Turning away early from Nashville SC games this season has been ill-advised, to say the least.

Drama has been a given through Nashville’s first seven matches, and not all of it the kind it would prefer. Teal Bunbury’s 90th-minute penalty kick saved the team a point against the Colorado Rapids, but Nashville’s also blown two 2-0 second-half leads, surrendering both game-tying goals in the 80th minute or later.

But on Saturday night at Geodis Park, in a matchup that last season produced two games that weren’t decided until stoppage time, the curtains rose to reveal, well, nothing.

Just a Nashville side that took a first-half lead on headers from Sam Surridge and Alex Muyl and kept its composure after conceding a goal on the final kick before halftime, beating Charlotte FC 2-1 for its first win of the MLS season and making it look mostly routine.

Nashville (1-0-3, six points) will have six days rest — its most of the season — before its next game, an inter-conference battle at Los Angeles FC on March 23.

“We were unbeaten in three games, but you never really see the true benefit of that until you add a win,” said Nashville coach Gary Smith. “All of a sudden you’ve added a win to that, and I think we’ve catapulted ourselves up the league in the early stages. Any gaps that were there have been closed up, and all of a sudden I think everyone’s feeling with four games unbeaten, we’re in a more sensible place.”