Rooney, as the face of a conservative franchise in a conservative league, had never been one to celebrate his politics. It was there the Clippers captured the NPSL crown in the second leg of the final against the Baltimore Bays. After six days of deliberations, the jury found Hernandez not guilty of first-degree murder in the killings of Daniel de Abreu and Safiro Furtado. ofessional soccer in the US took its first tentative steps with the foundation of the NPSL.