▁a ▁give away ▁in ▁the ▁box ▁by ▁K orb ▁forced ▁Clark ▁to ▁f oul , ▁and ▁the ▁result ant ▁penalty ▁kick ▁put ▁United ▁in ▁a ▁hole . ▁The ▁Tim bers ▁added ▁three ▁goals ▁in ▁the ▁second ▁half , ▁including ▁one ▁while ▁def ender ▁Steve ▁Bir n baum ▁lay ▁un cons cious , ▁suffering ▁his ▁third ▁conc uss ion ▁of ▁the ▁season . ▁ ▁R F K ▁finale ▁In ▁the ▁build - up ▁to ▁the ▁final ▁match ▁of ▁the ▁season , ▁the ▁team ▁sought ▁to ▁honor ▁their ▁history ▁in ▁R . F . K . ▁Stadium . ▁as ▁they ▁prepared ▁to ▁leave ▁the ▁stad ium ▁behind . ▁First , ▁came ▁the ▁announ cement ▁that ▁long time ▁goal keeper ▁Bill ▁Ham id ▁would ▁not ▁return ▁in ▁ 2 0 1 8 , ▁having ▁agreed ▁to ▁join ▁a ▁team ▁in ▁Den mark , ▁F . C . ▁Mid t j yll and . ▁On ▁the ▁day ▁of ▁the ▁game , ▁players ▁from ▁the ▁team ' s ▁ 2 1 - year ▁history ▁came ▁together ▁for ▁a ▁" Leg ends " ▁game , ▁featuring ▁goals ▁by ▁Marco ▁Et che ver ry , ▁Luci ano ▁Em ilio ▁and ▁Fred dy ▁A du , ▁among ▁others . ▁The ▁main ▁event ▁was ▁the ▁dec iding ▁event ▁of ▁the ▁ 2 0 1 8 ▁version ▁of ▁the ▁Atlantic ▁Cup , ▁against ▁New ▁York ▁Red ▁Bull s . ▁One ▁of ▁the ▁largest ▁regular - season ▁home ▁crow ds ▁in ▁team ▁history ▁came ▁to ▁celebr ate ▁history , ▁but ▁also ▁had ▁the ▁pleasure