- Rooney’s DC needs a miracle to snatch a place in this season’s MLS playoffs
- With their hopes all but over, the Man United legend confirmed he is leaving
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Wayne Rooney potentially bowed out as manager of DC United with a 2-0 win over New York City – before confirming he is set to leave the club.
The hosts cruised to victory at Audi Field on Saturday night as goals from Mateusz Klich and Chris Durkin either side of halftime were enough to see off the threat of New York.
It means that, as things stand, DC is currently holding the final playoff spot in ninth place on 40 points.
Chicago currently trails Charlotte 1-0 in one of Saturday night’s later fixtures, meaning Frank Klopas’s team is currently down in 11th place on goal difference.
However, both Chicago and New York Red Bulls – in 10th place on 40 points – has one more game to play. Charlotte, projected to close out the evening on 39 points, also has two games-in-hand still to play.
Wayne Rooney potentially bowed out as DC United manager with a 2-0 win over New York City
![Chris Durkin was on the scoresheet as DC United kept their faint MLS playoff hopes alive](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2023/10/08/03/76292585-12606643-image-m-61_1696732194427.jpg)
Chris Durkin was on the scoresheet as DC United kept their faint MLS playoff hopes alive
With their playoff chances unlikely, Rooney confirmed after the game that he will be leaving DC United once his contract comes to an end.
‘It’s the right time,’ he told reporters. ‘I’ve done everything I can to get this club into the playoffs. It’s not a single thing that’s happened. It’s about timing.’
Rooney is potentially waving goodbye to the club on a bittersweet note given it is still not entirely out of the question that his team makes it into the playoffs.
Nevertheless, his future as manager was up in the air prior to Saturday’s game with the guaranteed portion of his contract in the United States capital set to expire at the end of the season.
There is a mutual option to renew until 2024, however the Manchester United and England legend missed training on Friday to all but confirm his time in DC is at an end.
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