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Goals in added time from Chris Durkin and Taxiarchis Fountas
gave DC United the win after Junior Urso had put Orlando ahead
in the first half at Audi Field.
Rooney was appointed manager last month but had to wait to
receive his work visa before he could take charge of the MLS
strugglers, who are bottom of the Eastern Conference with 21
points from as many games.
"I believed we would win the game, but the one thing we had to
do was up the tempo," Rooney told reporters. "I asked the team
at halftime to be more positive. To put the work in. I thought
the second half was excellent.
"The players needed that. This season has to start now. They've
had some bad results in the first half of the season."
DC United next face Charlotte FC on Wednesday and Rooney said it
was important to build on Sunday's win.
"We can't rest and think 'we've won a game,'" he added. "We have
to be consistent and we have to go on a run."
(Reporting by Aadi Nair in Bengaluru; Editing by Peter
Rutherford)
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