Even with the emotion of one last historic night at RFK Stadium, D.C. United couldn't close the season on a high note.
Michael Murillo and Gonzalo Veron scored seven minutes apart in the second half, and a New York Red Bulls side minus several of its stars sent D.C. to a 2-1 defeat Sunday before a crowd of 41,418 who came to the final MLS game ever to be played at RFK.
The Red Bulls took the Atlantic Cup back from D.C. in the process as they look toward facing the third-seeded Chicago Fire in the 2017 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs.