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Rooney wins first match as DC United boss

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– Wayne Rooney made a winning start to his time as manager of Major League Soccer (MLS) side DC United with a dramatic 2-1 victory over Orlando City.

– Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas scored in added time after Junior Urso put Orlando ahead in the first half.

– Rooney was appointed manager last month but had to wait to receive his work visa before he could take charge.

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– It was a first win in five games for the side who are bottom of the Eastern Conference.

– Durkin struck a minute into added time for his first goal since returning from Belgian first division side St Truiden.

– Fountas then volleyed home Kimarni Smith’s cross four minutes later for his 11th goal of the season.

– “I believed we would win the game but the one thing we had to do was up the tempo,” 36-year-old Rooney said afterwards.

– “I asked the team at half-time to be more positive, to put the work in. I thought the second half was excellent.

– “The players needed that. This season has to start now. They’ve had some bad results in the first half of the season.”

– Rooney, who spent 18 months in Washington as a player with DC United before joining Derby as a player-coach in January 2020, said it was important to build on this win when his side take on Charlotte FC on Wednesday.

– “We can’t rest and think ‘we’ve won a game’,” he added. “We have to be consistent and we have to go on a run.”

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