United Hit Seattle Sounders For Seven 21/07/2011
 Wayne Rooney's hat-trick leads United to victory against Sounders, on front of nearly 70,000 in Washington Match Report - Seattle Sounders 0-7 Manchester United Competition: Pre-Season Friendly Kick-Off & Date: 7pm, Wednesday, 20th July 2011 Venue: CenturyLink Field, Washington, US (Away) Attendance: 67,052 Manchester United were at first equalled by a spirited Seattle Sounders side, but a second half goal rush proved that 'The Rave Green' were no match for the mighty Red Devils. The second tour game in The USA finished 7-0 to the visitors, with goals from Michael Owen, Mame Biram Diouf, Wayne Rooney, Ji-Sung Park and Gabriel Obertan putting on an entertaining match at the full-to-capacity CenturyLink Stadium in Washington State. Anders Lindegaard started between the sticks for Sir Alex Ferguson's starting XI, with Rafael Da Silva, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic and Patrice Evra forming the backline. Luis Nani and Ashley Young were the wingmen, while Oliveira Anderson and Ryan Giggs acted as central midfielders. Michael Owen started up-front alongside Italian striker Federico 'Kiko' Macheda in a two-pronged forward attack. It was too early for David De Gea or Phil Jones. Seattle Sounders, headed by coach Sigi Schmid, put United to the test in the opening stages. The lime green home team weren't going to sit back and let the visitors - in their new black and blue away kit - take a walk in the park. Anders Lindegaard was almost caught-out by Freddy Montero, but it was Michael Owen who scored the game's first goal. Ash Young cleverly spotted the run of Pat Evra, who crossed the ball for Owen's opening header.  Michael Owen scores the game's first goal within 15 minutes Sounders goalie Kasey Keller was called into action on a number of occasions, with Young tearing the defence apart on the left-hand side. America's North West soccer city were right behind their men, but it was United who went down the tunnels in the lead at half time. Ben Amos, Ji-Sung Park, Wayne Rooney and Mame Diouf arrived on the scene for the second half, sprucing-up The Reds' attacking formation which had lacked a certain sharpness. Owen had missed a sitter in the closing stages of the first period, but there was no such incident when Mame Diouf rounded substitute goalkeeper Terry Boss following Luis Nani's lob. Wayne Rooney then compounded Seattle's downfall with a rifling shot into the roof of the net on 51 minutes. Nani again was the giver, with the 24-year-old Portuguese flanker working well on the right. Jonny Evans, Fabio Da Silva and Gabby Obertan then entered.  Mame Diouf nets his first goal on tour in America in the second half  Wayne Rooney finds the back of the net minutes after Diouf scores Ben Amos dealt with efforts from Mike Fucito and Pat Noonan, with the latter hitting the crossbar in another attempt. But with 20 minutes left, the floodgates opened... Michael Carrick made an appearance, as Ji-Sung Park spotted Rooney in the penalty area, who took one touch and stroked the ball into the far corner of the goals. Sir Alex was clearly content with his side's performance, but there was even more goals to come. Last week's match against New England Revolution didn't prove too tricky - with a 4-1 victory in United's favour - but despite the game in Seattle outscoring the previous one in Boston, The Sounders had originally put up a fight against the Premier League Champions. But in the closing stages, that wasn't the case. Gabriel Obertan picked-out Park for the fifth goal of the friendly, and the South Korean's second goal of the 2011 summer tour.  Wayne Rooney grabs the game's fourth goal with 69 minutes on the clock  Ji-Sung Park bags his second goal on tour thanks to Gabriel Obertan's pass Wazza got his hat-trick on 72 minutes, thanks to Obertan's work. Amos had a little work to do in goal, before Gabby Obertan grabbed a well deserved goal 2 minutes before the end as Rooney turned provider. It was an epic finish to a fantastic pre-season event, where five goalscorers netted seven goals. Although Dimitar Berbatov was ruled-out with an ankle injury, only Rio Ferdinand suffered a minor knock in a clean affair, managed by referee Jeff Hosking. The 67,000 crowd was dubbed the largest attendance to a soccer game in the North West Pacific... Not bad, as United roll into Chicago, Illinois on Thursday morning in preparation for Saturday night's 2011 Herbalife World Football Challenge match against MLS Eastern Conference side Chicago Fire, where the 61,000 seater Soldier Field is the venue for Manchester United's third US Tour game. If it's half as good as Wednesday's, it'll be a success !  