D.C. United continue to be an organization that is running in circles. There is no plan that the organization isn't willing to abandon if a season goes sideways. The departure of manager Wayne Rooney is merely the latest iteration of that habit.
Rooney long had a savior-like aura about him as it relates to the Black and Red. He injected a shot of adrenaline into the club when he arrived as a player in 2018, leading DCU to an improbable run to the MLS Cup playoffs. Fifteen months later, he left to take on a player/coach role at Derby County. The impression then was that he left his job in Washington, D.C., unfinished, and could have done more to continue the momentum that his arrival had…
