The Nashville SC Post
Market10 Aug 2026
Nashville SC turn down Leicester City for Sam Surridge
The offer was not close and it was refused without much discussion. Whether the second one is refused as quickly is another matter.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
An offer of $5.5M for Matt Freese
Nashville SC have gone to New York City with a bid, and the supporters have gone to the internet with an opinion about it. Whether either changes anything is up to the selling club.
Player ratings10 Aug 2026
Cristian Espinoza beats them one at a time
Successful dribbles: 26. There was always a defender in front of him and there was never a defender in front of him for long.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Deadline passes with 15 signed and 1 gone
That is the business done at Nashville SC until the window opens again. Whether it was enough will be answered on Saturdays rather than in a column, and the first Saturday is close.
Market10 Aug 2026
Sam Surridge raises the bar for Nashville SC
“I want to be playing for trophies while my legs still let me.” Nothing in that sentence is a transfer request, and nobody at Nashville SC heard it as anything else.
Boardroom10 Aug 2026
Nashville SC go back to the board over Matt Freese
The number the board signed off was not enough. It has been asked again and raised its own offer to $5.8M — a club that wants Matt Freese enough to be asked twice.
Transfer targets10 Aug 2026
Dániel Pintér due for a Nashville SC medical
Everything agreed with Inter Miami CF, everything agreed with the player; a doctor is the only person left to persuade. The photograph is a day or two away.
Squad10 Aug 2026
Cristian Espinoza stays put
“The easiest signature of my career.” Cristian Espinoza and Nashville SC agree another 4 years, and the manager can plan around him rather than about him.
Squad10 Aug 2026
A falling-out at Nashville SC
Sam Surridge and a teammate went at it, and not about football. Training grounds are small places and a long season makes them smaller.
In brief
- Match Sam Surridge’s goal not enough for Nashville SC
- The dugout The manager makes an example of Jeisson Palacios
- Market One of our own: Justin Wright joins the Nashville SC first team