DC United hoping Wayne Rooney can turn its fortunes
WASHINGTON — There is a new international star in Washington.
Major League Soccer’s D.C. United introduced former Manchester United, Everton and England captain Wayne Rooney on Monday. He will wear the No. 9 jersey while trying to spark a struggling club as its most expensive signing.
“I’m not here to see out my last few years,” said the 32-year-old Rooney, a five-time Premier League champion. “I’m here to compete, I’m here to win, and that’s the way I’ve always played. That’s the way I’ll always play.”
Before Alex Ovechkin’s Washington Capitals skated off with the 2018 Stanley Cup, it had been 26 years since D.C. had won a major sports title. But local soccer fans always put an asterisk on that skid, pointing to D.C. United’s four MLS Cups in 1996, 1997, 1999 and 2004.