John Mueller grew up in Knoxville, going to famed Neyland Stadium to watch University of Tennessee football games alongside 102,000 rabid fans. He has spent the past six seasons attending nearly every Nashville SC match, first at Nissan Park, then for the past two seasons at the rowdy, frequently sold-out Geodis Park, the team's 30,000-seat soccer-specific stadium.
He's been to plenty of loud, boisterous hometown affairs. And yet, Aug. 19, 2023, was something different entirely.
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"Geodis, the night of the Leagues Cup final, is the loudest stadium environment I can remember," Mueller, the secretary for NSC supporter group The Assembly, said.