Nashville FC

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Nashville FC
File:Nashville FC.png
Full name Nashville Football Club
Founded 2013
Stadium Vanderbilt Stadium
Nashville, Tennessee
Ground Capacity 40,550
President Chris Jones
Coach Kyle Roelke
League NPSL - South Region
Southeast Conference
2015 4th, Southeast Conference
Playoffs: Eliminated
Website Club home page
Current season

Nashville Football Club is a soccer organization based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2013, the team plays in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in the Southeast Conference.

History

The team was founded by a supporters group that intended to form a team as a fan owned group. Club president Chris Jones cited existing fan-owned clubs as inspiration for NFC's foundation, in particular English club F.C. United of Manchester.[1] In February 2014, the two groups merged to form a single club for the 2014 NPSL season. The club has two teams currently participating in the Middle Tennessee Soccer Alliance, Nashville’s largest competitive adult league, and has already partnered with the TN State Soccer Association (TSSA), an organization with over 20,000 registered players in the middle Tennessee area alone.[2]

On May 24, 2014, Nashville FC held its first ever home match at Vanderbilt Stadium, defeating the Atlanta Silverbacks Reserves 3-1 in front of a crowd of nearly 2,000 fans.[3]

After a maiden season in which fourth place in the Southeastern Conference garnered the club a playoff spot, Nashville was eliminated at the Conference Semifinal stage by Chattanooga FC, who finished top of the Conference and went on to lose in the Championship match. The club has ambitions of climbing the American Soccer Pyramid, with the reported target an entry into the third-tier United Soccer League by 2017,[4] and then ascension into the Division II North American Soccer League by 2020.[1]

Stadium

Nashville FC have played at Vanderbilt Stadium beginning in 2015 after quickly outgrowing the Vanderbilt Soccer/Lacrosse Complex in their inaugural season.[5]

However, since the Triple-A baseball outfit Nashville Sounds announced plans for a move to a new ballpark, leaving the Herschel Greer Stadium complex vacant, NFC stated their aim to "reconfigure" the former ballpark facility for soccer use, following the previous example of the Portland Timbers' renovation of Providence Park.[6]

Current roster

[7] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
2 Finland FW Elias Tamburini
3 Spain DF Juan Avendano
3 South Africa DF Joel Kazhila
4 Republic of Ireland FW Guy Clennett
5 Australia DF Luke Gearin
5 Trinidad and Tobago DF Denzel Woods
7 Brazil MF Roberto Pimentel
8 United States MF Nick Melville
9 Republic of Ireland FW Brian McNamara
10 Republic of Ireland MF Liam Collins
11 United States FW Jonathan Ramirez
13 Chile DF Ignacio Milla
13 United States MF Alec Velez
14 United States FW Fazlo Alihodzic
15 United States DF Austin Petrovich
No. Position Player
16 Spain DF Guillermo Lazcano
17 Republic of Ireland DF Owen Collins
18 Republic of Ireland GK Hayden Coffman
19 United States DF Kyle McLagan
21 Scotland FW Jordan Wright
22 United States DF Anthony Torres
23 United Kingdom MF Elliot Goodwin
26 United States GK Micah Bledsoe
26 Germany GK Bennet Strutz
27 United States DF Brad Ross
Japan MF Yuji Callahan
United States DF Andrew Conwell
United States DF Tanner Dieterich
United States GK Erik Furseth
United States MF Johnny Heckman

Club identity

Supporters

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Rivalry

Nashville's main rivals are fellow Tennessee club Chattanooga FC, based 135 miles away.[8]

In addition, the four Tennessee clubs in the NPSL (Chattanooga FC, Knoxville Force, Memphis City FC, and Nashville FC) compete for a rivalry trophy called the "Volunteer Shield". The Volunteer Shield is presented at the end of the season to the supporters of the club that took the most points in games against one another, with a medallion added to the trophy commemorating the year.[9]

Colors and crest

The club's colors were chosen from the Flag of Nashville, Tennessee.[6]

The club's crest is a roundel. The overall shape and formation of the circular "N" along with the small center circle is to represent a spinning record, paying respect to the club's "Music City" heritage. The fleur-di-lis comes from the city seal and represents the original French settlers of Nashville. The divide represents the numerous Civil War battles that took place in the area.[10]

Record

Year-by-year

Year Division League Regular Season Playoffs Open Cup
2014 4 NPSL 4th, Southeast Conference Semifinalists Did Not Enter
2015 4 NPSL 4th, Southeast Conference Semifinalists Did Not Enter

References

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  7. ↑ http://nashvillefc.net/players/
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  10. ↑ http://nashvillefc.net/know-your-club/

External links

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