Wayne Rooney reels away after completing a hat-trick inside 20 minutes  2 minutes to spare: Gabby Obertan rounds-off a cantering 7-0 win with a wonderful strike United Team: Anders Lindegaard (Ben Amos '46), Rafael Da Silva, Rio Ferdinand, Nemanja Vidic (Jonny Evans '55), Patrice Evra (Fabio Da Silva '55), Luis Nani (Gabriel Obertan '55), Oliveira Anderson, Ryan Giggs (Ji-Sung Park '46), Ashley Young (Michael Carrick '65), Michael Owen (Wayne Rooney '46), Federico Macheda (Mame Biram Diouf '46). Goals: Owen '15, Diouf '59, Rooney '61, '69, '72, Park '71, Obertan '88 CommentsZzzz 21/07/2011 2:29pm
Hellllllllooooooooooo red lester 21/07/2011 3:59pm
good too see us getting lots of goals all be it pre season hopefully a signal of intent Michael 21/07/2011 4:37pm
WAYNE ROONEY!!!!!!!!! Redboy 21/07/2011 6:02pm
Hope we c a repeat in the charity shield!well done boys. Jimmy 21/07/2011 7:06pm
Sign of things to come for the reds Derek 21/07/2011 8:43pm
This wasn't even the full team for Seattle but still good shooting practise - Sanchez has agreed Barca deal and will sign Monday and the glut of great players in Spain means the premier league may not be the best in the world any longer. Know City are spending big but we need a top signing still cause though SAF buys well we have lost a lot of experience anonymous 21/07/2011 8:43pm
is there no news on sneijder? Samuel 21/07/2011 9:38pm
I thought Oliveira Anderson was excellent last night. As was Giggs Joseph. As for Luis Nani, he reminds me of a young Edson Pele. Eamon 21/07/2011 10:13pm
english plz mate lol Dazbomber 21/07/2011 10:23pm
@Samuel- top notch Sparky 21/07/2011 10:24pm
For gods sake it was yank 2nd side Pawo 21/07/2011 10:30pm
Fuck City with their money. The transfermarket is so trash!!! Sean 123 Mufc 21/07/2011 11:49pm
well it being reported in Italy toinght that the only reason why Tevez is going to Inter is cos of Sneijder to UNITED and that is were INTER IS ALREADY GOING . SO THERE IS NO TALKS iN Italy about a swap of Tevez for Sneijder ; City want cash 50 million they want Sky sources said also Talk Sport said City do not want Tevez Sneijder will be a Red before you know it James 21/07/2011 11:59pm
Great news, Sean Bren 22/07/2011 10:21am
Enough is enough are we going to sign anybody else or are we done for the season.....does anybody have any solid news And not Wes Snijder has been seen buying a map of Manchester ooooohhh we want some inclination please True Red 22/07/2011 12:22pm
Now , we are linked with Ganso ! Jershey 22/07/2011 3:27pm
Bull shit , Sean. David 22/07/2011 4:25pm
Just being on transfer news central and it says the the sneijder deal is bein held up cause inter want commission on the deal with Nike over the next 3 years cheeky bastards Clarky 22/07/2011 5:20pm
Jershey, watch your mouth. Sean is a highly-respected poster on here. He's been around since Day 1. Clarky 22/07/2011 5:21pm
Also, Sean has top contacts in the media and he's been right about things before. Utd Needs Someone 22/07/2011 8:04pm
i'm with Jershey. Clarky 22/07/2011 9:41pm
Sounds like you ARE Jershey. Migsy 22/07/2011 9:43pm
While I respect seans opinion I doubt he knows the inside story. Half the journalists working for the tabloids only guess and speculate about who we are signing so I'll take it all with a large dose of salt. Borba 22/07/2011 11:09pm
@jershey are from New Jersey? Marc 23/07/2011 11:06am
Wesley Sneijder will be a big signing and assurance of Jersey sales.. and everyone will go gaga over that for quite awhile. But, 50million cash plus 200k++ weekly wages, do we really need another ACM? True Red 23/07/2011 12:13pm
I'd say Daniel De Rossi or Jack Rodwell for the DCM role. Me 23/07/2011 2:16pm
I think it's too late to make a bod for de Rossi because city already have... Bren 23/07/2011 8:32pm
I'll give u a inside view sean - confirm this with ur sources Comments are closed. |  
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