D.C. United has mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Wayne Rooney after the team failed to make the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. This is the fourth consecutive season, and second under Rooney, that United hasn’t clinched a playoff spot.

The club and Rooney confirmed the news following D.C. United’s last game of the regular season. D.C. got a 2-0 win over the New York City FC, but that wasn’t enough to finish higher than No. 9 in the Eastern Conference.

“I think it’s just the right time,” said Rooney. “I’ve done everything I can to try and get the club into the playoffs. It’s not been a single thing that has happened. It’s about timing in your career. I’ve really enjoyed my time here.”

According to Rooney, he believes it is the “right time” for him to return to England. He added that he previously had offers to work in his home country but decided to stay with D.C. United in hopes of helping them make the playoffs.

Wayne Rooney initially spent two years with D.C. United as a player, scoring 25 goals in 52 matches in 2018 and 2019. He returned to the club as a head coach in the summer of 2022 after a stint with Championship side Derby County. In 53 games in charge of D.C., Rooney oversaw 14 wins, 14 draws, and 25 losses.

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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich thumped MLS outfit D.C. United 6-2 during the first game of their pre-season tour of the United States. Netherlands international defender Matthijs de Ligt scored his debut goal for the club, along with Senegalese winger Sadio Mane. Marcel Sabitzer, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Zirkzee, and Thomas Müller rounded out the scoring for the German side.

De Ligt’s goal comes less than a week after the center-back completed his move to the Allianz Arena for a transfer fee of €77 million from Serie A club Juventus.

This crushing defeat no doubt gives retired Manchester United star Wayne Rooney a lot to think about ahead of his managerial debut for D.C. United. Despite being unveiled as the club’s new head coach on July 12, the 36-year-old coach had to resort to watching the game from the stand as he still awaits his work visa approval.

German and Bayern Munich legend Bastian Schweinsteiger expressed confidence in Rooney’s ability to steer the MLS club in the right direction. “By the way, it’s great to see my friend Wayne Rooney on the MLS sidelines very soon,” Schweinsteiger remarked prior to the game.

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MLS club D.C. United announced on Tuesday that Wayne Rooney has been appointed as the team’s new head coach. “I feel the experience again at Derby County of the past 18 months has been great in my development as a coach, as a manager, and to really come here back to the MLS, back to D.C. United was an exciting challenge for me, something which I feel can develop me as a coach, but also, the team needs to improve,” Rooney stated following this confirmation.

The former Manchester United striker resigned from his role as manager of Championship side Derby County last month, where he assisted the side to make a major turnaround performance-wise. Unfortunately, due to a 21-point deduction after being placed in administration, the club was relegated, ending the season with 34 points as a result of the penalty.

Rooney’s managerial appointment will see the 36-year-old return to D.C. after 2 years, where he served the club from 2018 until 2020 in a playing capacity. During his two seasons in Washington D.C., Rooney scored 25 goals in 52 appearances.

With Rooney at the helm, D.C. United hopes to make a strong recovery from what has been a disappointing season. Currently, the team is second from bottom in the Eastern Conference standings, having won just five of their 17 matches. Following the dismissal of the previous coach Hernan Losada in April, Chad Ashton oversaw the team in an interim capacity.

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Former D.C. United star striker Wayne Rooney is no longer the manager of soon-to-be English League One side Derby County. The club announced the news on social media, saying that Rooney informed them on Friday that “he wishes to be relieved of his duties.”

Derby County had a disappointing season that saw them relegated from the Championship after finishing 23rd out of 24 teams. However, there was little Rooney could do to prevent this scenario due to various issues surrounding the club. This included a transfer embargo and 21 points deduction for entering administration and financial irregularities.

Despite all of this, Rooney was reportedly willing to stay with Derby under the condition that the club gets new owners. However, that seems unlikely to happen anytime soon after U.S. businessman Chris Kirchner decided to withdraw his bid. Kirchner received approval for the takeover but then failed to prove he had the funds to complete it.

“Personally, I feel the club now needs to be led by someone with fresh energy and not affected by the events that have happened over the last eighteen months, said Rooney in a statement. “I will remember my time at Derby with great pride and affection and would like to thank all my staff, players, and of course the fans for their incredible support. I will never forget you and hope to see you all again in the near future and in happier times.”

Rooney joined Derby in 2019 in a player-coach role despite having two years left on his deal with MLS side D.C. United at the time. He was appointed manager in late 2020 after Phillip Cocu stepped down and posted a 24-22-39 record since then.               

