A GOAL THAT SHOWS WHY WAYNE WILL ALWAYS BE SPECIAL

THE sixth minute of injury time at Audi Field, Washington, and DC United are drawing 2-2 with Orlando. Inexplicably, DC goalkeeper David Ousted comes up for a corner, which breaks down, leaving Orlando’s Will Johnson to sprint towards an empty goal. A lone DC player chases 70 yards to prevent certain defeat. He catches Johnson, steals the ball with a magnificent slide tackle, gets up and then counter-attacks, delivering a perfect cross to the back post for his team-mate, Luciano Acosta, to head the winner with 37 seconds to spare. And, as we are so often sagely informed, the MLS is little more than a pub league. Yet you don’t see that in pub leagues, either. Which is why Wayne Rooney was, is, and will always be, special: no matter where he is playing.

USA TODAY Still got it: Rooney whips in the vital assist

He moves forward with the ball before sending in a deep cross to Acosta, who nods in

He times his challenge perfectly to stop an almost certain goal

At 2-2 and with his goalkeeper at the wrong end, Rooney darts to cover as the opposition break