The star of the South Korea star Heung-Min made his Major League Soccer debut for Los Angeles FC on Saturday and caused an outburst of energy as a second half replacement in a 2-2 draw with the fire in Chicago.
Son drew a penalty in the 77th minute that new teammate Denis Bouanga converted to achieve the draw in the 81st minute – VAR confirmed the spot kick after the referee initially continued to play.
“It was clear that it was absolute contact and it was absolutely a penalty, I did not doubt it,” said Son, who was sent by Carlos Teran in the area after he had become loose on an escape.
“And yes, we bound the game, but I think we should have won this game a little disappointed.”
In addition to drawing the penalty, SON had saved three shots – all saved with relatively convenience by firefighter Chris Brady.
Son signed on Wednesday at LAFC for a reported MLS record of $ 26 million transfer costs after a decade with Tottenham in the Premier League – where he became a household name.
The captain of Zuid -Korea had only announced the last Saturday in his home country that he would leave Spurs.
He left as Tottenham's fifth highest goal scorer of all time with 173 goals in 454 performances.
Son's first chance to play for home fans in Los Angeles will meet Western conference leaders San Diego on 31 August.
But many of his sweaters, South Korean flags and signs that welcomed him in MLS were spread over the Seatgeek Stadium of the fire and cheering his entry instead of David Martinez in the 61st minute with the team level at 1-1.
Jonathan Bamba set up Chicago 2-1 in the 70th minute. Teran had opened the score in the 11th with a header of a corner.
Nathan Ordaz played the ball forward for Son to race away. He had a first MLS target in his sights when he was brought down.
Due to the punishment, Lafc made it the same for the second time.
Eight minutes later, Ryan Hollingshead nodded a corner to attract Lafc level at 1-1.
Son had said at his introductory press conference – attended by fixtures, including mayor of Los Angeles Karen Bass – that he felt fight fit and wanted to come on the field “as quickly as possible”.
He will get his next chance when Lafc, who moved a place to the fifth in the Western Conference, will visit the New England revolution next Saturday.
“It was quite 30 minutes in my legs, so yes, ready for next week,” Son said.
“So we will see how I am going to progress with the training sessions and with the players and we will see (if) next week I can start the game and have a big impact.”
His arrival reunes him with the former Tottenham teammate Hugo Lloris, the French goalkeeper who said that the South Korean will have a “big impact”.
“It's great for the competition, great for the city, great for the club,” said Lloris.