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  "description": "Nashville equal their largest margin of victory with 5-0 win",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-22T00:29:34.000Z",
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  "textContent": "**NASHVILLE, TN –** Nashville SC were flying on Saturday night, putting up five goals on Orlando City in an absolute pasting that continues their club-record start to the season.\n\n## The vibe check (TL;DR)\n\n  * **What happened:** Nashville SC were simply miles better than Orlando from the opening whistle, who had fired head coach **Óscar Pareja** two weeks ago after just three matches. While the score ended 5-0, the 'Yotes could have won by even more.\n  * **What we learned:** Nashville are really, really good. Like... _really_ good.\n  * **Big picture:** The win adds to the best start in club history. They've taken 13 points from their first five matches, and end the night as Supporters' Shield leaders.\n\n\n\n## Key moments\n\n  * **5' | Cristian Espinoza** opens the scoring, with Nashville completely dominating the opening exchanges. The winger belts in a cross looking for Surridge, but ends up pinging it off the crossbar and in.\n  * **14' | Brian Schwake** comes up with a massive save in the open field to deny **Duncan McGuire** , reaching out and slapping away the shot reflexively.\n  * **28' | Sam Surridge** doubles the lead from the penalty spot, smashing a shot past **Maxime Crépeau** after **Jeisson Palacios** was hauled down in the box.\n  * **55' |** It's a brace for Surridge. A pinpoint diagonal ball from Espinoza finds **Hany Mukhtar** in the box, who rolls it across to **Alex Muyl**. The midfielder cuts it back to give Surridge an easy finish.\n  * **58' | Griffin Dorsey** rattles the post with Orlando's best look of the night, shooting past Schwake before the woodwork gives Nashville a lift.\n  * **67' |** Surridge makes it a hat-trick, after an incredible run from Espinoza to body **Zakaria Taifi** off the ball and pick him out on the edge of the box.\n  * **78' |** Fresh off the bench, **Warren Madrigal** decided to get in on the action, rocketing in a shot with his left foot from the edge of the box.\n  * **83' |** **Woobens Pacius** plays Mukhtar through on goal with a perfectly-weighted through ball, but the DP puts his shot right at Crépeau and can't convert.\n\n\n\n## Standout performers\n\n  * **Sam Surridge** continues to shred MLS defenses. He's up to seven goals in four league matches, and has eight goals in all competitions. He looks like one of the easy favorites for the MLS Golden Boot.\n  * While Surridge got the hat-trick, **Cristian Espinoza** made everything happen. He was absolutely magnificent on the right win, terrorizing Orlando's defense with pinpoint distribution. His run to set up Surridge's third goal was special.\n  * **Reed Baker-Whiting** gave Nashville a major boost on the left side. His ability to break the first wave of pressure on the dribble opened up so much for Nashville. He was unfortunate to hobble off late in the second half with an injury.\n\n\n\n## Lineup notes\n\nAfter knocking out Inter Miami in midweek Concacaf Champions Cup action, head coach **BJ Callaghan** fielded a full-strength squad against Orlando. **Alex Muyl** slotted into midfield, while **Reed Baker-Whiting** got the nod at left back ahead of **Dan Lovitz**.\n\n## What it means\n\nNashville's week seemed pretty good on Wednesday, eliminating Inter Miami and advancing to the Quarterfinals of the Concacaf Champions Cup. It got even better, lambasting an Orlando side for whom there is no love lost.\n\nThrough five games, Nashville have 13 points, their best start ever. It's time to start talking about them seriously as one of the elite sides in MLS.\n\n## Up next\n\nNashville are off next weekend, with MLS pausing their regular schedule for the FIFA international window. After a much-needed break, they'll travel to Chicago Fire on April 4, before taking on Club América at Geodis Park in the first leg of the Concacaf Champions Cup Quarterfinals.\n\n## Stats\n\n**Possession:** NSH 57% – 43% ORL\n**Shots:** NSH 19 – 9 ORL\n**Shots on goal:** NSH 8 – 1 ORL\n**Penalty kicks:** NSH 1 – 0 ORL\n**Goals:** NSH 5 – 0 ORL\n**Expected goals:** NSH 3.21 – 0.56 ORL\n**Total Passes:** NSH 490 – 337 ORL\n**Fouls:** NSH 15 – 5 ORL\n**Yellow cards:** NSH 1 – 2 ORL\n**Red cards** : NSH 0 – 0 ORL\n**Announced attendance:** 27,167\n\n\n          Nashville SC - Orlando City SC Live Score\n        ",
  "title": "Recap: Sam Surridge hat-trick propels Nashville to Orlando beatdown",
  "updatedAt": "2026-03-22T00:29:34.911Z"
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