Rooney bags three in Seattle

Soccer:Wayne Rooney bagged a 21-minute hat-trick as Manchester United continued a goal-filled tour of the United States by hammering Seattle Sounders 7-0 at CenturyLink Field.

Introduced as a second-half substitute, Rooney quickly cut loose, drilling home his first just after the re-start and completing his treble 18 minutes from time.

It was part of a seven-goal romp which takes the Red Devils' total in two games so far to 11, with Michael Owen, Mame Biram Diouf, Park Ji-sung and Gabriel Obertan netting the rest.

The only downside was a knock picked up by Rio Ferdinand near the end that left the defender limping at the final whistle.

Evertonmade a forgettable start to their tour of the United States as they suffered a 1-0 defeat to Philadelphia Unionin sweltering conditions.

Teenager Christian Hernandez scored the winner three minutes from the end and the visitors' evening was further soured when John Heitinga saw red in injury time for a second caution.

Newcastlemidfielder Hatem Ben Arfa was cleared of serious injury after he was taken from the field on a stretcher during his side's goalless draw with Sporting Kansas City.

Early reports, however, suggested he had only suffered a slight twist of his ankle with the club set to conduct further tests.

Gabriel Tamas fired a spectacular last-gasp winner as West Bromhit back from 2-0 down to snatch a 3-2 victory over the Portland Timbers.

Goals from Eddie Johnson and Peter Lowry put the hosts in control after the opening 30 minutes, but Albion regrouped at half-time and looked a different team after the break.

James Morrison should have started the comeback on 63 minutes, only to fail from the penalty spot, but he atoned three minutes later with a precise finish past Jake Gleeson.

Somen Tchoyi then latched onto a chip from Ishmael Miller before beating Gleeson with a dipping strike, and the game looked to be drifting to a draw until Tamas struck in added time.

Boltoncompleted their three-game tour of the USA with a comfortable 2-0 win over Houston Dynamo.

Kevin Davies set up Ivan Klasnic for the game's opener on 31 minutes before the veteran completed the scoring with a tap-in following Martin Petrov's pin-point cross.

Sunderlandfell to a 3-1 defeat to Hannover 96during their German training camp.

Two goals in the space of three minutes just before half-time from Mohammed Abdellaoue and Jan Schlaudraff left Sunderland on the back foot.

Although Stephane Sessegnon got them back in it, Erdal Akdari wrapped up the victory for the Germans with six minutes to go.

On-trial goalkeeper Stipe Pletikosa was a virtual spectator as Celticwarmed up for their Clydesdale Bank Premier League opener with a 1-0 friendly victory at Cardiff.

The Croatia international had little opportunity to impress Neil Lennon as Celtic secured a comfortable win thanks to a 34th-minute header from Anthony Stokes.

Norwichplundered eight goals as they took on two German teams in Gottingen, playing the opening 45 minutes against Spartaand the second half against RSV.

There were four goals in either half, with James Vaughan scoring twice before further strikes from Simeon Jackson and George Francomb gave Norwich victory over Sparta.

Against RSV, Steve Morison scored his first goal in Norwich colours, followed by an Elliott Bennett goal and a late brace from Elliott Ward.

Trialist Robert Stambolziev got on the scoresheet for Stokewith the opening goal in their 6-0 win over Newcastle Town.

Kenwyne Jones added a brace while Jermaine Pennant, Glenn Whelan and Jonathan Waltersgot the others.

QPRhad to wait for the 90th minute for Heidar Helguson to break the deadlock and give them a 1-0 win over Plymouth.

Helguson had come on when new signing Jay Bothroyd limped off in the first half. There was also a start for Kieron Dyer in the match.

Craig Bellamy was among the scorers as a mixed-age Manchester Cityside beat Stalybridge Celtic4-2 at Bower Fold.

Bellamy, Wayne Bridge, Nedum Onuoha and Michael Johnson were in action for City who also utilised a number of youth prospects with the rest of the squad away on tour.