Wayne Rooney’s career deserves a happy ending, in MLS or not

Wayne Rooney has reportedly agreed in principal to a move to DC United, but what does the former Manchester United player have left to offer?

If, as has been widely reported over the past few days, Wayne Rooney joins DC United this summer, he will join an auspicious list of global superstars to have plied their trade in MLS — not that it really feels that way.

Rooney is Manchester United and England’s all-time record goalscorer, the winner of six Premier League titles, a Champions League, a Europa League, an FA Cup and three League Cups — not that it really feels that way either.

Rooney’s late career has been chastening, so much so it’s occasionally hard to reconcile his current self with the…