CHESTER, Pa. — As ugly as it looked and as nervy as it felt, the San Jose Earthquakes’ 1-1 draw against the Philadelphia Union on Saturday night was a small but definite step forward.
Magnus Eriksson scored his first goal for San Jose before halftime, and Andrew Tarbell made seven saves in his best performance of the season.
And despite continuing a pattern of conceding second-half goals, the Quakes escaped the blustery banks of the Delaware River with a rare point earned in the Eastern Time Zone.
“We are here to try to win the game, and it’s just one point,” said coach Mikael Stahre.