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Wayne Rooney has decided to put an end to his playing career. The 35-year-old star announced his decision on Friday while also confirming he’ll become a manager for Derby County on a full-time basis.

Rooney joined Derby as a player/coach in January 2020 following his two-season stint in the MLS with D.C. United. He was promoted to an interim-manager role in November when the English club parted ways with Phillip Cocu.

“I will miss playing, of course, but I can now get excited about the future and my role as a manager,” said Rooney.

“I can promise everyone involved in the club and all our fans, my staff, and I will leave no stone unturned in achieving the potential I have witnessed over the last 12 months of this historic football club,” he added.

Since arriving at Derby, Rooney made 35 appearances for the Championship side. He scored seven goals and added three assists.

As an interim manager, Rooney had three wins and four draws in his first eight games. However, he lost the last three and is facing a tough task to get the team back on the winning path.

Wayne Rooney’s professional career started with Everton, where he became a phenom and lauded as one of the biggest talents in English soccer. Manchester United took notice and made him the world’s most expensive teenager in 2004.

Rooney stayed at Old Trafford for 13 years, winning every trophy imaginable, including five Premier League titles and one from the UEFA Champions League. He played a total of 559 games for Man Utd, scoring club-record 253 goals.

In 2017, Rooney re-joined Everton but only spent 18 months with the club before deciding to come to the United States.  He played 52 games with D.C., scoring 25 goals and earning one MLS All-Star nod.

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Wayne Rooney’s MLS adventure is coming to an end sooner than expected. Rooney announced on Tuesday that he is leaving D.C. United in order to take on a player-coach role with English Championship side Derby County.

Rooney won’t assume his new role immediately, however, as he looks to wrap up the 2019 MLS season with D.C. and try to win MLS Cup. The veteran English forward made 21 appearances in MLS this year,  scoring 11 goals and dishing six assists.

“I remain fully focused on giving my all for the team for the rest of this season and repaying the support shown by the Black-and-Red faithful by hopefully delivering an MLS Cup to Audi Field,” – said Rooney in a statement.  “My time in Major League Soccer is something I will always be proud of.” 

Rooney’s decision to leave the United States was a result of him wanting to be closer to his family. The 33-year-old was also attracted by the opportunity to learn under Derby’s new boss Phillip Cocu.

“Wayne Rooney is an extremely talented and top-class footballer,” – said Cocu of his new player and staff member. “It is an exciting prospect for him to be joining Derby County and he can bring so much to this squad, both on and off the pitch.”

Wayne Rooney joined D.C. United in 2018, signing a three and a half years deal with the club. Rooney’s first year in MLS proved to be quite successful, as he scored 12 goals and provided six assists in 22 games. He was also named into MLS Best XI at the end of 2018.

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Despite being in the middle of MLS campaign with D.C. United, forward Wayne Rooney still cares about his former team Manchester United and watches what the team is doing in the offseason. And not just that. Rooney also decided to offer some shopping advice to United’s boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

After a disappointing 2018/19 Premier League season, Man Utd plan to revamp their roster during the summer and are targeting some big stars who could help them return to the top of English soccer. But Rooney thinks that Solskjaer should take a different approach and sign young talents instead of expensive stars.

“For Ole, I think the first thing he’s got to do is try and build the squad,” – said Rooney in a recent chat with BBC Radio Five Live. “I don’t think bringing one or two players in for over £100 million is going to really help with the squad and the players who are there. I think he needs to try and look at maybe five or six players who have got potential to be top players but you’re not spending £120m-£130m on these players.”

Ever since legendary manager Alex Ferguson left the club in 2013, Manchester United hasn’t won the Premier League. They also only managed to get in the top four twice since then. This is why Rooney thinks that the team should do a proper rebuild and has urged the fans to have patience during that period.  

“I just think the club needs to rebuild with younger players. But they need to be good enough and allow the manager to improve them,” – he added. “And I think the Man United fans will understand that they are probably not going to compete for the Premier League next year.

According to latest reports, Solskjaer already set up a shopping list for the summer which includes Napoli’s center back Kalidou Koulibaly, Atletico Madrid talented midfielder Saul Niguez and several young English players such as Declan Rice, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jadon Sancho.

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Ever since Wayne Rooney’s arrival at the club in 2018, DC United has become a different club.

After a 0-1 road victory over the Columbus Crew on Thursday night, DC United moved to first place in the MLS’s Eastern Conference, showing that they will be a force to reckon with in the 2019 season.

