Welcome to the Film Room, wherein I get all tactical with gifs and pictures and whatnot to explain a play from Nashville SC’s recent games. This one will not be fun! The situation Nashville and Indy have played a tense, cagey match. We’re nearly 15 minutes into the second half, and while there have been some OK opportunities, only one truly dangerous scoring chance that … Continue reading From the film room: Windiana
Welcome to the film room, wherein I break down how certain plays happened in Nashville SC’s most recent game. Today, a rarely-used high press leads to an easy tally. The situation It’s early in the first half against Charleston Battery in the first round (second? the league has never been super-clear about proper nomenclature with the play-in games) of the 2019 USL Championship playoffs. Neither … Continue reading From the film room: Nashville SC presses to earn the opener
Welcome to the Film Room, whereing I break down a key play from a recent Nashville SC game. Today, the insurance goal in a 2-0 win over North Carolina FC. The situation Thanks to a first-half header from Ropapa Mensah, Nashville SC has taken advantage of a set piece to build a 1-0 lead on North Carolina FC. On the expansive turf at Nissan Stadium, … Continue reading From the film room: Washington and Moloto put an end to it
Ropapa Mensah’s career with Nashville SC is one that fans have strong positive feelings toward. From scoring the first goal in club history to a last-kick game-winner, and so on and so forth. So far, his career has also had its share of disappointment, too (as is true of any player). However, his game is growing – rapidly – and as some of those rough edges … Continue reading From the film room: Ropapa Mensah’s rapid improvement
Nashville SC had a tough time penetrating to create offense against Birmingham a week ago. What went into some of those difficulties? The situation I’m clipping multiple pieces here – this is more a conceptual breakdown than a single play – but largely, this is about two teams playing a 0-0 game in First Tennessee Park. Some of Nashville’s struggles to create offense were understandable: … Continue reading From the film room: Birmingham backline makes life tough on Nashville
It’s the penultimate day of the game week, I think. If you haven’t yet voted in the community ratings from the Saint Louis FC contest, please do so. The Wrap coming Saturday morning. Nashville SC’s result Saturday evening was disappointing. A lack of offense gave Saint Louis the opportunity to win the game in a single moment, and Russell Cicerone provided exactly that boost to … Continue reading From the film room: Saint Louis presses to find a winner
Saint Louis FC beat Nashville 1-0 Saturday afternoon, and given the scoreline, it should come as no surprise that the hosts put together a strong defensive performance. How’d they get it done? The situation Neither team created a ton of offensive opportunities Saturday evening. The game remained deadlocked at 0-0 through much of regulation. Nashville stuck to its 3-5-2 (until after Saint Louis finally broke … Continue reading From the film room: Nashville SC can’t beat a compact block
