San Diego FC and Nashville SC each have three All-Stars and are among the many finest groups in MLS.
The 2 squads will meet Friday evening in San Diego.
Growth San Diego FC (13-7-4, 43 factors) have been among the many league’s greatest surprises, main the Western Convention.
Nashville (14-5-5, 47 factors) has thrived in B.J. Callaghan’s first full season as coach. His membership is 10-1-4 over its previous 15 MLS matches and is tied for second place within the Jap Convention with the Philadelphia Union and sits one level behind chief FC Cincinnati.
“For us, it is the try for consistency,” Callaghan stated Wednesday. “Our goal from the start of the season was to ascertain our tradition, set up our fashion of play and earn our manner into the playoffs.”
San Diego has hit a dip in July with a 1-2-1 document, together with 0-2-1 at residence. The membership performed Vancouver to a 1-1 residence draw final Saturday to stay one level forward of the Whitecaps within the West.
San Diego options big-time offensive forces in All-Stars Anders Dreyer (11 objectives, league-high 15 assists) and Chucky Lozano (six objectives, eight assists). Midfielder Jeppe Tverskov (one aim, eight assists) is the workforce’s different All-Star.
“Everybody can see their high quality,” Tverskov stated of Dreyer and Lozano. “Fortunately for us as a workforce, they’re additionally good workforce gamers, and that is the large a part of how we need to play. If we had two guys who simply stood up there and waited for us to defend, after which acquired the balls and scored objectives, I did not suppose we might work nearly as good as we’ve got been.”
San Diego ranks second within the league in objectives (47) behind Inter Miami (49).
Nashville’s Sam Surridge scored on a header throughout Wednesday’s All-Star Sport, when the MLS All-Stars recorded a 3-1 victory over the LIGA MX All-Stars in Austin, Texas.
Surridge is tied with Inter Miami’s Lionel Messi for the league lead of 18 objectives. Fellow All-Star Hany Mukhtar has 11 objectives and eight assists because the duo has mixed for 29 of Nashville’s 42 objectives. Nashville’s different All-Star is defender Andy Najar (one aim, 10 assists).
Nashville is coming off back-to-back shutout wins, however Callaghan is cautious of San Diego FC.
“You see a really constant workforce that performs with a really clear id week-in and week-out,” Callaghan stated of San Diego. “It is actually spectacular. I am not shocked they’re having success. It should be a tough match going to the West Coast.”
–Subject Stage Media