Renasant Recap: Nashville Soccer Club Falls 1-0 at San Diego FC

• Friday’s defeat was only Nashville SC’s second loss in last 19 matches across all competitions
• Nashville SC remains one point shy from Eastern Conference and Supporters’ Shield leading FC Cincinnati (48 points)

San Diego, Calif. (July 25, 2025) – Nashville Soccer Club fell 1-0 in a Supporters’ Shield clash at San Diego FC Friday night, marking only its second loss since April 19. The Boys in Gold have gone 13W-2L-4D across all competitions and sit third in the Eastern Conference and Supporters’ Shield standings, just one point shy of Eastern Conference and league-leading FC Cincinnati (48 points), going into a 15-day break from regular season play.

Six in month seven: Friday night’s match capped a six match July for Nashville SC in which they went 4W-2L-0D across all competitions (Major League Soccer, Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup), improving their all-time July record to 10W-14L-5D.

Ciento cincuenta: Defender Andy Najar registered his 150th career MLS start (regular season and playoffs) as he logged 89 minutes at Snapdragon Stadium. The first-year Boy in Gold leads MLS for most goal contributions by a defender this season with 11 (goal, 10 assists) and is the second player in Nashville SC history to record 10 or more assists in a single season alongside Hany Mukhtar.

Got their game on, went, played: Three Boys in Gold arrived in San Diego by way of Austin, Texas as Sam Surridge, Mukhtar and Najar represented Nashville SC in the 2025 MLS All-Star Game. Surridge, who is in the midst of an MLS Most Valuable Player caliber season, also competed in the Skills Challenge earlier in the week and scored the opening goal in MLS’s 3-1 win over the Liga MX All-Stars.

Next up: Nashville SC will host English Premier League Side Aston Villa in an international friendly at 4 p.m. CT on Saturday, Aug. 2 at GEODIS Park its first-ever match against a club from the Premier League, England’s top tier division and the most watched sports league in the world. Tickets are on sale at NashvilleSC.com/tickets and Ticketmaster.com.

Notes:

Nashville SC:

• is off to its best start through 25 MLS matches at 14W-6L-5D (47 points)
• is 5W-5L-2D in MLS road matches this season
• played San Diego FC for the first time in club history
• is 0W-1L-0D all-time vs. San Diego FC (regular season)
• is 72W-58L-62D all-time (regular season + playoffs)
• is 29W-39L-29D all-time on the road (regular season + playoffs)
• is 19W-17L-18D all-time vs. Western Conference opponents (regular season + playoffs)
• is 24W-12L-12D all-time on weekdays (regular season + playoffs)
• is 2W-2L-1D all-time on Fridays (regular season + playoffs)
• is 8W-12L-5D all-time during July (regular season)

Julian Gaines made his third MLS appearance this season when he subbed in at the 90^th minute

Andy Najar made his 150^th career MLS start (regular season + playoffs)

Jeisson Palacios led the team with 91.1% passing accuracy (minimum 60 passes completed)

Jonathan Pérez returned to the starting XI after serving a suspension for yellow card accumulation July 19 against Toronto FC

Sam Surridge

• is tied to lead the MLS Golden Boot race with 18 goals (also, Lionel Messi)
• surpassed 5,000 career regular season minutes played at the 22nd minute

Joe Willis

• made his seventh career penalty kick save, his second this season
• has the second most shutouts in MLS this season with nine
• is tied 10^th all-time for regular season shutouts with 76
• was voted Nashville SC Man of the Match

Patrick Yazbek led the match in distance covered with 8.71 miles

Box score:

Nashville SC (14W-6L-5D) at San Diego FC (14W-7L-4D)

July 25, 2025 – Snapdragon Stadium

Final score:

NSH: 0

SD: 1

Scoring summary:

SD: Chucky Lozano (A: Anders Dreyer, Jeppe Tverskov) 53’

Discipline:

NSH: Walker Zimmerman (Caution) 18’

NSH: Jeisson Palacios (Caution) 32’

NSH: Dan Lovitz (Caution) 69’

SD: Luca Bombino (Caution) 71’

SD: Jeppe Tverskov (Caution ) 88’

Lineups:

NSH starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Jeisson Palacios, Walker Zimmerman (C), Andy Najar (Julian Gaines 90’); Patrick Yazbek, Hany Mukhtar, Alex Muyl (Ahmed Qasem 72’), Eddi Tagseth (Gastón Brugman 72’), Jonathan Pérez (Jacob Shaffelburg 62’); Sam Surridge (Teal Bunbury 72’)

Substitutes: Brian Schwake, Jack Maher, Bryan Acosta, Josh Bauer

SD starters: Pablo Sisniega; Ian Pilcher, Manu Duah, Luca Bombino, Oscar Verhoeven; Jeppe Tverskov (C), Onni Valakari, Anders Dreyer, Chucky Lozano (Emmanuel Boateng 76’), Luca De La Torre (Paddy McNair 90’ + 1); Tomas Angel (Aníbal Godoy 66’)

Substitutes: CJ Dos Santos, Jacob Jackson, Hamady Diop, Franco Negri, Aiden Harangi, Alex Mighten

Match officials:

Referee: Drew Fischer

AR1: Kathryn Nesbitt

AR2: Kali Smith

4TH: Servando Berna

VAR: Jorge Gonzalez

AVAR: Craig Lowry

Weather: 66 and clear