Rupp, a three-time Olympian making his Boston debut, was 21 seconds behind and Japan’s Suguru Osako was another 30 seconds back. Because the Spartans did not have enough ticket sellers, team vice president Jerry Lawrence and tick. g the Rooney rule, under which NFL teams are required to interview minority candidates for coaching and front-office positions. Anyone even slightly aware of US Soccer’s fraught history could have recognized the xenophobic history of that canard.