Wayne Rooney sees red as Los Angeles FC thrash DC United

Major League Soccer | Gameweek 6

Apr 6, 2019 at 8pm UK

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Vela (15'), Rossi (27', 32', 76')

Diego Rossi's hat-trick sent them to a first defeat of the season.

Published: April 7 2019 | 08:52

Wayne Rooney received his first red card in the MLS as DC United were thrashed 4-0 by Los Angeles FC.

Diego Rossi was the hero at Audi Field with his first career MLS hat-trick, helping lead his side to their third win in a row.

The visitors went ahead in the 15th minute through former Arsenal striker Carlos Vela, and Rossi netted his first of the night 12 minutes later with a decisive strike low into the bottom corner.

The 21-year-old got his second before half-time and took advantage of a 10-man United to complete his hat-trick in the 76th minute.

Rooney looked as though he would initially receive a yellow card for a tackle on Rossi, but was sent off in the 52nd minute after a VAR review, further adding to DC's torrid night as they suffered a first loss of the season.

San Jose Earthquakes picked up their first points of the season with a 3-0 win against the Portland Timbers.

Shea Salinas, Danny Hoesen and Cristian Espinoza all found the target in the first half, while Daniel Vega recorded his first clean sheet of the season.

The Columbus Crew moved into first place in the Eastern Conference thanks to a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution courtesy of Josh Williams' goal.

Orlando City's Nani converted a late penalty to edge out the Colorado Rapids 4-3, while Alejandro Bedoya's stoppage-time goal earned the Philadelphia Union a 2-1 win over FC Dallas.

Elsewhere, Jonathan Osorio salvaged a point for Toronto FC as they drew 2-2 with the Chicago Fire, Abu Danladi and Romario Ibarra scored in Minnesota United's 2-1 victory against the New York Red Bulls, and the Montreal Impact's encounter against New York City finished goalless.

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Eastern Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Inter Miami Inter Miami	34	22	8	4	79	49	30	74
2	Columbus Crew	34	19	9	6	72	40	32	66
3	FC Cincinnati Cincinnati	34	18	5	11	58	48	10	59
4	Orlando City	34	15	7	12	59	50	9	52
5	Charlotte FC Charlotte FC	34	14	9	11	46	37	9	51
6	New York City FC NY City	34	14	8	12	54	49	5	50
7	New York Red Bulls NY Red Bulls	34	11	14	9	55	50	5	47
8	CF Montreal Montreal	34	11	10	13	48	64	-16	43
9	Atlanta United Atlanta	34	10	10	14	46	49	-3	40
10	DC United	34	10	10	14	52	70	-18	40
11	Philadelphia Union Philadelphia	34	9	10	15	62	55	7	37
12	Toronto	34	11	4	19	40	61	-21	37
13	Nashville SC Nashville	34	9	9	16	38	54	-16	36
14	New England Revolution New England	34	9	4	21	37	74	-37	31
15	Chicago Fire	34	7	9	18	40	62	-22	30

Western Conference

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Los Angeles FC Los Angeles	34	19	7	8	63	43	20	64
2	Los Angeles Galaxy LA Galaxy	34	19	7	8	69	50	19	64
3	Real Salt Lake Salt Lake	34	16	11	7	65	48	17	59
4	Seattle Sounders Seattle	34	16	9	9	51	35	16	57
5	Houston Dynamo Houston	34	15	9	10	47	39	8	54
6	Minnesota United Minnesota Utd	34	15	7	12	58	49	9	52
7	Colorado Rapids Colorado	34	15	5	14	61	60	1	50
8	Portland Timbers Portland	34	12	11	11	65	56	9	47
9	Vancouver Whitecaps Vancouver	34	13	8	13	52	49	3	47
10	Austin FC Austin	34	11	9	14	39	48	-9	42
11	Dallas	34	11	8	15	54	56	-2	41
12	St Louis City	34	8	13	13	50	63	-13	37
13	Sporting Kansas City Kansas	34	8	7	19	51	66	-15	31
14	San Jose Earthquakes Earthquakes	34	6	3	25	41	78	-37	21