}}
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|round = 5
|date = April 2
|time = 5:00 CDT
|team1 = Columbus Crew
|team2 = Nashville SC
|score = 0–1
|report = https://int.soccerway.com/matches/2022/04/03/united-states/mls/columbus-crew/nashville-mls/3709283/
|goals1 = Etienne {{yel|55}}
Díaz
{{yel|66}}
Artur {{yel|90+3}}
|goals2 = Muyl {{goal|28}}, {{yel|79}}
Sapong {{yel|75}}
Haakenson {{yel|90+5}}
|stadium = Lower.com Field
|location = Columbus, Ohio
|attendance = 20,371
|referee = Rubiel Vazquez
|result = W
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 6
|date = April 9
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Sporting Kansas City
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/skcvsnsh-04-09-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Duke {{yel|17}}
Walter {{goal|25}}
Espinoza {{yel|52}}
Hernández {{yel|63}}
|goals2 = Romney {{goal|51}}
Sapong {{goal|68}}
Washington {{yel|79}}
|stadium = Children's Mercy Park
|location = Kansas City, Kansas
|attendance = 18,852
|referee = Ismail Elfath
|result = W
}}
{{footballbox collapsible
|round = 7
|date = April 16
|time = 12:30 PM CDT
|team1 = San Jose Earthquakes
|score = 2–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/sjvsnsh-04-16-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Cowell {{yel|21}}
Ebobisse {{goal|52}}, {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = Mukhtar {{goal|38}}, {{goal|63}}
Lovitz {{yel|51}}
Haakenson {{yel|90+5}}
|stadium = PayPal Park
|location = San Jose, California
|attendance = 10,394
|referee = Timothy Ford
|result = D
}}
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|round = 8
|date = April 23
|time = 9:30PM CDT
|team1 = LA Galaxy
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/lavsnsh-04-23-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Joveljić {{goal|86}}, {{yel|87}}
Hernández {{yel|89}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park
|location = Carson, California
|attendance = 26,674
|referee = Allen Chapman
|result = L
}}
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|round = 9
|date = May 1
|time = 4:00 PM EDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsphi-05-01-2022/
|team2 = Philadelphia Union
|goals1 = Lovitz {{yel|33}}
Muyl {{yel|37}}
Davis {{yel|49}}
Leal {{yel|76}}, {{goal|85|pen.}}
|goals2 = Wagner {{yel|60}}
Martínez {{yel|62}}
Uhre {{goal|66}}
Blake {{yel|84}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 30,109
|referee = Chris Penso
|result = D
}}
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|round = 10
|date = May 8
|time = 3:00 PM MT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 2–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsrsl-05-08-2022/
|team2 = Real Salt Lake
|goals1 = Romney {{goal|63}}
Sapong {{goal|90+}}
|goals2 = Luiz {{yel|20}}
Ruiz {{yel|49}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 28,226
|referee = Fotis Bazakos
|result = W
}}
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|round = 11
|date = May 14
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Houston Dynamo
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/houvsnsh-05-14-2022/
|score = 2–0
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Carrasquilla {{goal|16}}
Lundqvist {{sent off|0|35}}
Clark {{yel|42}}
Hadebe {{yel|42}}
Quintero {{yel|49}} {{goal|53|pen.}}
|goals2 = Miller {{yel|45+1}}
Maher {{yel|46}}
Zubak {{yel|86}}
Zimmerman {{yel|90+1}}
|stadium = PNC Stadium
|location = Houston, Texas
|attendance = 16,035
|referee = Ramy Touchan
|note =
|result = L
}}
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|round = 12
|date = May 18
|time = 8:30 PM EDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 2–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsmtl-05-18-2022/
|team2 = CF Montréal
|goals1 = Muyl {{goal|28}}, {{yel|43}}
Mukhtar {{yel|41}}, {{goal|51}}
|goals2 = Kamara {{goal|55}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville SC
|attendance = 26,003
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = W
}}
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|round = 13
|date = May 21
