U.S. Open Cup

FT Wednesday, October 1, 2025
Nashville SC LWLWW 2
–
Austin FC LWWLL 1
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NSH112
ATX101
Q2 Stadium · 20,738 att. · CBSSN

Match Report

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Nashville beats Austin in U.S. Open Cup for 1st major trophy

Nashville SC beat Austin FC 2-1 in final of the U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday night at Q2 Stadium to win the team's first-ever major trophy.

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
10
2
Yellow Cards
4
1
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
1
4
Corner Kicks
6
7
Saves
0
45.6
Possession
54.4
7
SHOTS
16
2
ON GOAL
8
0.3
On Target %
0.5
2
Penalty Goals
0
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
282
Accurate Passes
351
341
Passes
409
0.8
Pass Completion %
0.9
4
Accurate Crosses
6
15
Crosses
17
0.3
Cross %
0.4
37
Long Balls
47
16
Accurate Long Balls
24
0.4
Long Balls %
0.5
2
Blocked Shots
3
10
Effective Tackles
7
14
Tackles
9
0.7
Tackle %
0.8
9
Interceptions
5
28
Effective Clearances
20
28
Clearances
20

Head to Head

NSH leads series 2-1-1

Lineups

ATX · 4-4-2

  1. 1Brad StuverG
  2. 4Brendan Hines-IkeCD-L
  3. 18Julio CascanteCD-R
  4. 29Guilherme BiroLB
  5. 3Mikkel DeslerRB
  6. 8Dani PereiraCM-L
  7. 6Ilie SánchezCM-R
  8. 33Owen WolffLM
  9. 11Osman BukariRM
  10. 10Myrto UzuniCF-L
  11. 21Diego RubioCF-R

NSH · 4-4-2

  1. 99Brian SchwakeG
  2. 5Jack MaherCD-L
  3. 4Jeisson PalaciosCD-R
  4. 2Daniel LovitzLB
  5. 31Andy NájarRB
  6. 20Edvard TagsethCM-L
  7. 8Patrick YazbekCM-R
  8. 19Alex MuylLM
  9. 14Jacob ShaffelburgRM
  10. 9Sam SurridgeCF-L
  11. 10Hany MukhtarCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! Austin FC 0, Nashville SC 1. Hany Mukhtar (Nashville SC) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the top left corner. Assisted by Jacob Shaffelburg.
  2. 21' Penalty saved. Myrto Uzuni (Austin FC) right footed shot saved in the bottom right corner by Brian Schwake (Nashville SC).
  3. 30' Dani Pereira (Austin FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  4. 45'+1' Goal! Austin FC 1, Nashville SC 1. Myrto Uzuni (Austin FC) left footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ilie Sánchez.
  5. 52' Ilie Sánchez (Austin FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  6. 60' Goal! Austin FC 1, Nashville SC 2. Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the centre of the goal.
  7. 61' Julio Cascante (Austin FC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  8. 66' Jack Maher (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  9. 68' Substitution, Nashville SC. Josh Bauer replaces Andy Nájar.
  10. 68' Substitution, Nashville SC. Walker Zimmerman replaces Jeisson Palacios.
  11. 77' Substitution, Austin FC. CJ Fodrey replaces Diego Rubio.
  12. 80' Substitution, Nashville SC. Gastón Brugman replaces Patrick Yazbek.
  13. 80' Substitution, Nashville SC. Bryan Acosta replaces Jacob Shaffelburg.
  14. 84' Substitution, Austin FC. Jon Gallagher replaces Mikkel Desler.
  15. 85' Substitution, Austin FC. Jáder Obrian replaces Ilie Sánchez.
  16. 85' Josh Bauer (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card.
  17. 90'+3' Owen Wolff (Austin FC) is shown the yellow card.
  18. 90'+3' Sam Surridge (Nashville SC) is shown the yellow card.
  19. 90'+5' Substitution, Nashville SC. Teal Bunbury replaces Hany Mukhtar.
  20. 90'+6' Second yellow card to Sam Surridge (Nashville SC).

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