Stoke City’s £2.5m signing can’t stop scoring after quick exit and two transfers

Sam Surridge had been desperate to be Stoke City’s long-awaited regular goal scorer but

Sam Surridge is raining goals at Nashville.(Image: Patrick McDermott/Getty Images)

Sam Surridge has scored 10 goals in six games to race to the top of the MLS scoring charts.

The 26-year-old former Stoke City striker had a bit of a slow start to the 2025 season with one goal in his first seven matches before cranking up a gear in the spring and then several more heading towards the end of May.

He scored four in a 7-2 thrashing of Chicago Fire at the end of April before hitting his stride a month later. In the last few weeks he has scored twice in a win over Toronto, one in a draw with Columbus Crew, two in a draw with New York City, one in a 2-0 win over Chicago, a hat-trick in a 3-2 win over New England and then the winner last night against DC

Eight of the goals in that streak have come away from home to help position Nashville in third in the Eastern Conference, a point behind Cincinnati and two behind table-topping Philadelphia. He is now three ahead of the league’s next highest scorer, Tai Baribo at Philadephia while fellow former Potter Eric Choupo-Moting, now with New York Red Bulls, is in joint third with 11.

Lionel Messi is in joint fourth with 10 in 13 league games for Inter Miami. Derby County target Patrick Agyemang has managed six in 16 appearances for Charlotte.