|time = 7:00 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 2–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsatl-05-21-2022/
|team2 = Atlanta United FC
|goals1 = Sapong {{goal|24}} {{yel|72}}
Mukhtar {{goal|31}}
Godoy {{yel|59}}
Muyl {{yel|82}}
Zubak {{yel|83}}
|goals2 = Almada {{goal|26}}
Ibarra {{yel|33}}
Dwyer {{goal|88}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 30,109
|referee = Ted Unkel
|result = D
}}
{{football box collapsible
|round = 14
|date = May 28
|time = 8:00 PM CDT
|score = 1–3
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/colvsnsh-05-28-2022/
|team1 = Colorado Rapids
|goals1 = Rubio {{yel|14}}, {{goal|78}}
Abubakar {{yel|41}}
Acosta {{yel|51}}
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals2 = Sapong {{goal|8}}
Mukhtar {{goal|14}}, {{goal|17}}, {{yel|56}}
Miller {{yel|42}}
|stadium = Dick's Sporting Goods Park
|location = Commerce City, Colorado
|attendance = 15,465
|referee = Nima Saghafi
|result = W
}}
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|round = 15
|date = June 11
|time = 7:00 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 0–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvssj-06-11-2022/
|team2 = San Jose Earthquakes
|goals1 = Anunga {{yel|74}}
|goals2 = Remedi {{yel|67}}
Judson {{yel|83}}
Marie {{yel|89}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 28,672
|referee = Allen Chapman
|result = D
}}
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|round = 16
|date = June 19
|time = 3:00 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsskc-06-19-2022/
|team2 = Sporting Kansas City
|goals1 = Godoy {{yel|40}}
Loba {{goal|63}}
|goals2 = Hernández {{goal|41}}
Zusi {{goal|51}}
Melia {{yel|81}}
Russell {{yel|86}}
Espinoza {{yel|89}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 29,269
|referee = Victor Rivas
|result = L
}}
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|round = 17
|date = June 25
|time = 2:00 p.m. EDT
|team1 = D.C. United
|team2 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–3
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/dcvsnsh-06-25-2022/
|goals1 = Najar {{yel|21}}
Fountas {{goal|59}}
Birnbaum {{yel|63}}
|goals2 = Lovitz {{goal|6}} {{yel|26}}
Mukhtar {{goal|45+1}} {{goal|50}}
Zimmerman {{yel|54}}
Romney {{yel|60}}
Anunga {{yel|84}}
Haakenson {{yel|90+2}}
|stadium = Audi Field
|location = Washington, DC
|attendance = 19,325
|referee = Lukasz Szpala
|result = W
}}
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|round = 18
|date = July 3
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 2–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvspor-07-03-2022/
|team2 = Portland Timbers
|goals1 = Davis {{goal|18}}
Mukhtar {{goal|57}}
Zimmerman {{yel|77}}
|goals2 = Ayala {{yel|28}}
McGraw {{yel|51}}
Asprilla {{goal|64|pen.}}
Niezgoda {{goal|69}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 28,387
|referee = Armando Villarreal
|result = D
}}
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|round = 19
|date = July 9
|time = 6:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Charlotte FC
|score = 4–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/cltvsnsh-07-09-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Fuchs {{goal|26|pen.}}
Świderski {{goal|61}}
Ruiz {{goal|89}}
Shinyashiki {{goal|90+1}}
|goals2 = Anunga {{yel|21}}
Mukhtar {{goal|67|pen.}}
Leal {{yel|71}}
Washington {{yel|90+6}}
|stadium = Bank of America Stadium
|location = Charlotte, North Carolina
|attendance =
|referee = Joseph Dickerson
|result = L
}}
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|round = 20
|date = July 13
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvssea-07-13-2022/
|team2 = Seattle Sounders FC
|goals1 = Mukhtar {{goal|44}}
Muyl {{yel|45+2}}
Miller {{yel|89}}
|goals2 =
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 26,927
|referee = Rubiel Vazquez
|result = W
}}
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|round = 21
|date = July 17
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvslafc-07-17-2022/
|team2 = Los Angeles FC
|goals1 = Muyl {{yel|13}}
Anunga {{yel|18}}
Mukhtar {{goal|43|pen.}}
Leal {{yel|89}}
|goals2 = Arango {{goal|27}}
Cifuentes {{goal|46}}
Escobar {{yel|73}}
