{"id":875565,"date":"2025-10-05T22:21:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-06T03:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/champions-nashville-sc-win-us-open-cup-over-austin-fc-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2025-10-05T22:21:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-06T03:21:18","slug":"champions-nashville-sc-win-us-open-cup-over-austin-fc-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/10\/05\/champions-nashville-sc-win-us-open-cup-over-austin-fc-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"CHAMPIONS! Nashville SC win US Open Cup over Austin FC | MLSSoccer.com"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<div role=\"main\" id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-label=\"Page main content\" xmlns:xlink=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/1999\/xlink\">\n<div data-bucket-name=\"main-content-before-middle-adv\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\/\">Nashville SC<\/a> made history Wednesday evening with a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/u-s-open-cup\/2025\/matches\/atxvsnsh-10-01-2025\/\">2-1 victory<\/a> over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/austin-fc\/\">Austin FC<\/a> in the 2025 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/u-s-open-cup\/2025\/\">US Open Cup<\/a> Final at Q2 Stadium. It is Nashville&#8217;s first-ever title and secured their place in the 2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-league\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Nashville went ahead on 17 minutes when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/jacob-shaffelburg\/\">Jacob Shaffelburg<\/a> chested <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/sam-surridge\/\">Sam Surridge<\/a>&#8216;s floated cross into <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/hany-mukhtar\/\">Hany Mukhtar<\/a>&#8216;s path, and the former Landon Donovan MLS MVP bounced his shot past goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/brad-stuver\/\">Brad Stuver<\/a> from 12 yards out.<\/p>\n<p>After having a penalty kick saved, Austin club-record signing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/myrto-uzuni\/\">Myrto Uzuni<\/a> leveled in first-half stoppage time, striding into the box and converting his shot past goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/brian-schwake\/\">Brian Schwake<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville went ahead for good on the hour mark when Surridge buried his penalty kick after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/daniel-pereira\/\">Dani Pereira<\/a> fouled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/jeisson-palacios\/\">Jeisson Palacios<\/a> on a corner kick.<\/p>\n<p><h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>17&#8242; &#8211; NSH &#8211; Hany Mukhtar | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/opencup\/status\/1973546565978694012\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li>45+1&#8242; &#8211; ATX &#8211; Myrto Uzuni | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/opencup\/status\/1973552803093393632\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<li>60&#8242; &#8211; NSH &#8211; Sam Surridge (PK) | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/opencup\/status\/1973561343451210184\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Three Things<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>THE BIG PICTURE:<\/strong> After coming agonizingly close in the 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/leagues-cup\">Leagues Cup<\/a> Final, where they lost to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/lionel-messi\/\">Lionel Messi<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\">Inter Miami CF<\/a> at GEODIS Park, Nashville are finally champions. And it\u2019s not just the first title in club history. It\u2019s also the first professional sports major trophy in the state of Tennessee.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote><p>\u2014 Nashville SC (@NashvilleSC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashvilleSC\/status\/1973570639291363555?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MOMENT OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> What an opening goal for Nashville, with Shaffelburg cushioning the ball down off his chest and Mukhtar finishing with class.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mukhtar on the money, early | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashvilleSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NashvilleSC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USOC2025?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USOC2025<\/a> \/\/ FINAL <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/59troMbiaj\">pic.twitter.com\/59troMbiaj<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 U.S. Open Cup (@opencup) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/opencup\/status\/1973546565978694012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 2, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MAN OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> Schwake has yet to make his MLS debut, but he was pivotal in Nashville\u2019s trophy lift. This first-half penalty kick save on Uzuni was one of seven saves.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Next Up<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>ATX:<\/strong> Saturday, October 4 vs. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/st-louis-city-sc\/\">St. Louis CITY SC<\/a> (8:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/austin-fc-vs-st-louis-city-sc\/umc.cse.1k3t23rvjubavfnze46a4fafd\">MLS Season Pass<\/a>) | MLS regular season<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSH:<\/strong> Saturday, October 4 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/cf-montreal\/\">CF Montr\u00e9al<\/a> (2:30 pm ET | <a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/cf-montreal-vs-nashville-sc\/umc.cse.3aeqssf3jbrhlapc1jk3p90sw\">MLS Season Pass, Apple TV+<\/a>) | MLS regular season<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/SEpzxAIuo7o?feature=oembed\" allowfullscreen title=\"Nashville SC wins Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, first in club history, against Austin FC\"><\/iframe>\n                            <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/news\/champions-nashville-sc-win-us-open-cup-over-austin-fc\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Elroy Pingree<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nashville SC made history Wednesday evening with a 2-1 victory over Austin FC in the 2025 US Open Cup Final at Q2 Stadium. It is Nashville&#8217;s first-ever title and secured their place in the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup. Nashville went ahead on 17 minutes when Jacob Shaffelburg chested Sam Surridge&#8216;s floated cross into Hany [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":875566,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1532,4450,2005],"tags":[13465,6562],"class_list":{"0":"post-875565","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-champions","8":"category-nashville","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-champions","11":"tag-nashville"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=875565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/875565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/875566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=875565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=875565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=875565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}