Rooney's delight with MLS debut win

Wayne Rooney couldn't contain his emotions at the end of his MLS coaching debut, with this delight and relief clear for all to see as his DC United clinched a late comeback win 2-1 win over Orlando City.

The win was Rooney's first game in charge since his appointment a month ago due to visa-related issues and it was also the team's first win in five.

Despite trailing for most of the game, DC United rallied late, very late, in fact, scoring twice in added time at the end of the second half to turn the match on its head.

Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas got the goals to overturn Junior Urso's opener, much to Rooney's delight.

It was, therefore, a triumphant return to Audi Field for the former England international, who had a spell with DC United as a player.

The season starts now

"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 has challenged his team to kick on from here and start to build their form.

The team from Washington DC remain bottom of the Eastern Conference standings.