Renasant Recap: Nashville SC earns 1-1 draw with Atlanta United FC at GEODIS Park

Nashville Sc wins 1-1 draw with Atlanta United Fc at Geodis Park

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 18, 2024) – Nashville Soccer Club earned a 1-1 draw against Atlanta United FC at GEODIS Park Saturday afternoon in the debut of interim head coach Rumba Munthali. Midfielder Hany Mukhtar scored for the Boys in Gold.

Hello to the service: Saturday morning at GEODIS Park served as Active Duty and Veterans Appreciation Day. Before kick-off, the 160^th The Special Operations Aviation Regiment (Airborne) based at Fort Campbell, known as the Nightstalkers, conducted a flyover. Sergeant First Class Christine Permenter performed the National Anthem and 101^st The Airborne Division Brass Band provided halftime entertainment.

Celebrate the good times: Mukhtar converted a penalty in the 40th minute of the match^th minute for his third goal of the MLS season and his seventh against Atlanta United in all competitions. Three of Mukhtar’s seven goals against the Georgian team came via penalties. Mukhtar celebrated his milestone by announcing that he and his wife, Ashley Mukhtar, were expecting their first child.

Georgia Peaches: The Georgia natives and Nashville SC defensive duo of Shaq Moore and Walker Zimmerman started together Saturday against Atlanta for the first time since March 2 at the Colorado Rapids. It was Moore’s first start since he was injured March 23 at LAFC. Nashville SC has now started 10 different backlines this season.

Double-header: The Nashville SC Special Olympics Unified team played its second match of the year Saturday at GEODIS Park, losing to the Atlanta United FC Unified team 2-0. The Nashville Soccer Club, in partnership with Special Olympics Tennessee, hosted the match following the Boys in Gold’s draw against the Five Stripes.

Afterwards : After a stretch of five games in 21 days, the Boys in Gold will begin a series of three games in seven days starting on Saturday, May 25 when the club travels north to face CF Montreal. Nashville SC defeated Montreal 4-1 on May 4 at GEODIS Park.

NSH 40′: Hany Mukhtar wins a penalty then turns up on the spot and buries it in the bottom right corner

ATL 56′: Tristan Muyumba sends a ball to Bartosz Slisz, who sends a shot into the back of the net

• is on a series of three matches without defeat at GEODIS Park (2W-0L-1L)
• has an all-time 35W-26L-35L record against Eastern Conference teams
• extended his all-time series record against Atlanta United FC to 4W-3L-4L and his home series record to 3W-1L-3L
• Atlanta United FC has not won in Nashville since the series opener on February 29, 2020 at Nissan Stadium.
• extended his record to 11W-2L-7D all-time in May
• extended his all-time record to 44V-7D-20D by scoring the first
• had 1.47 expected goals (xG) compared to 0.59 xG for Atlanta
• recorded 11 shots and five shots on goal
• The Special Olympics unified team played its second match of the season following the first team match.

Nashville SC interim head coach Rumba Munthali made debut

America’s VetDogs Service-Dog-in-Training Cash of Nashville SC was recognized pregame for his final match at GEODIS Park before moving on to his final training.

Sean Davis recorded his 250^th career MLS regular season appearance

• led the team with 91% passing accuracy on the day (minimum 30 passes)
• is one game away from 100 regular season appearances as Boy in Gold

Brent Kallman led the team with three punts (also Jack Maher)

Jack Maher led the team with three punts (also Brent Kallman)

• scored his third MLS goal of the season which he celebrated by announcing that he and his wife Ashley were expecting their first child
• scored his third penalty goal in all competitions against Atlanta United FC
• scored his sixth goal against Atlanta United FC at GEODIS Park
• ranks eighth among all active MLS players with 61 regular season goals scored
• led the team with 0.94 expected goals (xG) on the day

Alex Muyl is the only Nashville SC player to appear in all 13 games this season.

Shaq Moore recorded his third consecutive appearance and his first start since returning from injury on May 11 at Charlotte FC.

Nashville SC (3W-4D-6D) vs. Atlanta United FC (3V-6D-4D)

May 18, 2024 – GEODIS Park

NSH: Hany Mukhtar (penalty) 40′

ATL: Bartosz Slisz (A: Tristan Muyumba) 56′

ATL: Brad Guzan (Attention) 38′

ATL: Stian Gregersen (Attention) 44′

NSH: Sam Surridge (Attention) 45′ + 3

NSH: Josh Bauer (Attention) 90′

NSH Starters: Joe Willis; Dan Lovitz, Jack Maher, Shaq Moore (Josh Bauer 46′), Walker Zimmerman (C) (Brent Kallman 64′); Hany Mukhtar, Jacob Shaffelburg, Aníbal Godoy (Amar Sejdić 80′), Sean Davis (Tah Brian Anunga 90′ + 1); Sam Surridge, Tyler Boyd (Alex Muyl 64′)

Substitutes: Elliot Panicco, Teal Bunbury, Taylor Washington

ATL starters: Brad Guzan (center); Ronald Hernandez (Xande Silva 64′), Stian Gregersen (Luis Abram 64′), Brooks Lennon, Noah Cobb (Efrain Morales 72′), Caleb Wiley; Bartosz Slisz, Tristan Muyumba (Dax McCarty 84′), Saba Lobjanidze, Nicola Firmino (Jamal Thiare 46′); Daniel Rios

Substitutes: Josh Cohen, Edwin Mosquera, Luke Brennan, Jay Fortune

Weather report: Mostly cloudy, 76 degrees