It should be no surprise that the player who scored the goal to lead United to their win was none other than legendary English forward Wayne Rooney.

The former Manchester United legend scored a picture-perfect free kick goal to put DC on top in the 27th minute of the game.

DC United kept the talented Crew off of the board for the rest of the game and took home a hugely important road victory to move to 5-2-2 on the season.

With 17 points, DC is now first in the standings in the early going of the 2019 season.

Time will tell if United can keep up its hot pace, but their win on Thursday and Rooney’s goal have proven that they will be a force to be reckoned with during this MLS campaign.

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The 2018 MLS season didn’t look well for D.C. United. They had two wins in the first 14 games and were stuck at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Then the team secured a move for former Manchester United superstar Wayne Rooney, and their luck changed.

Since Rooney came to Washington, D.C. United started playing like a different team, managing 10 wins and collecting 33 points. The latest win against FC Dallas even moved them to a playoff spot with just three games left in the regular season.

According to Rooney, the reason why they managed to win Dallas in a close game is that the whole team is “thriving” on the pressure to get into playoffs.

“I think that’s where you want to be in soccer — to have these pressure moments,” – the 32-year-old striker told the reporters. “No one wants to be in the middle or the bottom of the league and just playing for the fun of it. You want pressure moments and to feel that pressure, it’s important what we’re doing. We’ve got that pressure and we’re thriving on it and we’re picking up results and wins.“

D.C. United is currently sixth in Eastern Conference with one point ahead of Montreal Impact on the seventh spot. The good news for United is that they also have one game less than Impact, which gives them more room for errors.

Rooney doesn’t want his team to satisfy themselves with making the playoffs as the last seeded team. He is already thinking about catching fifth-seeded Columbus Crew.

“We’ll have the game against New York City on Sunday,” – he added. “As I’ve said before, every game is a pressure game and if we can win Wednesday we know we’re three points away — regardless of what Montreal do — from making that last spot. And you never know, we could even catch Columbus, so we keep pushing and see where we finish.“

Since joining D.C. United in June 2018, Wayne Rooney played 16 games in Major League Soccer and managed to score nine goals while adding seven assists.

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D.C. United has mutually agreed to part ways with head coach Wayne Rooney after the team failed to make the 2023 MLS Cup Playoffs. This is the fourth consecutive season, and second under Rooney, that United hasn’t clinched a playoff spot.

The club and Rooney confirmed the news following D.C. United’s last game of the regular season. D.C. got a 2-0 win over the New York City FC, but that wasn’t enough to finish higher than No. 9 in the Eastern Conference.

“I think it’s just the right time,” said Rooney. “I’ve done everything I can to try and get the club into the playoffs. It’s not been a single thing that has happened. It’s about timing in your career. I’ve really enjoyed my time here.”

According to Rooney, he believes it is the “right time” for him to return to England. He added that he previously had offers to work in his home country but decided to stay with D.C. United in hopes of helping them make the playoffs.

Wayne Rooney initially spent two years with D.C. United as a player, scoring 25 goals in 52 matches in 2018 and 2019. He returned to the club as a head coach in the summer of 2022 after a stint with Championship side Derby County. In 53 games in charge of D.C., Rooney oversaw 14 wins, 14 draws, and 25 losses.

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Bundesliga champions Bayern Munich thumped MLS outfit D.C. United 6-2 during the first game of their pre-season tour of the United States. Netherlands international defender Matthijs de Ligt scored his debut goal for the club, along with Senegalese winger Sadio Mane. Marcel Sabitzer, Serge Gnabry, Joshua Zirkzee, and Thomas Müller rounded out the scoring for the German side.

De Ligt’s goal comes less than a week after the center-back completed his move to the Allianz Arena for a transfer fee of €77 million from Serie A club Juventus.

This crushing defeat no doubt gives retired Manchester United star Wayne Rooney a lot to think about ahead of his managerial debut for D.C. United. Despite being unveiled as the club’s new head coach on July 12, the 36-year-old coach had to resort to watching the game from the stand as he still awaits his work visa approval.

German and Bayern Munich legend Bastian Schweinsteiger expressed confidence in Rooney’s ability to steer the MLS club in the right direction. “By the way, it’s great to see my friend Wayne Rooney on the MLS sidelines very soon,” Schweinsteiger remarked prior to the game.

