In a dramatic ending to the 26th season of MLS on Saturday, the New York City Football Club (NYC FC) controlled much of the match until the 94th minute, when the host Portland Timbers would equalize 1–1 to send the game to overtime. NYC prevailed in the penalty shootout 4–2 through heroics by goalkeeper Sean Johnson, who stopped two penalties, setting the stage for their fourth shooter, Alexander Callens, to convert his shot and give NYC their first title in their seventh year in the MLS. The atmosphere felt like a classic European winter match in the cold heavy rain of the Pacific Northwest at the 90-plus-year-old venue of Providence Park in Portland, Oregon, to a sold out crowd of 25,218, with 3,000 NYC fans who had made the journey to the West Coast. The home crowd of the Portland Timbers, also known as “Timbers Army,” provided much of the energy throughout the …