Randall Leal converted a penalty kick in the 85th minute to help host Nashville SC salvage a 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Sunday in the opening of Geodis Park.

The 30,000-seat venue is the largest soccer-specific stadium in the United States or Canada.

Joe Willis made four saves to help Nashville SC (3-3-3, 12 points) extend their home unbeaten streak to 20 matches dating back to a 1-0 loss to FC Dallas on Nov. 4, 2020.

Mikael Uhre scored in the 66th minute and Andre Blake turned aside five shots for the Union (5-1-3, 18 points), who surrendered 13 corner kicks en route to seeing their winless stretch extend to three matches (0-1-2).

Nashville SC pressed for the equalizer in the late stages before Philadelphia’s Jose Martinez was whistled for a hand ball in the penalty area. Blake, who was shown a yellow card for refusing to stay on the line, guessed right on the penalty kick but was unable to deny Leal’s blast inside the left post.

The goal was Leal’s first of the season.

An apparent miscommunication by Nashville SC’s Sean Davis and Hany Mukhtar led to an opportunity on the counterattack for Philadelphia in the 66th minute. Uhre chased down a through ball from Daniel Gazdag and sidestepped Nashville SC defender Walker Zimmerman before cutting back and sending a shot in the net.

Nashville SC appeared to feed off the emotion of the crowd and nearly opened the scoring on a number of occasions.

Dax McCarty’s blast from outside the box caromed off the left post in the fifth minute.

From there, Blake stood tall to keep the match scoreless. The two-time MLS Goalkeeper of the Year extended his leg to make a save on Alex Muyl from in close in the 23rd minute before making a two-handed stop on Mukhtar in the 30th.

–Field Level Media

Keaton Parks and Gabriel Pereira scored four minutes apart in the second half to lift New York City FC to a 3-0 victory over the visiting San Jose Earthquakes on Sunday afternoon.

Parks and Pereira became the fourth and fifth players to score multiple goals this season for NYCFC (4-3-1, 13 points), who remained perfect three matches into a five-match homestand.

Chris Gloster added his first MLS goal to complete a late onslaught for NYCFC, who scored 14 goals in those three home wins after netting only five in their first five league matches.

The MLS Cup champions have lost only twice in their last 18 home matches despite rotating between three venues. Two of three wins in this homestand have come at Yankee Stadium, with the other last weekend played at Citi Field.

Sean Johnson made three saves to preserve his third clean sheet this season, including two in those recent Yankee Stadium games.

His goalkeeping counterpart J.T. Marcinkowski made six stops for San Jose, which matched the hosts for the opening hour before capitulating easily once they finally went behind.

The Earthquakes (1-5-3, 6 points) remain without a point from their travels in four matches.

Their erosion began in the 74th minute, when Parks played a slick give and go with Talles Magno down the left side of NYCFC’s attack.

Magno did well to shield himself from a challenge by a San Jose defender. And Parks also finished excellently on the run, curling a bending effort beyond Marcinkowski into the top right corner.

Pereira’s goal also involved a deceptively impressive finish, when he took Santiago Rodriguez’s feed at the edge of the penalty area and snapped a left footed shot into the left corner. Despite coming from a stationary position, it had plenty of power to beat the diving Marcinkowski.

Gloster then ran onto Maxi Moralez’s throughball 10 minutes later to finish off the outburst. This time, Marcinkowski erred in allowing Gloster’s shot between him and the near post.

–Field Level Media