Former English soccer player and former Derby County manager Wayne Rooney will return as manager of the US team DC United, where he played at the end of his career.
Local media such as The Athletic website, the Washington Post newspaper and the Associated Press news agency reported this Sunday that Rooney and DC United reached an agreement and that the Englishman is already in the North American capital to finalize the last details to sign the agreement. contract.
In his coaching debut at the North American Championship, Rooney will have a difficult task with a team tied for last place in their group and suffering one of the most humiliating defeats in their history on Friday, in a 7-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union.
Chad Ashton had been DC United’s interim coach since the firing of Argentine Hernán Losada in April.
Rooney resigned at the end of June from Derby County following the club’s relegation to the English third tier.
The Englishman arrived at Derby County in 2020 as player-manager and ended up taking over as manager to save the team last season.
In 48 regular season games for DC United between 2018 and 2019, the striker scored 45 goals.
Source: Observadora
