Philadelphia Union vs Charlotte 2-2

Philadelphia Union and Charlotte drew 2-2 at Talen Energy Stadium after the lead changed hands twice. Milan Iloski’s first-half penalty put Philadelphia ahead, Charlotte turned it round after the break, and Bruno Damiani levelled it on 73 minutes.

Philadelphia opened the scoring in the 24th minute when Milan Iloski converted a penalty for 1-0. That remained the half-time score after Charlotte were booked three times before the interval, with Allan Saint-Maximin shown a yellow card on 19 minutes, Morrison Agyemang on 44 and David Schnegg in first-half stoppage time.

Charlotte replied four minutes after the restart when Rodolfo Aloko struck in the 48th minute from Idan Toklomati Jorno’s assist to make it 1-1. Toklomati Jorno then put Charlotte in front on 62 minutes, finishing from David Schnegg’s pass for 2-1. Philadelphia levelled on 73 minutes through Bruno Damiani, set up by Danley Jean Jacques, and that proved the final scoring. Damiani was replaced by Malik Jakupovic on 82 minutes, while Charlotte made three changes together on 83 minutes, including the departures of Saint-Maximin and Schnegg. Rodolfo Aloko then came off in the 90th minute of stoppage time for Tyger Smalls.

The numbers backed up Philadelphia’s pressure despite the draw. They had 41% possession to Charlotte’s 59%, but outshot them 21-13, had 5 shots on target to 3, and recorded 7 corners to Charlotte’s 1. Philadelphia also finished with 2.64 expected goals to 1.63, while Charlotte had more passes, 462 to 301, and more saves, 3 to 1.

Charlotte collected all three yellow cards, with Saint-Maximin, Agyemang and Schnegg booked. There were no red cards.