ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Tai Baribo scored two goals Saturday night to help the Philadelphia Union beat Orlando City 4-2 in the season opener for both teams.
Dániel Gazdag redirecting an arcing cross played by Quinn Sullivan from outside the area on the left side to the back corner to make it 2-1 in the 48th minute and give Philadelphia the lead for good.
Andre Blake stopped six shots for the Union.
Marco Pašaliu0107 scored two goals in his debut for Orlando City. The 24-year-old forward opened the scoring in the eighth minute — the fastest ever goal scored in an Orlando City debut, breaking the mark of 18 minutes set by Daryl Pike in 2020 — and capped it with a tap-in to finish a wild scramble in front of the net in the 79th.