Miami, Fl - Nashville SC’s cup run ended in success with a 1-3 loss to Inter Miami as the team announced they met their league goal of creating 10,000 new Tennessee based Inter Miami fans.

“Tonight was a roaring success,” stated Nashville General Manager Mike Jacobs to the downcast locker room. “We achieved our business metric mandated by the league of creating at least 10,000 new Tennessee based Inter Miami fans.”

Sources say that most of the Nashville soccer team took heart in the new “fans created” metric, however some anonymous players wondered if the team could’ve served as the focal point to their own fans.

“It’d be nice if the people of Tennessee were rooting for us,” stated one anonymous player. “It’s really weird to have our own team bending over backwards for people to cheer for Miami.”

For their part, Nashville SC stated that they were able to recoup some of their recent losses by the overcharging of the Messi tourist crowd and Inter Miami gear sold by the league.

“Messi kits are our biggest seller!” stated Jacobs. “And by us I mean the league. I’m sure Nashville has some kit sells as well, but what about that Messi!”

The Nutmeg News will have more on this as Nashville petitions the league to have Inter Miami play some home games in Nashville as well.