Nashville Soccer Club U-23 was an American professional

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team based in

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. The team played only one season in the

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in 2017. It served as the under-23 team for

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of the

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History

The club was announced in September 2016. It is owned by the ownership group of

: David Dill, president and chief operating officer of

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; Christopher Redhage, co-founder of ProviderTrust, a health care software company, and former pro soccer player; and Marcus Whitney, president of Jumpstart Foundry, a health care innovation fund, and former chairman of

Nashville FC Nashville Football Club was a soccer organization based in Nashville, Tennessee. Founded in 2013, the team played in the National Premier Soccer League (NPSL), a national amateur league at the fourth tier of the American Soccer Pyramid, in th ...

, the city's existing amateur team. They finished third in the PDL South Atlantic Division with 8 wins, 4 ties and 2 losses and barely missed the playoffs. Martim Galvao was the leading scorer with 7 goals.

Year-by-year

Roster

References

External links

Official Site
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