Weaknesses During the regular season, Boston had a disquieting tendency of letting teams back in games during the second half. Rooney took over operation of the team in the 1960s from his father, Art, who founded the franchise. That’s too bad, because it would have been an appropriate day to commemorate a significant anniversary for North American soccer. A few moments later, he looked back at his fiancee and nodded somberly as relatives of the victims sobbed loudly.