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MLS club D.C. United announced on Tuesday that Wayne Rooney has been appointed as the team’s new head coach. “I feel the experience again at Derby County of the past 18 months has been great in my development as a coach, as a manager, and to really come here back to the MLS, back to D.C. United was an exciting challenge for me, something which I feel can develop me as a coach, but also, the team needs to improve,” Rooney stated following this confirmation.

The former Manchester United striker resigned from his role as manager of Championship side Derby County last month, where he assisted the side to make a major turnaround performance-wise. Unfortunately, due to a 21-point deduction after being placed in administration, the club was relegated, ending the season with 34 points as a result of the penalty.

Rooney’s managerial appointment will see the 36-year-old return to D.C. after 2 years, where he served the club from 2018 until 2020 in a playing capacity. During his two seasons in Washington D.C., Rooney scored 25 goals in 52 appearances.

With Rooney at the helm, D.C. United hopes to make a strong recovery from what has been a disappointing season. Currently, the team is second from bottom in the Eastern Conference standings, having won just five of their 17 matches. Following the dismissal of the previous coach Hernan Losada in April, Chad Ashton oversaw the team in an interim capacity.

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Former D.C. United star striker Wayne Rooney is no longer the manager of soon-to-be English League One side Derby County. The club announced the news on social media, saying that Rooney informed them on Friday that “he wishes to be relieved of his duties.”

Derby County had a disappointing season that saw them relegated from the Championship after finishing 23rd out of 24 teams. However, there was little Rooney could do to prevent this scenario due to various issues surrounding the club. This included a transfer embargo and 21 points deduction for entering administration and financial irregularities.

Despite all of this, Rooney was reportedly willing to stay with Derby under the condition that the club gets new owners. However, that seems unlikely to happen anytime soon after U.S. businessman Chris Kirchner decided to withdraw his bid. Kirchner received approval for the takeover but then failed to prove he had the funds to complete it.

“Personally, I feel the club now needs to be led by someone with fresh energy and not affected by the events that have happened over the last eighteen months, said Rooney in a statement. “I will remember my time at Derby with great pride and affection and would like to thank all my staff, players, and of course the fans for their incredible support. I will never forget you and hope to see you all again in the near future and in happier times.”

Rooney joined Derby in 2019 in a player-coach role despite having two years left on his deal with MLS side D.C. United at the time. He was appointed manager in late 2020 after Phillip Cocu stepped down and posted a 24-22-39 record since then.               

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Wayne Rooney has decided to put an end to his playing career. The 35-year-old star announced his decision on Friday while also confirming he’ll become a manager for Derby County on a full-time basis.

Rooney joined Derby as a player/coach in January 2020 following his two-season stint in the MLS with D.C. United. He was promoted to an interim-manager role in November when the English club parted ways with Phillip Cocu.

“I will miss playing, of course, but I can now get excited about the future and my role as a manager,” said Rooney.

“I can promise everyone involved in the club and all our fans, my staff, and I will leave no stone unturned in achieving the potential I have witnessed over the last 12 months of this historic football club,” he added.

Since arriving at Derby, Rooney made 35 appearances for the Championship side. He scored seven goals and added three assists.

As an interim manager, Rooney had three wins and four draws in his first eight games. However, he lost the last three and is facing a tough task to get the team back on the winning path.

Wayne Rooney’s professional career started with Everton, where he became a phenom and lauded as one of the biggest talents in English soccer. Manchester United took notice and made him the world’s most expensive teenager in 2004.

Rooney stayed at Old Trafford for 13 years, winning every trophy imaginable, including five Premier League titles and one from the UEFA Champions League. He played a total of 559 games for Man Utd, scoring club-record 253 goals.

In 2017, Rooney re-joined Everton but only spent 18 months with the club before deciding to come to the United States.  He played 52 games with D.C., scoring 25 goals and earning one MLS All-Star nod.

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Wayne Rooney’s MLS adventure is coming to an end sooner than expected. Rooney announced on Tuesday that he is leaving D.C. United in order to take on a player-coach role with English Championship side Derby County.

Rooney won’t assume his new role immediately, however, as he looks to wrap up the 2019 MLS season with D.C. and try to win MLS Cup. The veteran English forward made 21 appearances in MLS this year,  scoring 11 goals and dishing six assists.

“I remain fully focused on giving my all for the team for the rest of this season and repaying the support shown by the Black-and-Red faithful by hopefully delivering an MLS Cup to Audi Field,” – said Rooney in a statement.  “My time in Major League Soccer is something I will always be proud of.” 

Rooney’s decision to leave the United States was a result of him wanting to be closer to his family. The 33-year-old was also attracted by the opportunity to learn under Derby’s new boss Phillip Cocu.

