Category: MLS Soccer

The Inter Miami manager, Phil Neville, has praised his DC United counterpart and former Manchester United teammate Wayne Rooney for his handling of an alleged racism incident during an MLS match between their teams.

DC United's Taxiarchis Fountas allegedly made a racist comment to Inter Miami's Damion Lowe and Aime Mabika. The players were both shown yellow cards in the 62nd minute, five minutes after Fountas scored an equaliser to make it 2-2. Fountas was taken off by Wayne Rooney four minutes later, and Inter Miami won the match 3-2 thanks to a winner by Gonzalo Higuaín in the fourth minute of stoppage time.

Neville said "a word was used that I think is unacceptable in society," and called Rooney a "class act".

• Wayne Rooney hailed by Phil Neville for handling of alleged MLS racism incident

• DC United manager takes off player after alleged use of slur
• Taxi Fountas denies allegation as MLS launches investigation

Wayne Rooney and Phil Neville had to deal with an alleged racism incident after an ugly clash between two of their players in an MLS game on Sunday.

Play was held up for several minutes during the encounter between Rooney’s DC United and Neville’s Inter Miami at Audi Field in Washington. The United forward Taxi Fountas was accused of racially abusing Inter’s defender Damion Lowe during a second-half altercation between the pair.

• Orlando City beats Sac Republic 3-0 for US Open Cup title
• Sacramento Republic’s unlikely journey to Cup glory

Facundo Torres broke through with a goal in the 75th minute, then converted on a penalty to give Orlando City their first-ever trophy with a 3-0 victory over Sacramento Republic in the US Open Cup final on Wednesday night.

Torres’ penalty kick in the 80th all but sealed it for the Lions, who had not won a title since joining Major League Soccer in 2015. Orlando native Benji Michel added a stoppage time goal.