Blessing {{yel|83}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 30,109
|referee = Drew Fischer
|result = L
}}
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|round = 22
|date = July 23
|time = 6:30 PM CDT
|team1 = FC Cincinnati
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/cinvsnsh-07-23-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Vazquez {{goal|52}}
Cameron {{yel|73}}
|goals2 = Bunbury {{goal|6}}
Muyl {{yel|39}}
Lovitz {{yel|61}}
|stadium = TQL Stadium
|location = Cincinnati, Ohio
|attendance = 23,420
|referee = Chris Penso
|result = D
}}
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|round = 23
|date = July 30
|time = 7:00 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsvan-07-30-2022/
|team2 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|goals1 = Bunbury {{goal|17}}
Maher {{yel|86}}
|goals2 = Blackmon {{yel|33}}
Baldisimo {{yel|47}}
Raposo {{yel|56}}
Brown {{goal|87}}
Gauld {{yel|90+2}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 26,578
|referee = Marcos de Oliveira
|result = D
}}
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|round = 24
|date = August 3
|time = 9:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Portland Timbers
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/porvsnsh-08-03-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Moreno {{goal|27}}
McGraw {{yel|90}}
|goals2 = Bunbury {{goal|20}}, {{yel|67}}
Zimmerman {{yel|45+1}}
Mukhtar {{yel|59}}
|stadium = Providence Park
|location = Portland, Oregon
|attendance = 23,101
|referee = Silviu Petrescu
|result = D
}}
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|round = 25
|date = August 6
|time = 8:00 PM EDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 3–4
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvstor-08-06-2022/
|team2 = Toronto FC
|goals1 = McCarty {{yel|2}}
Davis {{yel|24}}
Mukhtar {{goal|41|pen.}}
Bunbury {{goal|45+4}}
Sapong {{yel|61}}
Zimmerman {{goal|84}}
|goals2 = Osorio {{goal|19}}, {{goal|44}}
Laryea {{yel|40}}
Bernardeschi {{goal|54|pen.}}
Marshall-Rutty {{yel|71}}
Insigne {{goal|77}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 26,326
|referee = Allen Chapman
|result = L
}}
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|round = 26
|date = August 14
|time = 8:00 PM CT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsmin-08-14-2022/
|team2 = Minnesota United FC
|goals1 = Mukhtar {{goal|61}}
Leal {{yel|90+4}}
|goals2 = Fragapane {{goal|27}} {{yel|45+1}}
Reynoso {{yel|31}}
Lod {{yel|46}}
Benítez {{goal|75}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 25,240
|referee = Alex Chilowicz
|result = L
}}
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|round = 27
|date = August 21
|time = 8:30 PM EDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|score = 4–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsdal-08-21-2022/
|team2 = FC Dallas
|goals1 = Mukhtar {{goal|5}}, {{goal|33}}
Shaffelburg {{goal|26}}
Romney {{goal|72}}
|goals2 = Pomykal {{yel|31}}
Lletget {{yel|62}}
Twumasi {{yel|67}}
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|stadium = Geodis Park
|attendance = 25,571
|referee = Kevin Stott
|result = W
}}
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|round = 28
|date = August 27
|time = 10:00 PM EDT
|team1 = Vancouver Whitecaps FC
|score = 0–3
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/vanvsnsh-08-27-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Brown {{yel|36}}
Blackmon {{yel|44}}
Cavallini {{sent off|0|53}}
|goals2 = Leal {{goal|19}}
Maher {{goal|23}}, {{goal|50}}
Washington {{yel|63}}
Davis {{yel|76}}
Lovitz {{yel|90}}
|stadium = BC Place
|location = Vancouver, British Columbia
|attendance = 16,361
|referee = Jon Freemon
|result = W
}}
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|round = 29
|date = August 31
|time = 8:30 PM EDT
|score = 4–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvscol-08-31-2022/
|team1 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Mukhtar {{goal|29|pen.|54||75}}
Godoy {{yel|45}}
Leal {{yel|59}}
Shaffelburg {{goal|61}}
McCarty {{yel|70}}
|team2 = Colorado Rapids
|goals2 = Zardes {{goal|35}}
Abubakar {{yel|41}}
