Angus Gunn stopped headers from Noel Caliskan and Sergi Solans early in the second half. Those saves did not win San Jose a point on their own. They did keep a point available for Jack Jasinski to rescue much later.
The Earthquakes drew 1-1 at Real Salt Lake on Wednesday, with Jasinski scoring four minutes into added time. Gunn made six saves across the match. San Jose faced 22 attempts to its own 16, so the goalkeeper had supplied substantial work before the substitute supplied the spectacular finish.
Gunn’s busiest stretch arrived early in the second half, when Salt Lake kept testing the area around his goal. In the 49th minute, Noel Caliskan’s header from Juan Manuel Sanabria’s cross was saved low. Guilavogui then had another attempt stopped, and in the 56th minute Sergi Solans’ header from a second Sanabria delivery was saved high.
Gunn had already denied Guilavogui from outside the box in the 43rd minute. He remained busy after the second-half burst, stopping Lobjanidze’s effort in the 65th and Zach Booth’s shot from the right side of the box in the third minute of stoppage time. Six saves, spread across the match, prevented Salt Lake’s attacking advantage from becoming an insurmountable problem.
San Jose’s response was uneven. The Earthquakes made one halftime substitution, sending Eduard Löwen on for Paul Marie. Timo Werner and Jasinski entered in the 59th minute, with Jasinski replacing Beau Leroux.
Fresh personnel brought more activity, but it did not reverse the fundamental shape of the match. Werner had a shot blocked, while Floriani and Ousseni Bouda also saw attempts stopped by defenders. In the 72nd minute, Reid Roberts headed a Werner cross just over the bar.
Those efforts represented pressure, but not clean attacking control. San Jose finished with only two shots on target, a sharp contrast with Salt Lake’s eight. The Earthquakes were still in position to steal something because Gunn had made sure the home side’s volume did not become an early lead.
Salt Lake eventually broke through in the 79th minute. A move involving Aiden Hezarkhani and Sanabria opened the right side for Luc de Fougerolles, who received the ball near the penalty-area line and drove a right-footed shot into the bottom-left corner. It was the Canadian defender’s first MLS goal, and the finish seemed to reward the home side’s larger share of the meaningful attacking moments.
Jasinski’s answer was messier and more opportunistic. In the fourth minute of added time, Sanabria’s attempted clearance did not get away from danger; the ball popped upward in front of goal and dropped to Jasinski on the right side of the box. The substitute met it first time with his right foot, sending a volley into the bottom-left corner.