GEODIS Preview: Nashville SC Takes on Houston Dynamo in Penultimate Home Match with Playoff Spot at Stake

Nashville SC vs Houston Dynamo

MLS Regular Season | Matchday 36

Saturday, Sep. 27, 2025 | 7:30 p.m. CT

GEODIS Park | Nashville, TN

Broadcast Details

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Nashville SC returns to GEODIS Park for its penultimate home match of the season Saturday night against the Houston Dynamo, hoping to respond from a 3-2 loss at Orlando City SC and clinch a spot in the MLS Cup Playoffs. The Boys in Gold (50 points) need one win from their final three games to confirm their place in the postseason, which can also be secured with a New York Red Bulls loss or draw in any of their remaining fixtures.

Key Storylines

Fortress Fairgrounds

America’s largest soccer-specific stadium has been a happy hunting ground for its hosts this season. After winning just five games and drawing six at GEODIS Park a year ago, the Boys in Gold have completely revolutionized their home form in 2025, logging 10 wins and three draws in 15 matches — the third-best home record in MLS. At one point this season, Nashville hadn’t tasted defeat at the Fairgrounds in 12 matches.

If Nashville is to clinch a postseason berth, broader season trends indicate it’s more likely to happen at GEODIS Park. And despite a difficult end to the season, the buckets of points the Boys in Gold have been able to bag at home means they can secure their spot in the playoffs in every remaining game this season, including Saturday.

Stopping the Skid

After a midseason blitz to Supporters Shield contention and a near-nailed-on chance to host playoff games at GEODIS Park, Nashville has had tough time closing out the regular season. The Boys in Gold, following a pair of heart-wrenching defeats at Cincinnati and Orlando in which they valiantly came back from a deficit, only to surrender a game-sealing goal in the final minute of added time, have netted just three points from a possible 21 in their last seven games, dropping from second place in the Eastern Conference to seventh. They currently sit level on points with eighth-placed Columbus, five ahead of ninth-placed Chicago having played a game more and seven points up on New York Red Bulls, the first team outside the playoff bubble.

Saturday’s match with Houston — itself looking to squeeze into the playoffs as the 10th-placed team in a compacted Western Conference — thus presents a double-opportunity for the Boys in Gold. One of those chances is to secure a place in the postseason, yes, but also to build vital confidence ahead of the MLS Cup and a chance at the club’s first-ever trophy in the U.S. Open Cup Final at Austin F.C. on Thursday.

Series History + What's Next

Saturday’s clash will mark just the fifth time Nashville and Houston have squared off and the first time in almost three years since Nashville joined the Eastern Conference. The Dynamo lead the all-time series 2-1-1 and are on a run of two straight wins against Nashville, the most recent a 2-1 win at GEODIS Park on Oct. 2, 2022.

Following the full-time whistle, Nashville has a shortened training week before a trip to Austin FC on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 7 p.m. CT for the Open Cup Final. The team will then stay on the road for its final away match of the regular season at Montreal on Saturday, Oct. 4, slated for a 1:30 p.m. CT kickoff.

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