“Wayne Rooney is an extremely talented and top-class footballer,” – said Cocu of his new player and staff member. “It is an exciting prospect for him to be joining Derby County and he can bring so much to this squad, both on and off the pitch.”

Wayne Rooney joined D.C. United in 2018, signing a three and a half years deal with the club. Rooney’s first year in MLS proved to be quite successful, as he scored 12 goals and provided six assists in 22 games. He was also named into MLS Best XI at the end of 2018.

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Despite being in the middle of MLS campaign with D.C. United, forward Wayne Rooney still cares about his former team Manchester United and watches what the team is doing in the offseason. And not just that. Rooney also decided to offer some shopping advice to United’s boss Ole Gunnar Solskjaer.

After a disappointing 2018/19 Premier League season, Man Utd plan to revamp their roster during the summer and are targeting some big stars who could help them return to the top of English soccer. But Rooney thinks that Solskjaer should take a different approach and sign young talents instead of expensive stars.

“For Ole, I think the first thing he’s got to do is try and build the squad,” – said Rooney in a recent chat with BBC Radio Five Live. “I don’t think bringing one or two players in for over £100 million is going to really help with the squad and the players who are there. I think he needs to try and look at maybe five or six players who have got potential to be top players but you’re not spending £120m-£130m on these players.”

Ever since legendary manager Alex Ferguson left the club in 2013, Manchester United hasn’t won the Premier League. They also only managed to get in the top four twice since then. This is why Rooney thinks that the team should do a proper rebuild and has urged the fans to have patience during that period.  

“I just think the club needs to rebuild with younger players. But they need to be good enough and allow the manager to improve them,” – he added. “And I think the Man United fans will understand that they are probably not going to compete for the Premier League next year.

According to latest reports, Solskjaer already set up a shopping list for the summer which includes Napoli’s center back Kalidou Koulibaly, Atletico Madrid talented midfielder Saul Niguez and several young English players such as Declan Rice, Aaron Wan-Bissaka and Jadon Sancho.

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Ever since Wayne Rooney’s arrival at the club in 2018, DC United has become a different club.

After a 0-1 road victory over the Columbus Crew on Thursday night, DC United moved to first place in the MLS’s Eastern Conference, showing that they will be a force to reckon with in the 2019 season.

It should be no surprise that the player who scored the goal to lead United to their win was none other than legendary English forward Wayne Rooney.

The former Manchester United legend scored a picture-perfect free kick goal to put DC on top in the 27th minute of the game.

DC United kept the talented Crew off of the board for the rest of the game and took home a hugely important road victory to move to 5-2-2 on the season.

With 17 points, DC is now first in the standings in the early going of the 2019 season.

Time will tell if United can keep up its hot pace, but their win on Thursday and Rooney’s goal have proven that they will be a force to be reckoned with during this MLS campaign.

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The 2018 MLS season didn’t look well for D.C. United. They had two wins in the first 14 games and were stuck at the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings. Then the team secured a move for former Manchester United superstar Wayne Rooney, and their luck changed.

Since Rooney came to Washington, D.C. United started playing like a different team, managing 10 wins and collecting 33 points. The latest win against FC Dallas even moved them to a playoff spot with just three games left in the regular season.

According to Rooney, the reason why they managed to win Dallas in a close game is that the whole team is “thriving” on the pressure to get into playoffs.

“I think that’s where you want to be in soccer — to have these pressure moments,” – the 32-year-old striker told the reporters. “No one wants to be in the middle or the bottom of the league and just playing for the fun of it. You want pressure moments and to feel that pressure, it’s important what we’re doing. We’ve got that pressure and we’re thriving on it and we’re picking up results and wins.“

D.C. United is currently sixth in Eastern Conference with one point ahead of Montreal Impact on the seventh spot. The good news for United is that they also have one game less than Impact, which gives them more room for errors.

Rooney doesn’t want his team to satisfy themselves with making the playoffs as the last seeded team. He is already thinking about catching fifth-seeded Columbus Crew.

“We’ll have the game against New York City on Sunday,” – he added. “As I’ve said before, every game is a pressure game and if we can win Wednesday we know we’re three points away — regardless of what Montreal do — from making that last spot. And you never know, we could even catch Columbus, so we keep pushing and see where we finish.“

Since joining D.C. United in June 2018, Wayne Rooney played 16 games in Major League Soccer and managed to score nine goals while adding seven assists.

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