Nashville SC in their first two seasons as a club became a respectful and established outfit in the MLS Eastern Conference. Their first season saw them all the way to the Eastern Conference Finals, and while last season they only managed the Conference Semi-Finals, they did boast the second-best regular season goal differential in the league. Now in the Western Conference, similar success is largely expected to follow.
The team is loaded with a core of veteran players, all hinged around defensive midfielder Dax McCarty, ninth overall in all-time MLS minutes played, as well as US National Team defender Walker Zimmerman.