CHESTER — The Philadelphia Union entered Saturday night leading the Supporters’ Shield standings precisely because they’ve avoided letdowns like what would transpire in the next 90 minutes.

It wasn’t the Union’s best outing. And unlike other recent nights where they haven’t been sharp, there was no one to bail them out late, punished in a transition moment in second-half stoppage time, Toronto’s Deandre Kerr heading home the equalizer of a 1-1 draw.

It’s a disappointment given the relative positions in the standings, the Union (15-5-6, 51 points) with more than double the points of 12th-place Toronto (5-13-7, 22 points). It’s a downer given that the Union scored in the 4th minute via a beautiful team goal finished off by Indiana Vassilev.

But the hosts seemed to chase a game they were a

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