It was a wild weekend in Major League Soccer as the league’s 30 teams lined up for the 10th matchday of the season. The Eastern Conference remains perilously tight, with just six points separating first-place FC Cincinnati from seventh-place Orlando City.
The Western Conference, on the other hand, is a little less tense. The Vancouver Whitecaps, the league’s surprise package of the reason, are running away with things.
How did things shake out on Matchday 10? Here are the biggest stories from around the league:
Nashville — yup, that Nashville — put seven goals past a beleaguered Chicago
Nashville SC has been relatively quiet in 2025: it’s been solid but not spectacular, useful but not unbelievable. That all changed this weekend. Nashville beat the Chicago Fire, 7-2, in a wild night at Geodis Park, scoring five unanswered goals in the first half before backing off in the final 45 minutes. It eclipsed San Jose’s six-goal rout against D.C. United to become the biggest one-team goalscoring performance of the season.
English Designated Player Sam Surridge scored four of the seven for Nashville, and in a way, that must’ve come as a huge relief for him and his teammates. He’s often considered one of MLS’s weaker Designated Players and he needed this star-making performance to justify his place at the top of Nashville’s roster.
Yes, he doesn’t exactly hold up to scrutiny when placed next to Lionel Messi or Christian Benteke, but he’s a useful forward and one the league is lucky to have. He more than deserved this moment in the spotlight.
Also deserving of his moment? Nashville coach B. J. Callaghan. He took on his former USMNT boss in Chicago coach Gregg Berhalter and took him down in stunning fashion.
“Gregg [Berhalter] and I have an unbelievable relationship,” Callaghan said after the win. ”Tonight wasn’t about Gregg vs. B.J. It was about Nashville vs. Chicago, and we needed to bounce back after the loss in Seattle. And we did that.”
