- Most Valuable Player candidate Sam Surridge scores his Major League Soccer leading 21st goal of the season
- Tyler Boyd registers first goal contribution and assist in his second appearance of the season after missing 409 days due to injury
- The Boys in Gold will play again Tuesday, Sept. 16 in their first-ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal at 7 p.m. CT at GEODIS Park versus the Philadelphia Union
Cincinnati, Ohio (Sept. 13, 2025) – Nashville Soccer Club lost 2-1 to FC Cincinnati Saturday night at TQL Stadium after a 98thminute added time goal broke the tie in favor of the Ohio side. Most Valuable Player candidate Sam Surridge scored his league-leading 21st goal on assists from forward Tyler Boyd and midfielder Gastón Brugman to even the match in the 84th minute.
Golden Boy: Surridge extended his Golden Boot lead over Inter Miami CF’s Lionel Messi to two (21 to 19) with just four regular season matches remaining for Nashville and eight for Miami.
Men down: Two Nashville SC regulars, midfielder Alex Muyl (28 appearances, 24 starts) and defender Jeisson Palacios (20 appearances, 19 starts), missed Saturday's match due to illness.
Next up: Nashville SC will play in its first-ever Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Semifinal when it hosts Major League Soccer-leading Philadelphia Union at GEODIS Park on Tuesday, Sept. 16 at 7 p.m. CT.
Notes:
Nashville SC:
- is fourth in the Eastern Conference with 50 points
- is 14W-6L-4D in its last 24 matches across all competitions
- is 3W-4L-4D all-time against CIN across all competitions (regular season + Leagues Cup)
- is 3W-4L-3D all-time against CIN in MLS (regular season)
- is 2W-2L-1D all-time against CIN on the road in MLS (regular season)
- is 73W-62L-62D all-time (regular season + playoffs)
- is 29W-42L-29D all-time on the road (regular season + playoffs)
- is 54W-44L-44D all-time against Eastern Conference opponents (regular season + playoffs)
- is 49W-50L-50D all-time on weekends (regular season + playoffs)
- is 40W-39L-37D all-time on Saturdays (regular season + playoffs)
- is 9W-4L-11D all-time during September (regular season)
Tyler Boyd
- registered his first goal contribution and assist of the season
- made his second consecutive appearance as a substitute after missing 409 days due to a torn ACL
Gastón Brugman recorded his second MLS assist of the season
Dan Lovitz made his first start since injuring his foot July 25 at San Diego FC
Alex Muyl did not dress for the match due to illness
Jeisson Palacios did not dress for the match due to illness
Sam Surridge
- scored his league leading 21st MLS goal of the season
- earned Nashville SC Man of the Match honors
Eddi Tagseth led the match in distance covered (5.57 miles) and the team in passing accuracy (95.3 percent, minimum 40 passes completed)
Box score:
Nashville SC (15W-10L-5D) at FC Cincinnati (17W-9L-4D)
Sept. 13, 2025 – TQL Stadium
Final score:
NSH: 1
CIN: 2
Scoring summary:
CIN: Brenner (A: Evander) 73’
NSH: Sam Surridge (A: Tyler Boyd, Gastón Brugman) 84’
CIN: Evander (A: Ender Echenique) 90+8’
Discipline:
CIN: Pavel Bucha (Caution) 48’
CIN: Brenner (Caution) 74’
Lineups:
NSH starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Jack Maher, Josh Bauer (Andy Najar 69’), Walker Zimmerman (C); Gastón Brugman, Hany Mukhtar, Jacob Shaffelburg (Tyler Boyd 69’), Eddi Tagseth (Patrick Yazbek 69’), Jonathan Pérez (Ahmed Qasem 17’, Teal Bunbury 90+3); Sam Surridge
Substitutes: Brian Schwake, Tate Schmitt, Matthew Corcoran, Chris Applewhite
CIN starters: Evan Louro; Miles Robinson, Dominik Marczuk (Alvas Powell 79’), Matt Miazga (C) (Teenage Hadebe 80’), Luca Orellano, Lukas Engel (Ender Echenique 90+3’); Evander, Pavel Bucha, Tah Brian Anunga (Samuel Gidi 83’); Brenner, Ayoub Jabbari (Kevin Denkey 46’)
Substitutes: Alec Kann, Nick Hagglund, Gerardo Valenzuela, Kei Kamara
Match officials:
Referee: Marco DeOliveira II
AR1: Corey Parker
AR2: Matthew Nelson
4TH: Ricardo Montero Araya
VAR: Kevin Stott
AVAR: Mark Allatin
Weather: 77 degrees and cloudy
