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Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas each scored in second-half stoppage time to carry D.C. United to a dramatic 2-1 victory over visiting Orlando Metropolis in Wayne Rooney’s MLS managerial debut on Sunday.
The dramatic late turnaround snapped United’s 4 match winless run, the final three coming after the previous Manchester United and England star was named D.C.’s new supervisor.
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Rooney was not permitted to formally take cost of D.C.(6-12-3, 21 factors), the place he beforehand performed in 2018 and 2019, till his visa paperwork was finalized earlier this week.
Fountas’ aim, on a first-time volley of Kimarni Smith’s cross within the fifth minute of stoppage time, was his team-leading eleventh of the season.
Durkin’s, on one other one-time end from Ola Kamara’s service solely three minutes earlier, was his first since coming back from St. Truiden within the Belgian first division.
Rafael Romo made three stops for D.C. the identical week the membership traded for one more goalkeeper in David Ochoa.
Junior Urso scored his third aim of the season within the ninth minute for Orlando (8-9-6, 30 factors), which misplaced for simply the third time on the street this season.
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Pedro Gallese made two stops for Orlando, which has now misplaced two straight and is winless in its final 4 however stays fifth within the Japanese Convention.
Alexandre Pato contributed his fifth help of the yr for the guests, who have been swept within the season collection after falling 5-3 at dwelling earlier this month.
Pedro Gallese finest cease got here within the 61st minute on Fountas, who hammered a one-time volley from shut vary into his trailing leg.
That was as shut as D.C. got here till the late drama.
First Smith discovered Kamara extensive to the left of the penalty space, and Kamara drove a low cross towards the penalty spot the place Durkin hammered a end in stride into the highest left nook.
Not lengthy after play restarted, Martin Rodriguez started the subsequent goal-scoring assault with a probing lengthy ball to the identical left nook. This time Smith hit the cross on the volley, and Fountas guided a delicate end into the underside proper nook to ship the house followers into delirium.
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