{"id":670240,"date":"2026-05-15T02:23:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670240\/"},"modified":"2026-05-15T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-15T02:23:14","slug":"nashville-sc-vs-lafc-what-to-know-for-sunday-night-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/670240\/","title":{"rendered":"Nashville SC vs. LAFC: What to know for Sunday Night Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup<\/a> pause,\u00a0Nashville SC<\/a> host LAFC<\/a> for Matchday 14’s Sunday Night Soccer presented by Continental Tire doubleheader finale.<\/p>\n

1st in Eastern Conference
\n27 points, 8W-1L-3D<\/p>\n

Nashville have been the team to beat in the Eastern Conference, setting the pace in their second season under head coach B.J. Callaghan.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Lately, this success has come despite star striker Sam Surridge<\/a> missing time due to a back injury. But with fellow Designated Players Hany Mukhtar<\/a>\u00a0and Cristian Espinoza<\/a> leading the way, Nashville are enjoying a six-match league unbeaten streak.<\/p>\n

The Coyotes have a strong supporting cast, too, led by newcomer Warren Madrigal<\/a> as of late.<\/p>\n

The Costa Rican international has scored three goals in the last two games: a brace in last Saturday’s\u00a02-2 comeback draw<\/a> with D.C. United<\/a>, plus another strike in between Bryan Acosta<\/a>‘s brace in Nashville’s 3-0 win<\/a> at the New England Revolution<\/a> midweek.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hany Mukhtar: The 2022 Landon Donovan MLS MVP has 3g\/5a as he eyes double-digit goals for the fifth time in his seventh season with Nashville.
\nCristian Espinoza: Nashville bet big on Espinoza over the winter in free agency, and the Argentine playmaker has delivered with 3g\/7a.\u00a0
\nWarren Madrigal: The former Deportivo Saprissa standout has been highly impactful since arriving ahead of the 2026 campaign.
\nMaxwell Woledzi: The Ghanaian center back has been a seamless replacement for departed club legend Walker Zimmerman<\/a>, helping Nashville concede a joint-MLS low eight goals.
\nBrian Schwake: In his first season as Nashville’s No. 1 goalkeeper, Schwake<\/a>‘s six clean sheets are second-best in MLS.<\/p>\n

Already down several starters, Nashville may need to replace All-Star fullback Andy N\u00e1jar<\/a> after he suffered a muscle injury in Wednesday’s win at New England.<\/p>\n

5th in Western Conference
\n21 points, 6W-4L-3D<\/p>\n

Like Nashville, LAFC reached the 2026 Concacaf Champions Cup<\/a> semifinals earlier this spring. But unlike their opponents, the Black & Gold are slumping.<\/p>\n

Winless in four games across all competitions, LAFC have lost two straight league matches since their Champions Cup exit against LIGA MX powerhouse Deportivo Toluca.<\/p>\n

That includes a 2-1 midweek defeat<\/a> at St. Louis CITY SC<\/a>, which followed a 4-1 setback<\/a> at home against Houston Dynamo FC<\/a> last weekend.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There’s some pressure mounting on head coach Marc Dos Santos to right the ship.<\/p>\n

Son Heung-Min:\u00a0The South Korean legend leads MLS with eight assists as he prepares to represent the Taeguk Warriors at his fourth World Cup.\u00a0
\nDenis Bouanga: LAFC’s all-time leading scorer with 111 goals, Bouanga<\/a> also has a club-best 5g\/4a this season.\u00a0
\nDavid Mart\u00ednez: The Venezuelan international scored in Wednesday’s defeat at St. Louis, giving him 4g\/2a amid a breakout season.
\nHugo Lloris: The 2018 World Cup champion leads MLS this year with eight clean sheets.
\nStephen Eust\u00e1quio: The Canadian midfielder is proving his quality while on loan from Portuguese powerhouse FC Porto.<\/p>\n

After coming off the bench in St. Louis, will Mart\u00ednez<\/a> and\u00a0Eust\u00e1quio<\/a> return to the starting lineup at GEODIS Park?<\/p>\n

The market indicates Nashville are the favorite at home, with roughly 45% of the pool. But don’t count out LAFC, who are craving a bounce-back result.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

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Market insights shared are current as of Thursday, May 14 at 6:30 pm ET.<\/p>\n

Amid key injuries, Nashville are getting the job done. They’ve also gone undefeated at home (4W-0L-1D) this season, and can make a statement against a perennial MLS powerhouse.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup pause,\u00a0Nashville SC host LAFC for Matchday 14’s Sunday Night Soccer…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":670241,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,24857,16538,246936,93272,24855,561,82,93270],"class_list":["post-670240","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-los-angeles-football-club","tag-nashville-sc","tag-nshvslafc-05-17-2026","tag-priority-match","tag-sendtonews","tag-soccer","tag-sports","tag-sunday-night-soccer"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670240","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=670240"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/670240\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/670241"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=670240"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=670240"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=670240"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}