Sam Surridge Scores Twice to Help Nashville Set Points Record with 2-0 Victory over Cincinnati
Sam Surridge scored twice as Nashville finished with 77 points and secured the Eastern Conference top seed and Supporters' Shield.
- On Saturday, Nashville SC set an MLS points record with 77 points following a 1-0 Decision Day victory over FC Cincinnati, surpassing Inter Miami's previous mark of 74 points from 2024.
- Forward Sam Surridge scored in the 61st minute to secure the win, becoming the sixth player in league history to record at least 20 goals in consecutive seasons after netting 24 times last year.
- Rookie goalkeeper Brian Schwake made five saves to earn his league-leading 16th clean sheet through his first 33 MLS starts, anchoring Nashville's dominant defensive season.
- Cincinnati's loss, combined with the Columbus Crew's 4-3 victory over the Chicago Fire, dropped the team from seventh to ninth in the Eastern Conference standings with a 12-12-10 record.
- Nashville now awaits the winner of Thursday's wild-card round match between Orlando City and their opponent to begin the best-of-three first round of the postseason.
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Sam Surridge scores twice to help Nashville set points record with 2-0 victory over FC Cincinnati
Sam Surridge found the net twice in the second half to become the sixth player in league history to score at least 20 goals in back-to-back seasons, and Nashville SC set a points record with a 1-0 Decision Day victory over FC Cincinnati on Saturday.
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Sam Surridge scores twice to help Nashville set points record with 2-0 victory over Cincinnati
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Nashville SC strives for MLS history during visit to Cincinnati
In terms of postseason positioning, nothing is at stake for Nashville SC going into the regular-season finale. But in terms of historical posterity, Nashville can shatter MLS' single-season points record -- a mark it has tied -- when it visits FC Cincinnati on Saturday. Nashville SC (22-3-8, 74 points) merely needs a draw to break
FC Cincinnati Suffer a Decision Day Loss, Nashville break MLS Records.
CINCINNATI, OH - Nashville SC set a MLS record at TQL Stadium as FC Cincinnati drop their regular season finale, 0-2. The 2026 MLS Supporters' Shield winning side coached by former USMNT interim head coach BJ Callaghan set all sorts of records. Nashville set MLS records in: Single Season Points: 77 Points Per Game: 2.26 Wins in Post-Shootout Era: 23 Fewest Losses: 3 Fewest Goals Allowed: 25 Supporters' Shield Winning Points Margin: +13 T-Most Cl…
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