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Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney suffers 6-0 defeat with D.C United

Derby manager Wayne Rooney
Derby manager Wayne Rooney
D.C United has failed to win any of its last five matches in Major League Soccer and was too embarrassed to post the final result after the latest defeat. 
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Manchester United legend Wayne Rooney and his D.C United side are going through it at the moment after another terrible defeat in the MLS.

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Philadelphia Union proved to be too hot for United after a 6-0 defeat early Sunday morning.

Julian Carranza stole the show after he scored a hat-trick to inspire Philadelphia to another big win over United.

Philadelphia defeated United 7-0 in the reverse fixture played in July with Carranza also getting a hat-trick.

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The sees the Union become just the second team to score six or more goals twice against the same opposition in MLS history.

The match in brief

A Carranza-inspired Philadelphia ran riot at D.C after a comprehensive win to complete a 13-0 aggregate win over United in the regular MLS season.

Carranza netted a second-half hat-trick, to make it back-to-back hat-tricks against Rooney's side in the space of two months. 

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Union started strongly with two goals from Mikael Uhre and Daniel Gazdag putting them in a comfortable 2-0 lead heading into the break.

After the break, Carranza scored his first of the game to make it 3-0 just two minutes into the second half.

Wayne Rooney scored 53 goals in 120 England appearances

He completed his hat-trick when he scored two goals in the space of four minutes to extend the lead to 5-0 in the 74th minute. 

Cory Burke came off the bench to seal the rout with a sixth goal to make it 6-0 five minutes after Carranza completed his hat-trick. 

Another big win for Philadelphia Union in the MLS.
Another big win for Philadelphia Union in the MLS.

The win moved Union to the top of the table on 51 points while the fourth defeat in five matches sees Rooney's United sit last on the log on 22 points.

Manchester United legend, Rooney, has been in the news after speaking about his former club who also sits last on the Premier League table following back-to-back defeats. 

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