In the final minute of the match, and with the score locked at 1–1, Rooney latched onto a fumbled pass from Ljubo Miličević on the edge of the area and struck the ball sweetly with his left foot, curling it into the top left corner of the net to send Newcastle players, staff and fans into raptures, with the club needing only a point from its final game (away to Ulsan Hyundai Horang-i) to qualify for the next stage of Asian football's premier international club competition.

Rooney struck a powerful left-footed shot from the left-edge of the box, ending Gold Coast's aspirations of going through the season undefeated.

[4] He made his debut for the side in their very first I-League on 22 September 2013 against Mohun Bagan A.C. in which he scored the very first goal in the club's history in the 50th minute as Bengaluru went on to draw the match 1–1.

[8] Rooney then began the month of November in good form when he scored the opening goal for Bengaluru FC in their match against Mumbai in the 7th minute.

Towards the end of October 2015, it was announced that Rooney, and Oakleigh teammate Mirjan Pavlović, would be signing for the recently relegated Marconi Stallions FC in the NSW NPL 2.