Match Recap: Nashville Soccer Club Shuts out Inter Miami CF in Concacaf Champions Cup Round of 16

• The Boys in Gold and Herons are level in the home-away series decided on aggregate  

• Nashville SC is 4W-0L-2D (all competitions) for the first time in club history 

• Leg two takes place Wednesday, March 18 at Miami with the winner advancing 

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (March 11, 2026) – Nashville Soccer Club earned a scoreless draw versus Inter Miami CF at GEODIS Park Wednesday night, shutting out the Herons for the first time in the series since August 30, 2023 in Fort Lauderdale. Goalkeeper Brian Schwake recorded his fourth clean sheet of the season and is unbeaten in his first 11 starts for NSC. 

Nashville SC’s Concacaf Champions Cup post-match media availability footage can be found here 

And we’ll go again: Wednesday night’s scoreless draw against Inter Miami CF was the 20th meeting in series history. The Herons are Nashville’s most frequent opponent since both clubs joined MLS in 2020.   

He’s in your head: With Wednesday’s draw, Nashville SC goalkeeper Brian Schwake is now unbeaten in his first 11 starts in gold with a record of 9W-0L-2D.  

The CCC Castle on the hill: The Boys in Gold have never lost a Concacaf Champions Cup match at GEODIS Park, moving to 2W-0L-2D at the Castle with Wednesday night’s draw. 

Next up: Nashville SC will seek to remain unbeaten in MLS when it visits the Columbus Crew on Saturday, March 14 at 5 p.m. CT.  

Notes:    

Nashville SC:        

• is 3W-0L-1D at home for the first time in club history 
• is 4W-1L-2D all-time in the Concacaf Champions Cup 
• is 2W-0L-2D at GEODIS Park in the Champions Cup  
• has five clean sheets in seven Champions Cup matches all-time 

Reed Baker-Whiting made his second consecutive Champions Cup start for Nashville 

Brian Schwake  

• made one save and is unbeaten in his first 11 starts for Nashville SC at 9W-0L-2D 
• is the first goalkeeper since 2024 to go three matches without conceding a goal to start an edition of a Concacaf Champions Cup 

Sam Surridge led all players with four shots  

Eddi Tagseth made his Concacaf Champions Cup debut  

Maxwell Woledzi made his Concacaf Champions Cup debut  

Box score:                   

Nashville SC (2W-0L-1D in Concacaf Champions Cup) vs. Inter Miami CF (0W-0L-1D in Concacaf Champions Cup) 

March 11, 2026 – GEODIS Park  

Final score:                  

NSH: 0 

MIA: 0 

Discipline: 

MIA: German Berterame (Caution) 51’  

Lineups:  

NSH starters: Brian Schwake; Reed Baker-Whiting, Jeisson Palacios, Maxwell Woledzi, Andy Najar (Josh Bauer 82’); Matthew Corcoran (Eddi Tagseth 68’), Cristian Espinoza, Hany Mukhtar (C), Patrick Yazbek; Warren Madrigal (Alex Muyl 68’), Sam Surridge (Woobens Pacius 90’) 

Substitutes: Joe Willis, Xavier Valdez, Dan Lovitz, Jack Maher, Bryan Acosta, Thomas Williams, Jordan Knight, Ahmed Qasem  

MIA starters: Dayne St. Clair; Facundo Mura (Ian Fray 72’), Micael Dos Santos, Noah Allen, Maximiliano Falcon (Gonzalo Lujan 7’); Rodrigo De Paul, Telasco Segovia (Mateo Silvetti 72’), Yannick Bright; Lionel Messi (C), German Berterame, Tadeo Allende  

Substitutes: Luis Barraza, Rocco Rios-Novo, Sergio Reguilon, Luis Suarez, Santiago Morales, David Ayala, David Ruiz-Ochoa, Daniel Pinter, Alex Shaw 

Match officials:            

Referee: Juan Gabriel Calderon  

AR1: Juan Carlos Mora 

AR2: William Arrieta 

4TH: Jose Ugalde 

VAR: David Gomez 

AVAR: Selvin Brown 

Weather: 65 degrees and rainy  

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