Renasant Recap: Nashville Soccer Club Ties MLS Record for Most Home Wins with 4-0 Victory over Sporting Kansas City

• The Boys in Gold’s 14^th regular season victory at GEODIS Park ties the record for single-season home wins set by the New York Red Bulls in 2018
• Nashville SC keeps up its historic pace with its MLS record 20^th win and 66 points through 29 matches
• MLS Goalkeeper and Newcomer of the Year candidate Brian Schwake ties Joe Willis for the most MLS shutouts (13) in a single season in club history
• Landon Donovan MLS MVP candidate Hany Mukhtar becomes the second player in MLS history to score at least 15 goals in five of first seven seasons

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (Oct. 14, 2026) – Nashville Soccer Club continued the best start in MLS history (20 wins and 66 points through 29 matches) and tied the league record for regular season home wins (14) and single-season home winning streak (10) by shutting out Sporting Kansas City 4-0 Wednesday night at GEODIS Park.

Landon Donovan MLS MVP candidate Hany Mukhtar scored a highlight reel goal for his 15^th of the season in the 10^th minute, assisted by Defensive Player of the Year candidate Andy Najar. Fellow MVP candidate Sam Surridge doubled Nashville's lead in the 17^th minute with his club-leading 17^th  MLS goal of the season, assisted by Reed Baker-Whiting and Mukhtar. Najar added a third in the 29^th minute via MVP candidate Cristian Espinoza's league-leading 14^th assist. 

In the second half, Warren Madrigal scored his sixth goal of the season with a penalty kick in the 94^th minute to cap off the Boys in Gold's club record 24^th win across all competitions in 2026. 

GEODIS = fortress: By tying the MLS record for single-season home wins (14) and consecutive wins (10), Nashville SC remained the only unbeaten home team in the league this season at 14W-0L-1D while outscoring opponents 45-12.  

And then there were two: MLS Goalkeeper and Newcomer of the Year candidate Brian Schwake recorded his 13^th league clean sheet of the season, tying Joe Willis for the most regular season shutouts in club history.

200 club: Midfielder Alex Muyl made his 200^th career Nashville SC regular season appearance Saturday night, joining Hany Mukhtar as the second Boy in Gold to reach that milestone this season. Muyl and Mukhtar are just the second pair of teammates in league history to make 200 regular season appearances for the same team during a club's first seven seasons in existence.   

Next up: Nashville SC will conclude a stretch of three matches in eight days when it visits the San Jose Earthquakes at PayPal Park on Saturday, Oct. 17 at 9:30 p.m. CT.  

Notes:

Nashville SC:

• is off to the best 29-match start in MLS history at 20W-3L-6D and 66 points
• tied the MLS record for single regular season home wins with 14 
• tied the MLS record for consecutive home wins in a single season with 10
• won its club record 24^th match across all competitions
• set a club record for most goals in an MLS season (regular season + playoffs) with 63 and across all competitions with 77
• is the only unbeaten home team in MLS this season at 14W-0L-1D
• won its fourth straight match
• is unbeaten in 21 of its last 23 MLS matches at 16W-2L-5D
• is unbeaten in 33 of 40 matches this season across all competitions (MLS, Concacaf Champions Cup, Leagues Cup)
• is 24W-7L-9D across all competitions this season

B.J. Callaghan set an MLS record for the most wins (39) through 72 matches coached in MLS history

Reed Baker-Whiting recorded his career-high fifth MLS assist of the season

Cristian Espinoza tied his single-season career high for MLS assists with his league-leading 14^th of the season 

Warren Madrigal scored his sixth MLS goal of the season after returning to the lineup for the first time since Aug. 5 (lower body injury) 

Hany Mukhtar

• scored his 15th MLS goal of the season and his fifth in his last four games
• became the second player in MLS history to score at least 15 goals in five of their first seven seasons in the league (Bradley Wright-Philips)
• recorded his eighth MLS assist of the season

Alex Muyl made his 200^th career Nashville SC regular season appearance

Andy Najar

• scored his third MLS goal and recorded his ninth league assist of the season
• tied his single-season career high for MLS goal contributions at 12

Brian Schwake tied Joe Willis’ club record of 13 regular season shutouts in a single season

Sam Surridge scored his club-leading 17^th MLS goal of the season

Eddi Tagseth made his 50^th career MLS start

Box score:                   

Nashville SC (20W-3L-6D) vs. Sporting Kansas City (6W-19L-4D) 

Oct. 14, 2026 – GEODIS Park

Final score:                  

NSH: 4 

SKC: 0 

Scoring summary: 

NSH: Hany Mukhtar (A: Andy Najar) 10’ 

NSH: Sam Surridge (A: Hany Mukhtar, Reed Baker-Whiting) 17’ 

NSH: Andy Najar (A: Cristian Espinoza) 29’ 

NSH: Warren Madrigal (Penalty Kick) 90’+5 

Discipline: 

Lineups:  

NSH starters: Brian Schwake; Reed Baker-Whiting, Jeisson Palacios, Maxwell Woledzi, Andy Najar (Dan Lovitz 68’); Matthew Corcoran (Bryan Acosta 76’), Eddi Tagseth, Hany Mukhtar (C) (Warren Madrigal 76’); Elias Saad, Sam Surridge (Alex Muyl 83’), Cristian Espinoza (Shak Mohammed 68’) 

Substitutes: Joe Willis, Jack Maher, Patrick Yazbek, Josh Bauer  

SKC starters: Stefan Cleveland; Jayden Reid (Emir Karic 81’), Wyatt Meyer, Jansen Miller, Ian James (Jake Davis 69’); Kwaku Agyabeng, Zorhan Bassong (C) (Jacob Bartlett 46’), Andre Luiz (Calvin Harris 46’), Shapi Suleymanov; Ruben Ramos Jr, Seymour Reid (Taylor Calheira 53’) 

Substitutes: John Pulskamp, Capita, Stephen Afrifa, Ethan Bartlow 

Match officials:            

Referee: Joshua Encarnacion 

AR1: Ryan Graves 

AR2: Justin Howard 

4TH: Drew Fischer 

VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero 

AVAR: Cameron Blanchard  

Weather: 81 degrees and partly cloudy

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