Wayne Rooney this Sunday he won his first game as coach of DC United thanks to a spirited 2-1 match orlando-city achieved with two goals in extra time. The Englishman, formerly of Manchester United and Everton, returned to DC United as a manager after playing for this club in 2018 and 2019 and, after starting his new experience with defeats at Minnesota United and Montreal, sealed his first three points.
He did it against one of the most competitive teams in MLS, Orlando City led by Colombian coach Óscar Pareja, who took the lead after nine minutes thanks to a lob goal from Brazilian Junior Urso.
The Florida team, which reached its first US Open Cup final in its history last week thanks to a 5-1 drubbing of the New York Red Bulls, was relishing the three points, but DC United made a miraculous comeback in extra time. time
American teenager Chris Durkin equalized with his first goal of the year and, in the 95th minute, Greek Taxiarchis Fountas confirmed his fine form by volleying home to make it 2-1. The former Rapid Vienna player has eleven MLS goals and has revived a DC United that sank to last position in the Eastern Conference. It’s a huge confidence boost for DC United, who remain bottom but two points behind Toronto FC with two games in hand.
Rooney resigned at the end of June as manager of Derby County after the team’s relegation to League One. The penalty points of this campaign resulted in the ‘Rams’ being relegated to League One amid serious financial problems.
As a player, Rooney knows MLS and DC United as he was the star and captain of this team from 2018 to 2019. In 48 regular season games with DC United, the forward scored 45 goals.
Source: La Verdad
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