The Columbus Crew welcomes Wayne Rooney and D.C. United to Lower.com Field on Saturday evening for the second match of the 2023 Major League Soccer season. Similar to Columbus, D.C. has gone through significant change since hiring Rooney last July with two new Designated Players signings from England, forward Christian Benteke from Crystal Palace and midfielder Mateusz Klich from Leeds United. D.C. also brought in former Crew winger/left back Pedro Santos.
While the Black & Gold dropped their first game of the season last week, the Black & Red had an epic comeback at home, defeating Toronto FC 3-2 after being down 2-1 late in the match.