{"id":482224,"date":"2026-02-18T04:30:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:30:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482224\/"},"modified":"2026-02-18T04:30:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T04:30:08","slug":"nashville-sc-beats-atletico-ottawa-2-0-in-champions-cup-opener-nanaimonewsnow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/482224\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville SC beats Atletico Ottawa 2-0 in Champions Cup opener | NanaimoNewsNOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/1771389008_501_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tFeb 17, 2026 | 7:08 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>OTTAWA \u2014 Canadian-born Woobens Pacius scored in the 66th minute, striker Sam Surridge scored five minutes into stoppage time, and the visiting Nashville Soccer Club edged Atletico Ottawa 2-0 in the opening game of their two-leg, first round CONCACAF Champions Cup matchup on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Nashville SC, which plays in Major League Soccer, outshot the hosts 17-6 (6-0 on target) and took 10 of the match\u2019s 14 fouls. Nashville also had five corners.<\/p>\n<p>Atletico Ottawa, which plays in the Canadian Premier League, had more ball possession (54 per cent to 46) in its first-ever match against an MLS team.<\/p>\n<p>Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 24, at Geodis Park in Nashville, Tenn.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By The Canadian Press Feb 17, 2026 | 7:08 PM OTTAWA \u2014 Canadian-born Woobens Pacius scored in the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":482225,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[879,49,48,2467,2461,2468,2460,2462,2463,44,2464,20739,2465,2466,82],"class_list":["post-482224","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-breaking-news","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-central-vancouver-island","tag-nanaimo","tag-nanaimo-breaking-news","tag-nanaimo-news","tag-nanaimo-news-now","tag-nanaimonewsnow","tag-news","tag-oceanside","tag-ottawa","tag-parksville","tag-qualicum","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482224","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=482224"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/482224\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/482225"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=482224"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=482224"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=482224"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}