Acosta {{yel|71}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 24,127
|referee = Mark Allatin
|result = W
}}
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|round = 30
|date = September 3
|time = 8:30 PM EDT
|score = 3–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsatx-09-03-2022/
|team1 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Zimmerman {{goal|49}}
Mukhtar {{goal|29||90+1}}, {{yel|83}}
|team2 = Austin FC
|goals2 = Fagúndez {{yel|39}}
Cascante {{yel|54}}
Lima {{yel|75}}
Djitté {{sentoff|2|90+4|90+5}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 25,293
|referee = Nima Saghafi
|result = W
}}
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|round = 31
|date = September 10
|time = 3:30 PM EDT
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.nashvillesc.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/nshvsla-09-10-2022/
|team1 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Mukhtar {{goal|29|pen}}
Zimmerman {{sentoff|2|31|90+7}}
Romney {{yel|42}}
Leal {{yel|45+2}}
Moore {{yel|84}}
Willis {{yel|90+9}}
|team2 = LA Galaxy
|goals2 = Coulibaly {{yel|22}}
Williams {{yel|27}}
Puig {{yel|27}}, {{goal|90+9|pen.}}
Edwards {{yel|43}}
Vázquez {{yel|61}}
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 28,753
|referee = Chris Penso
|result = D
}}
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|round = 32
|date = September 17
|time = 8:00 PM CT
|team1 = Austin FC
|score = 1–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/atxvsnsh-09-17-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Driussi {{Goal|61}}
|goals2 = Mukhtar {{Goal|56|pen.}}
|stadium = Q2 Stadium
|location = Austin, Texas
|attendance = 20,738
|referee = Lukasz Szpala
|result = D
}}
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|round = 33
|date = October 2
|time = 7:30 PM CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC
|report = https://fbref.com/en/matches/9d28d940/Nashville-SC-Houston-Dynamo-October-2-2022-Major-League-Soccer
|score = 1–2
|team2 = Houston Dynamo
|goals1 = Bunbury {{yel|90+3}}
Zimmerman {{goal|90+6}}
|goals2 = Ferreira {{pengoal}} {{small|29}}, {{goal|39}}
Hadebe {{sent off|2|48|90+4}}
|stadium = Nashville Fairgrounds Stadium
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance = 28,720
|referee = Guido Gonzalez Jr
|result = L
}}
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|round = 34
|date = October 9
|time = 4:00 PM CDT
|team1 = Los Angeles FC
|score = 0–1
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-regular-season/2022/matches/lafcvsnsh-10-09-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 =
|goals2 = McCarty {{yel|9}}
Bunbury {{goal|53}}
Anunga {{yel|55}}
Sapong {{yel|81}}
|stadium = Banc of California Stadium
|location = Los Angeles, California
|attendance = 22,205
|referee = Ted Unkel
|result = W
}}
==MLS Cup Playoffs==
{{main article|2022 MLS Cup Playoffs}}
=== First round ===
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|round = First round
|date = October 15
|time = 2:00PM CDT
|team1 = LA Galaxy
|score = 1–0
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/mls-cup-playoffs/2022/matches/lavsnsh-10-15-2022/
|team2 = Nashville SC
|goals1 = Araujo {{goal|60}}, {{yel|64}}
Brugman {{yel|79}}
|goals2 = Zimmerman {{yel|20}}
Anunga {{yel|58}}
|stadium = Dignity Health Sports Park
|location = Carson, California
|attendance = 22,280
|referee = Armando Villarreal
|result = L
}}
=U.S. Open Cup=
{{main|2022 U.S. Open Cup}}
Due to finishing in the top four of their conference in 2021, Nashville SC will enter the tournament in the Round of 32, with draws announced April 22, 2022, and matches played May 10–11, 2022.{{cite press release |date=January 25, 2022 |title=Record-Setting 103 Teams Confirmed For 2022 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship |url=https://www.ussoccer.com/stories/2022/01/record-setting-103-teams-confirmed-for-2022-lamar-hunt-us-open-cup |publisher=United States Soccer Federation |access-date=April 12, 2022}} This will be their first Open Cup campaign as a member of Major League Soccer, after competing in 2018 and 2019 as a member of the United Soccer League/USL Championship.
