Picault scores first Nashville goal, Ben Bender scores and more

Key: # Former Philadelphia Union, * Local native, ^ Former Philadelphia Union Academy player, & Local college alum

Fafa Picault# scored his first goal for Nashville SC with an impressive chip in a 2-0 win over Orlando City to highlight the week for players with local ties.

Fafa Picault scored his first goal in a Nashville uniform last night. #PaidTheirDues

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— Philadelphia Soccer Now (@phlsoccernow) April 3, 2023

Daniel Lovitz* started and played 90 minutes in the match, CJ Sapong# logged 77 minutes and Taylor Washington# came off the bench to play 22 minutes in the match.

Cory Burke# played 73 minutes and recorded one shot in a 1-0 loss to Atlanta. Carlos Coronel# made three saves in the match for the Red Bulls.

Ray Gaddis# played 45 minutes in FC Cincinnati’s 1-0 win over Inter Miami. Sergio Santos# played 17 minutes, Alvas Powell# dressed but didn’t play and Shanyder Borgelin^ played 14 minutes for Inter Miami.

Zac MacMath# dressed but didn’t play in RSL’s 4-0 loss to Columbus Crew.

Matt Freese#^* dressed but didn’t play for NYCFC in their 1-1 draw with New England Revolution.

Tomas Romero^ was on the bench for Toronto FC in their 2-2 draw with Charlotte FC

Ben Bender^ earned his first start of the season, logged 71 minutes and scored his first goal of the season in Charlotte’s draw with Toronto. Derrick Jones^# went the full 90 for Charlotte.

first ben bender start of the season, first ben bender goal of the season pic.twitter.com/queuTDRxpd

— Nicky Wolcott (@nickywolcott) April 2, 2023

Fabian Herbers# played 90 minutes and Kacper Przybylko# 64 minutes in Chicago Fire’s scoreless draw with DC United. Russell Canouse* dressed but didn’t play and Tyler Miller* made a pair of saves.

Josua Yaro# didn’t dress for St. Louis and Zarek Valentin* didn’t play in Minnesota United’s 1-0 win.

John McCarthy#* made four saves to record another clean sheet in a scoreless draw for LAFC with Colorado Rapids. Keegan Rosenberry#* started and went the full 90.

Jamiro Monteiro# played 89 minutes and Jack Skahan^ dressed but didn’t play in San Jose’s 2-1 win over Houston.

Brian White^ played 65 minutes and scored a goal for Vancouver Whitecaps in a 5-0 win over CF Montreal.

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CJ dos Santos^ and Nyk Sessock^ started for Inter Miami II in their 2-1 win over Philadelphia Union II.

Ben Stitz& logged 5 minutes for FCC2 in their 4-2 win over TFCII and 68 minutes in their 2-1 loss to Crown Legacy.

Favian Loyola^ played 45 minutes for Orlando City B in a 2-1 win over Huntsville City.

Joey DeZart II^ played 90 minutes for Huntsville.

Danny Flores^ played 5 minutes for SKCII in their 1-1 draw with Austin FC II.

Aiden McFadden* played 90 minutes for Atlanta United in their 1-1 draw and penalty kick loss to New York Red Bulls. AJ Marcucci made a pair of saves and won the PK shootout for the Red Bulls.

Diego Lopez Lopez^ played 63 minutes and Axel Picazo^ 20 minutes for Galaxy II in a 1-0 loss to North Texas.

Pierre Cayet& played 90 minutes in a 2-1 win over NYCFC.

Selmir Miscic^ played 90 minutes and took 6 shots in 2-0 loss to Earthquakes II.