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Nashville clinch MLS Supporters Shield

On Saturday, the Tennessee team won the Supporters' Shield for the first time, an award given to the best team in the MLS regular season—

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Nashville SC won the Supporters' Shield for the first time on Saturday, an award that recognizes the best team in the MLS, on Matchday 32, in which Lionel Messi started on the bench in Inter Miami's loss to the New York Red Bulls.

Goals from Sam Surridge and Hany Mukhtar ensured Nashville will head into the MLS postseason as the top seed after dominating the Eastern Conference. The Supporters' Shield is awarded each year to the MLS team with the best record over the course of the regular season.

"When we started out in January we put our minds to trying to accomplish big things with the club," Nashville head coach B.J. Callaghan said after the win.

"The Shield for us is symbolic of our body of work throughout the year -- being really really consistent, and we'll enjoy it tonight," Callaghan added.

Nashville will now have home-field advantage throughout the playoffs, including the December 18 MLS Cup final.

Nashville lead the Eastern Conference with 71 points from 31 games, 16 points clear of Lionel Messi's Inter Miami in second place.

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