Before the curtain fell on D.C. United’s 22th and final soccer season at RFK Stadium on Sunday, Jaime Moreno and Marco Etcheverry, stars of a bygone era, worked their magic in the alumni game while Bruce Arena and Kevin Payne, architects of MLS’s first dynasty, took it all in on the sideline.
A crowd of 41,418 — the largest since David Beckham visited 10 years ago — began arriving at the rusty venue on East Capitol Street, soaking in both a warm autumn sun and the nostalgia of a team and league that will relocate to modern digs next year.