Renasant Recap: Nashville Soccer Club Blanks Orlando City SC 5-0 to Remain Unbeaten

• The Boys in Gold are 6W-0L-3D across all competitions, 4W-0L-1D in MLS and 4W-0L-1D at GEODIS Park for the first time in club history 

• Sam Surridge records hat trick and takes over MLS lead for goals with seven on Sam Surridge Bobblehead Night presented by Renasant 

• Nashville SC goalkeeper Brian Schwake extends personal unbeaten streak to 14 (11W-0L-3D), records sixth shutout in nine starts this season

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 21, 2026) – Nashville Soccer Club continued its historic start Saturday night at GEODIS Park when it shut out Orlando City SC 5-0 to remain unbeaten this season. Cristian Espinoza scored less than five minutes into the match to put the Boys in Gold on top and Sam Surridge converted Nashville SC’s first penalty kick of the season in the 28th minute to double the lead before adding two second half tallies for a hat trick and his third multi-goal game of 2026. Warren Madrigal buried the final goal in the 80th minute and Brian Schwake made one save for his third MLS shutout in five starts.  

Super Sam does not bobble it: Sam Surridge recorded his fourth MLS hat trick and his 12th regular season multi-goal match Saturday night. He is now level with Hany Mukhtar for most hat tricks in Nashville SC regular season history and his seven goals lead MLS. 

Lucky number 14: Brian Schwake is now 11W-0L-3D in his first 14 starts in goal for Nashville SC and has six shutouts in nine starts across all competitions this season. The first-year starter has allowed just nine goals in his initial 14 appearances.  

His 125th Espi-cial: Cristian Espinoza’s fifth-minute goal was his 125th career MLS goal contribution (regular season and playoffs). Espinoza has recorded a goal contribution in three consecutive matches (two goals, two assists).  

Next up: Nashville SC will be idle until Saturday, April 4 at Chicago Fire FC due to the FIFA March International match window.  

Notes:            

Nashville SC:        

• is currently first in the Eastern Conference  
• is unbeaten in its first nine matches for the first time in club history (6W-0L-3D)  
• is 4W-0L-1D in MLS for the first time in club history  
• has scored 13 goals through its first five MLS matches for the first time in club history 
• is unbeaten at home this season (4W-0L-1D overall, 3W-0L-0D MLS)   
• is outscoring opponents 21-3 in 2026 (all competitions)  
• is 6W-7L-5D all-time vs. Orlando City SC 
• tied its largest single match margin of victory (+5, last 4/26/25 vs. Chicago Fire FC)

Reed Baker-Whiting made his first MLS start with Nashville SC  

Cristian Espinoza  

• scored his second MLS goal of the season and third across all competitions 
• recorded his third MLS assist and fourth across all competitions this season  
• now has 126 career MLS goal contributions (regular season + playoffs) 
• has goal contributions in three-straight matches (two goals, two assists)

Dan Lovitz made his 300th career MLS regular season appearance when he subbed in at the 78th minute  

Warren Madrigal scored his second goal of the season and has four goal contributions in five MLS matches this season 

Andy Najar recorded his second assist of the season and has assists in back-to-back MLS matches   

Jeisson Palacios recorded his first assist and goal contribution of the season 

Sam Surridge  

• scored his first hat trick of the season and leads MLS with seven goals    
• has three multi-goal games this season 
• earned Man of the Match honors

Brian Schwake  

• made one save and is unbeaten in his first 14 starts in goal for Nashville SC at 11W-0L-3D 
• has six shutouts in nine starts this season (all competitions)

Eddi Tagseth recorded his first assist and goal contribution of the season  

Box score:                   

Nashville SC (4W-0L-1D) vs. Orlando City SC (1W-4L-0D) 

March 21, 2026 – GEODIS Park  

Final score:                  

NSH: 5 

ORL: 0 

Scoring Summary: 

NSH: Cristian Espinoza (A: Andy Najar, Eddi Tagseth) 5’  

NSH: Sam Surridge (Penalty Kick) 28’  

NSH: Sam Surridge 55’ 

NSH: Sam Surridge (A: Cristian Espinoza, Jeisson Palacios) 67’  

NSH: Warren Madrigal 80’  

Discipline: 

ORL: Nolan Miller (Caution) 26’ 

ORL: Iago Teodoro (Caution) 73’ 

NSH: Andy Najar (Caution) 83’  

Lineups:  

NSH starters: Brian Schwake; Reed Baker-Whiting (Dan Lovitz 78’), Maxwell Woledzi, Jeisson Palacios, Andy Najar; Patrick Yazbek (Matthew Corcoran 68’), Eddi Tagseth, Alex Muyl (Ahmed Qasem 60’); Cristian Espinoza (Warren Madrigal 68’), Hany Mukhtar (C), Sam Surridge (Woobens Pacius 78’) 

Substitutes: Joe Willis, Jack Maher, Bryan Acosta, Josh Bauer  

ORL starters: Maxime Crépeau; Adrian Marin (Zakaria Taifi 59’), Nolan Miller, Iago Teodoro, Griffin Dorsey (Yutaro Tsukada 72’); Luis Otavio (Colin Guske 46’), Braian Ojeda, Ivan Angulo, Marco Pasalic; Martin Ojeda (C), Duncan McGuire (Tiago Souza 59’) 

Substitutes: Javier Otero, Justin Ellis, Harvey Sarajian, Tahir Reid-Brown, Dylan Judelson  

Match officials:            

Referee: Victor Rivas 

AR1:  Jeffrey Swartzel 

AR2: Walt Heatherly 

4TH: Sergii Demianchuk 

VAR: Kevin Stott 

AVAR: Claudiu Bedea  

Weather: 87 degrees and sunny