2022-07-11
The former English football figure Wayne Rooney reached an agreement to lead DC United of the North American league (MLS), a franchise for which he played between 2018 and 2019, US media reported this Sunday.
Rooney, 36, landed Sunday in Washington DC and will join the team once the visa procedures are completed, the chain reported ESPN and the digital media The Athletic.
The Englishman will replace the Argentine Hernán Losada as head coach of DC United, who was fired due to poor results with only six games of the season played. He will now lead the Honduran soccer player Andy Najar.
The team also did not rebound following Losada’s departure and currently occupies the penultimate position in the Eastern Conference with 17 points in 17 days. Managed by caretaker manager Chad Ashton, the capital team suffered a devastating 7-0 win once morest Philadelphia Union.
Rooneand, in turn, left the Derby County bench at the end of June, where he lived his first experience as a technician, following the ddescent of the team to League One (third division) due to economic problems.
The former England captain joined Derby County still as a player in 2020 following his departure from DC United, dwhere he had a record of 23 goals in 48 games in the 2018 and 2019 seasons.
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Previously Rooney spent 13 years at Manchester United where he scored 183 goals and won five trophies in the Premier League y a Champions League.