Hamid, 26, missed two days of practice to travel abroad and, according to multiple sources, continues the process of signing with Danish club Midtjylland. He is under contract with United through the end of the year, but because the deal will expire within six months, he is free to begin pursuing other opportunities.

On Friday, Coach Ben Olsen wasn’t sure of Hamid’s whereabouts, saying, “I don’t have a GPS system on him.”

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Danish media reported Friday that a long-term deal was near.

With Hamid’s attention elsewhere and Midtjylland probably preferring its new goalkeeper skip a meaningless match, Olsen seems certain to start Steve Clark for the fifth consecutive game. Rookie Eric Klenofsky is the back-up.

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It’s unclear whether Hamid plans to rejoin the group Sunday or even attend the final match at RFK.

Hamid told the Insider on Wednesday that he did not plan to return to United next season. The sides were engaged in negotiations for several months and, at one point, United offered a three-year, guaranteed pact worth about $2.1 million overall, which would’ve doubled his base salary and made him one of the highest-paid keepers in MLS.

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Hamid, though, has had his eye on Europe for some time. Midtjylland is second in the Danish league this season and competed in the UEFA Europa League six of the past seven years. In early 2016, the club stunned Manchester United, 2-1, in the first leg of the Europa League’s round of 32. (United rolled to a 5-1 victory in the second leg.)

Although Denmark is a rung or two below the glamour leagues of Europe and he is not expected to increase his earnings, Hamid sees an initial move abroad as a stepping stone to future destinations on the continent.

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Olsen said he holds no ill will against Hamid, a United academy graduate from Annandale, Va., who, during eight pro seasons, was the 2014 MLS goalkeeper of the year and emerged as a U.S. national team candidate.

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“I am excited for Bill,” Olsen said. “He’s in a good league with potential Champions League matches. And it’s a chance for him to grow, more than anything, as a person. That excites me because I’ve been around Bill a long time. We’ve gone through a lot – good and bad – and to see him move on is rewarding.

“It’s a feather in our cap that we are able to develop players who are able to go to Europe. Is he in a better situation than here? I don’t know. I don’t care. It doesn’t matter. Bill wants to go. He has earned that right to go to Europe and challenge himself as a man and as a player, and see if that’s not a jumping point for an even better league. That’s a gamble he wants to take, and I have a lot of respect for that.”

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Olsen spoke of his own European adventure, a loan to English club Nottingham Forest after the 2000 MLS season. An ankle injury cut short his stay and undermined a possible permanent move overseas.

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“I did it for two months and they shipped me back with a broken ankle,” he said. “In some ways, it derailed my career. But I don’t regret for a second going over there and feeling what that was about. Some guys have the itch and, if you have a chance to go and it’s important to you, then go. Check it out. We will continue to support you from afar.”

Over the years, other players who rose with United have sought European opportunity: homegrown midfielder Andy Najar was purchased by Belgian power Anderlecht in 2013 and midfielder Perry Kitchen, a first-round draft pick, signed with Scottish club Hearts after letting his contract expire at the end of the 2015 season. (He is now in Denmark with Randers.)

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At Midtjylland, Hamid would reunite with Markus Halsti, a Finnish midfielder who was with United in 2015-16.

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Because United made an effort to re-sign Hamid, the club will retain his MLS rights. It will not, however, receive a transfer fee because his current deal is expiring. He can officially join the new club when the transfer window opens in January.

Meantime, United is turning attention to the 2018 goalkeeping corps.

Clark, 31, will enter the offseason atop the depth chart. He was a three-year starter for Columbus before spending six months in Denmark with Horsens early this year. United signed him as a free agent late in the summer.