Rooney scores magical goal from his side of midfield

Wayne Rooney

Wayne Rooney scored a highlight reel goal with a moon shot blast from his own half of the field to lift DC United to a 1 - 0 victory over Orlando City on Wednesday.


Former English star Rooney hammered a 68yard strike over the head of Orlando goalkeeper Brian Rowe and into the back of the net in the 10 th minute .

Rooney got the ball off a deflected clearance and when he realized Rowe was out of his 18 - yard box he launched a first- touch blast that will go down as one of Major League Soccer’ s goals of the year.

DC United goalkeeper Bill Hamid posted his seventh shutout of the year while Rowe finished with three saves .

Rooney will be part of the league’ s July All Star exhibition game where he will join Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Josef Martinez .

The MLS All Stars will face 10 time La Liga champions Atletico at Orlando City ’ s Exploria Stadium on July 31 .