Wayne Rooney has joined Washington’s DC United to follow the increasingly popular route of British and Irish footballers crossing the Atlantic.
He continues a trend which began way back when North America’s premier football league was still known as the NASL.
Here, Press Association Sport picks out five of the more memorable spells by players who moved to the American game.
Rodney Marsh
David Beckham
Robbie Keane
Steven Gerrard
Bradley Wright-Phillips
