Caps striker excited to play in United’s new stadium and maybe face Rooney again
DC United will debut their shiny new stadium, Audi Field, on Saturday.
They might also roll out their new Major League Soccer designated player, Wayne Rooney.
Enter the Vancouver Whitecaps, looking to play big spoiler.
If Rooney plays he’ll be a familiar face for the Whitecaps’ Kei Kamara, who faced the former Manchester United striker five years ago.
Kamara came on for Norwich City late in a March 2013 English Premier League game, which the Canaries lost to Rooney’s powerhouse United squad 4-0.
“Can’t wait. It’s going to be good,” Kamara said Wednesday following a sunny and warm practice at the Whitecaps’ UBC facility. “Rooney is definitely going to give them a boost.”
But even more so, Kamara said he is looking forward to playing in a new venue.
“It’s going to be amazing to see DC United have their own stadium,” he said.
Audi Field has been under construction since early last year.
For their first two decades of MLS play, DC called the enormous RFK Stadium — which was opened in 1961 — their home pitch.
Because of the duelling new attractions — the stadium and Rooney — there will be plenty of eyes from the American media and now from the United Kingdom watching.
The Whitecaps have plenty of motivation to upstage the evening, of course.
“We’re not there to make it a nice game,” Caps coach Carl Robinson said.