The Nashville SC Post
Squad21 May 2029
The knee: Justin Dhillon out for 39 days
39 days on the announcement, and a year of quiet, unwatched rehabilitation behind it. Nashville SC lose a player for a season; he loses something harder to name.
Player ratings21 May 2029
A brace, and Joaquín Freitas takes the afternoon — 8.26
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Joaquín Freitas provided it, and the 8.26 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad21 May 2029
Jules-Anthony Vilsaint in a row with a teammate
It was not about football and everybody who saw it knows that. Two men who have to play together on Saturday said things at Nashville SC this week that will take longer than a week to unsay.
Match19 May 2029
Nashville SC see off Chicago Fire
Three points for Nashville SC, 2‑0 the final word against Chicago Fire in a contest settled by the finer margins.
Squad21 May 2029
Nashville SC lose Daniel Moore
21 days, the medical staff say, and medical staff are optimists by profession. The team sheet will look wrong without him.
Market21 May 2029
No place for Slade Starnes in the plan
“The manager did not use many words, and he did not need to.” Slade Starnes has his answer from Nashville SC; what he does with it is the next window’s story.
The dugout21 May 2029
The view from the dugout
“We controlled it. There were spells I did not like and we will look at them, but the group showed me something.” Andres Uribe, on a 2‑0 win that he was already picking apart on the walk to the press room.
The dugout21 May 2029
The manager makes an example of Caden Glover
“If you cannot run for the shirt, somebody else will wear it.” No name was used and none was needed; every player in that room knew who it was for.
The dugout21 May 2029
Somebody else is better right now than Caden Glover
The team sheet says it in public every week until it changes. The only version of being dropped a footballer cannot argue with, and the one he takes hardest.
In brief
- The dugout Nashville SC keep their word to Adem Sipić
- Looking ahead Andy Najar goes back to face DC United
- Squad A season on the outside for Joaquín Freitas