Renasant Recap: Nashville SC falls 1-0 at Orlando City SC

ORLANDO, Fla. (July 25, 2026) – Following a 76-minute weather delay, Nashville Soccer Club lost just its second of 17 MLS matches this season when it fell 1-0 at Orlando City SC Saturday night. Despite their first regular season loss in more than three months at Chicago on April 4, the Boys in Gold remain atop the MLS standings at 12W-2L-3D.  

Lineup rotation: Four Nashville SC regulars remained out Saturday due to injury in forward Warren Madrigal, midfielders Cristian Espinoza and Patrick Yazbek and defender Reed Baker-Whiting. 

All of the stars: Prior to Nashville SC’s next match at D.C. United, a league-high four Boys in Gold will take part in the 2026 MLS All-Star Game presented by Chime on Wednesday, July 29 in Charlotte: Hany Mukhtar, Andy Najar, Brian Schwake and Sam Surridge. 

Next up: Nashville SC will visit the Nation’s Capital when it faces D.C. United at Audi Field on Saturday, Aug. 1 at 6:30 p.m. CT. 

Notes:           

Nashville SC:       

• is in first place in MLS at 12W-2L-3D and 39 points
• has won five of its last six MLS matches (5W-1L-0D)
• is unbeaten in 10 of its last 11 MLS matches at 8W-1L-2D
• is 15W-4L-6D across all competitions this season
• is unbeaten in 21 of 25 matches this season across all competitions (MLS, Concacaf Champions Cup)
• is 4W-2L-2D on the road in MLS this season
• is 6W-8L-5D all-time vs. Orlando City SC (MLS, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup) 

Cristian Espinoza did not dress due to a lower body injury

Jordan Knight played a career-high 25 MLS minutes in his fourth appearance for the Boys in Gold

Warren Madrigal did not dress due to a lower body injury 

Andy Najar earned Man of the Match honors 

Brian Schwake made four saves 

Patrick Yazbek did not dress due to a lower body injury

Box score:                  

Nashville SC (12W-2L-3D) at Orlando City SC (6W-9L-2D)

July 25, 2026 – Inter.co Stadium 

Final score:                 

NSH: 0

ORL: 1

Scoring Summary:  

ORL: Tyrese Spicer (Justin Ellis, Adrian Marin) 72’

Discipline:

ORL: Tiago Souza (Caution) 20’

Lineups: 

NSH starters: Brian Schwake; Josh Bauer, Maxwell Woledzi, Jack Maher, Andy Najar (Dan Lovitz 76’); Bryan Acosta (Eddi Tagseth 65’), Matthew Corcoran (Woobens Pacius 90’ + 5), Alex Muyl (Ahmed Qasem 46’); Sam Surridge, Hany Mukhtar (C), Shak Mohammed (Jordan Knight 65’)

Substitutes: Xavier Valdez, Jeisson Palacios, Charles-Emile Brunet, Thomas Williams

ORL starters: Maxime Crépeau; Bernardo Rhein (Adrian Marin 69’), David Brekalo (Iago Teodoro 69’), Robin Jansson (C), Griffin Dorsey; Luis Otavio (Wilder Cartagena 85’), Braian Ojeda, Tiago Souza (Tyrese Spicer 53’), Ivan Angulo; Antoine Griezmann, Justin Ellis (Harvey Sarajian 85’)

Substitutes: Javier Otero, Zakaria Taifi, Tahir Reid-Brown, Gustavo Caraballo

Match officials:           

Referee: Ramy Touchan 

AR1:  Eric Weisbrod 

AR2: Meghan Mullen 

4TH: Carlos Rodriguez

VAR: Daniel Radford 

AVAR: Kevin Huet 

Weather: 85 degrees and clear

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