{"id":899490,"date":"2026-04-16T13:13:02","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/nashville-sc-stun-club-america-for-historic-champions-cup-semifinal-berth-mlssoccer-com\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T13:13:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T18:13:02","slug":"nashville-sc-stun-club-america-for-historic-champions-cup-semifinal-berth-mlssoccer-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/16\/nashville-sc-stun-club-america-for-historic-champions-cup-semifinal-berth-mlssoccer-com\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville SC stun Club Am\u00e9rica for historic Champions Cup semifinal berth | 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<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/nashville-sc\/\">Nashville SC<\/a> are through to the 2026\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/\">Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals, defeating LIGA MX giants Club Am\u00e9rica <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/amevsnsh-04-14-2026\/\">1-0 on aggregate<\/a> in Tuesday&#8217;s quarterfinal second leg at Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/hany-mukhtar\/\">Hany Mukhtar<\/a> scored the series-winning goal, booking Nashville&#8217;s semifinal ticket. They&#8217;ll meet either <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/seattle-sounders-fc\/\">Seattle Sounders FC<\/a> or LIGA MX&#8217;s Tigres UANL, who have a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/tigvssea-04-08-2026\/\">2-0 aggregate lead<\/a> entering Wednesday&#8217;s series decider.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>After a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/2026\/matches\/nshvsame-04-07-2026\">0-0 draw<\/a> at GEODIS Park last week, the series remained scoreless into the second half of Leg 2. Then, Mukhtar broke through in the 51st minute by combining with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/players\/cristian-espinoza\/\">Cristian Espinoza<\/a> to finish off a lethal counter-attack.<\/p>\n<p>With Club Am\u00e9rica needing two goals thanks to the away goals tiebreaker, Nashville withstood pressure to secure a second straight clean sheet and become the first MLS team to win a competitive match at Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Goals<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li>51&#8242; &#8211; NSH &#8211; Hany Mukhtar | <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/2044274811241935178\">WATCH<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                <iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J4Fu7YLwE6Q?feature=oembed\" allowfullscreen title=\"Club Am\u00e9rica vs Nashville SC | 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup | Quarterfinals\"><\/iframe>\n                            <\/p>\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 eliminating <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/inter-miami-cf\/\">Inter Miami CF<\/a> in the Round of 16, Nashville knocked off another North American powerhouse in Club Am\u00e9rica. This historic result at Mexico&#8217;s most iconic stadium leaves Nashville on the precipice of a CCC final appearance. Head coach B.J. Callaghan&#8217;s team keeps ascending.<\/li>\n<li><strong>MOMENT OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> For all the big goals Mukhtar has scored for Nashville over the years, this might have been the biggest.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Mukhtar puts <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NashvilleSC?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@NashvilleSC<\/a> on top in Estadio Azteca \ud83e\udd2f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Nk4GyJxvtf\">pic.twitter.com\/Nk4GyJxvtf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FOX Soccer (@FOXSoccer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOXSoccer\/status\/2044274811241935178?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>MAN OF THE MATCH:<\/strong> It&#8217;s hard to give the honors to anyone other than Mukhtar after his Leg 2 heroics.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;We showed character.&#8221; &#8211; Nashville SC&#8217;s Hany Mukhtar \ud83c\udf99\ufe0f <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7sEjeqDLAo\">pic.twitter.com\/7sEjeqDLAo<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Concacaf Champions Cup (@TheChampions) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheChampions\/status\/2044300222940041422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 15, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n<div>\n<p><h3>Next Up<\/h3>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>AME:<\/strong> Saturday, April 18 vs. Toluca FC | 11:10 pm ET | LIGA MX Clausura<\/li>\n<li><strong>NSH:<\/strong> Saturday, April 18 at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/clubs\/atlanta-united\/\">Atlanta United<\/a> | 7:30 pm ET (<a href=\"https:\/\/tv.apple.com\/us\/sporting-event\/atlanta-united-vs-nashville-sc\/umc.cse.5hjli17er6qu1y23o5merml57?ctx_brand=tvs.sbd.4000%2Ctvs.sbd.7000\" target=\"_blank\">Apple TV<\/a>) | MLS regular season<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlssoccer.com\/competitions\/concacaf-champions-cup\/news\/nashville-sc-stun-club-america-for-historic-champions-cup-semifinal-berth\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Margarete Antes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Nashville SC are through to the 2026\u00a0Concacaf Champions Cup semifinals, defeating LIGA MX giants Club Am\u00e9rica 1-0 on aggregate in Tuesday&#8217;s quarterfinal second leg at Estadio Azteca. Hany Mukhtar scored the series-winning goal, booking Nashville&#8217;s semifinal ticket. They&#8217;ll meet either Seattle Sounders FC or LIGA MX&#8217;s Tigres UANL, who have a 2-0 aggregate lead [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":899491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41,4450,2005],"tags":[5157,6562],"class_list":{"0":"post-899490","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-america","8":"category-nashville","9":"category-soccer","10":"tag-america","11":"tag-nashville"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899490","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=899490"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/899490\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/899491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=899490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=899490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=899490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}