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|round = Round of 32
|date = May 11
|time = 7:00 pm CDT
|team1 = Nashville SC {{flagicon|Tennessee}}
|score = 3–2
|aet = yes
|report =
|team2 = {{flagicon|Georgia (U.S. state)}} Atlanta United FC
|goals1 =
|goals2 =
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance =
|referee =
|result = W
}}
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|round = Round of 16
|date = May 25
|time = 7:00 pm EDT
|team1 = Louisville City FC {{flagicon|Kentucky}}
|score = 1–2
|report = https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/u-s-open-cup/2022/matches/louvsnsh-05-25-2022/
|team2 = {{flagicon|Tennessee}} Nashville SC
|goals1 = Ownby {{goal|37}}
McCabe {{yel|86}}
Gonzalez {{yel|90+6}}
|goals2 = Loba {{goal|39}}
Haakenson {{yel|48}}
Mukhtar {{goal|89}}
|stadium = Lynn Family Stadium
|location = Louisville, Kentucky
|attendance = 8,638
|referee = Eric Tatersall
|result = W
}}{{football box collapsible|date=June 29|time=7:00 pm|round=Quarter-final|score=1–1|report=https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/u-s-open-cup/2022/matches/orlvsnsh-06-29-2022/|team1=Orlando City SC {{flagicon|Florida}}|goals1=*Schlegel {{yel|60}}, {{goal|90+4}}
- Pereyra {{yel|71}}
- Perea {{yel|109}}|team2={{flagicon|Tennessee}} Nashville SC|goals2=*Lovitz {{yel|39}}
- Mukhtar {{goal|52}}, {{yel|55}}
- Sapong {{yel|71}}
- McCarty {{yel|72}}
- Davis {{sentoff|2|87|91}}
- Panicco {{yel|90+1}}
- Zubak {{yel|90+3}}
- Maher {{yel|102}}
- Anunga {{yel|105+1}}|stadium=Exploria Stadium|aet=yes|location=Orlando, Florida|attendance=11,940|referee=Mark Allatin|penalties1=*Kara {{pengoal}}
- Jansson {{pengoal}}
- Perea {{penmiss}}
- Smith {{pengoal}}
- Pato {{pengoal}}
- Carlos {{pengoal}}
- Torres {{pengoal}}|penaltyscore=6–5|penalties2=*{{penmiss}} Muyl
- {{pengoal}} Loba
- {{pengoal}} Maher
- {{pengoal}} Zimmerman
- {{pengoal}} Zubak
- {{pengoal}} Romney
- {{penmiss}} Miller|result=D}}
=Leagues Cup=
{{main|2022 Leagues Cup Showcase}}
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|round = Showcase Match
|date = September 21
|time =
|team1 = Nashville SC {{flagicon|USA}}
|team2 = {{flagicon|MEX}} Club América
|score= 3–3
|penaltyscore = 4–2
|report= https://www.mlssoccer.com/competitions/other-club-friendlies/2022/matches/nshvsamr-09-21-2022/stats
|goals1=
|goals2=
|stadium = Geodis Park
|location = Nashville, Tennessee
|attendance= 24,553
|referee = César Arturo Ramos (Mexico)
|result = d
}}
References
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