Nashville SC announce next phase of schedule, fans allowed in limited numbers

Nashville SC and Major League Soccer announced Tuesday the remaining schedule of matches to round out the 2020 regular season.

Nashville SC announced nine additional home matches:

Date & Time

Saturday, October 3 – 6:30 PM
Tuesday, October 6 – 7:30 PM
Sunday, October 11 – 6:30 PM
Wednesday, October 14 – 7:00 PM
Tuesday, October 20 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, October 24 – 7:30 PM
Tuesday, October 27 – 6:00 PM
Saturday, October 21 – 7:30 PM
Saturday, November 8 – 2:30 PM

Opponent

at New England Revolution
vs Minnesota United FC
at Sporting Kansas City
at Houston Dynamo
vs FC Dallas
vs New England Revolution
at Montreal Impact
vs Chicago Fire
at Orlando City

Of the nine matches announced, four are against teams in the MLS Western Conference and six are against teams currently in playoff position.

Notably, the remaining schedule will see fans return to Nissan Stadium for the first time since February 29. Up to 10% capacity will be allowed for the match against Minnesota on October 6, with that number increasing to 15% for the remaining matches in October.

MLS has also expanded the postseason for 2020. Ten teams from the Eastern Conference will qualify, with sides seeded 7-10 competing in a play-in round to determine who will advance to the full playoff bracket. In the West, eight teams will qualify directly to round one.

MLS will announce the playoff schedule and broadcast details at a later date. After 11 matches played, Nashville SC are currently in ninth place, with a game in hand on nearly every side in the conference. They’ll take on 13th-placed DC United tomorrow night at Nissan Stadium.

Author: Ben Wrightis the Director of Soccer Content and a Senior MLS Contributor for Broadway Sports covering Nashville SC and the US National Team. Previously Ben was the editor and a founder of Speedway Soccer, where he has covered Nashville SC and their time in USL before journeying to Major League Soccer since 2018. Raised in Louisville, KY Ben grew up playing before a knee injury ended his competitive career. When he is not talking soccer he is probably producing music, drinking coffee or hanging out with his wife and kids. Mastodon

Comments

  1. Kinda hard to get a truly accurate reading on teams since it’s mainly been the regional games, but having to play a few of the top teams in the west (and Dallas one more extra time as well) is gonna be tough. Still wish we could’ve gotten a game against Cincy though since they’re basically the second closest team to us.

    1. Totally agree. 2020 is just weird. I’m hoping 2021 will be more of a normal MLS schedule – that should be a much more accurate measurement of how good Nashville actually is.

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