It is, of course, understandable that sports organizations – who rely on TV deals to keep them afloat – don’t want entire games broadcast by a teenager on Twitter. The NPSL, on the other hand, negotiated a TV contract, a 10-year deal with CBS that paid $1m a year. Instead, the match only offered the Rapids a 90-minute reprieve from thinking about Tim Howard. “Something the league has needed in order to keep moving forward.