The creation of his role marked a dramatic change of strategy by US Soccer. s in the rear of the building when he became engaged in a verbal altercation with a 25-year-old male, whose name is also being withheld. The NPSL, on the other hand, negotiated a TV contract, a 10-year deal with CBS that paid $1m a year. Gary Vitti, the now retired athletic trainer of the Los Angeles Lakers, quoted in an ESPN article on.