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Take a look at the highs and lows of Wayne Rooney’s exciting time in Major League Soccer with D.C. United. For more MLS sign up for ESPN+.

At the beginning of the 2018 Major League Soccer season, D.C. United found themselves in disarray. The once-proud franchise, which finished dead last the previous year, started 2W-7L-5D. Then, however, a certain ruddy English forward arrived and fortunes shifted.

“A lot of things happened at once last year,” James Lambert, president of the Screaming Eagles supporters’ group, said. “[Wayne] Rooney showed up the same day they opened Audi Field, really at the same time they were making major changes…

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With referee disputes piling up for Wayne Rooney, Paul Mariner refutes the idea that the Englishman is giving up on MLS.

The MLS Disciplinary Committee has handed D.C. United forward Wayne Rooney an additional one-game suspension, league sources confirmed to ESPN.

The Washington Post was the first to report the news.

According to sources, Rooney had the option of appealing the decision, but declined to do so.

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Rooney was initially suspended after getting red-carded in DCU’s 2-1 defeat to the New York Red Bulls on Aug. 21,…

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