At the national level, this charade will continue because he fits perfectly with Bruce Arena’s get-the-band-back-together ethos. A season on the brink: wide-open NWSL making strides as fifth year kicks off Read moreFifty years ag. Until Rooney’s diversity committee came up with the Rooney rule in 2003, those candidates were almost always white. Players did not exactly get rich for winning the title, each receiving $1,500 bonuses.