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Definition |
| 1996 MLS Inaugural Allocations |
The Major League Soccer Inaugural Allocations were signed by the league and distributed to the league's ten teams prior to the beginning of the 1996 season, the MLS's first. Each team was assigned four "marquee" players prior to the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. (references) |
| 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft |
The MLS Inaugural Player Draft was held before Major League Soccer's initial season, to distribute players who had already graduated college to the league's ten inaugural teams. The draft occurred after each team was allocated four "marquee" players. (references) |
| 1997 MLS Expansion Draft |
The 1997 MLS Expansion Draft was held November 6, 1997. Two teams participated, the Chicago Fire and Miami Fusion F.C., both expansion clubs planned for the 1998 season. Each team selected 12 players from a pool of players that each present Major League Soccer club was required to submit. (references) |
| 2002 MLS Allocation Draft |
After the Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion were contracted, Major League Soccer distributed their players to the rest of the league by means of an Allocation Draft, in which teams with an excess allocation were allowed to select from their players. Players not selected in the Allocation Draft went into the 2002 MLS Dispersal Draft. (references) |
| 2003 MLS SuperDraft |
The 2003 Major League Soccer Superdraft was held January 17, 2003 in Kansas City, Missouri. (references) |
| 2003 MLS Supplemental Draft |
Before the 2003 season, Major League Soccer held Supplemental Drafts, in which players who had signed with the league after the 2003 MLS SuperDraft were made available for selection. (references) |
| 2004 MLS Expansion Draft |
The 2004 MLS Expansion Draft was held on November 19, 2004, and consisted of 10 rounds. The two new teams, C.D. Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, drafted players from the other 10 Major League Soccer teams. (references) |
| 2004 MLS SuperDraft |
The 2004 MLS SuperDraft, held in Charlotte, North Carolina on January 16, 2004, was the fifth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft, and was most notable for the selection of one of the youngest athletes in American sporting history, Freddy Adu, with the first pick. (references) |
| 2005 MLS SuperDraft |
The 2005 MLS SuperDraft, held in Baltimore, Maryland on January 14, 2005, was the sixth incarnation of the annual Major League Soccer SuperDraft. Expansion club Real Salt Lake drafted Under-17 midfielder Nikolas Besagno with the first overall pick. A collective bargaining agreement with the MLS Players' Union dictated that the draft be reduced from six to four rounds, although a Supplemental Draft was held to equip newly-formed reserve teams and compensate for expansion. (references) |
| 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft |
The 2005 MLS Supplemental Draft, held on February 4, 2005, was the first re-incarnation of the MLS Supplemental Draft. The four-round event followed January's SuperDraft, as teams filled out their developmental rosters. (references) |
| Backyard Soccer MLS Edition |
Backyard Soccer Major League Soccer Edition was the first Backyard Sports soccer edition game to include the MLS. It debuted in the year 2001 and grew child popularity to the league. Since the game was made in 2001 it included the soccer clubs of Tampa Bay Mutiny and Miami Fusion, it also was made when soccer club F.C. Dallas was called the Dallas Burn. This game didn't include the new brand new MLS soccer clubs of C.D. Chivas USA or Real Salt Lake. (references) |
| MLS Best XI |
In the United States, Major League Soccer (MLS) has selected a league Best XI since its inception in 1996. (references) |
| MLS Cup |
MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer post-season, officially recognized as the championship of the league. The trophy is called the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, named after the founding chairman of MLS. The award for the regular season championship is called the Supporters' Shield, after the various clubs' supporters. (references) |
| MLS SuperDraft |
The MLS SuperDraft is an annual event in which the Major League Soccer teams select players who have graduated from college or otherwise been signed by the league. The SuperDraft was first instituted in 2000, as a combination of the MLS College Draft, in which players having graduated college were selected, and the MLS Supplemental Draft, in which all other players were chosen. The draft is divided into six rounds of ten picks, the order of which is determined by a combination of the teams' playoff and regular season positions. (references) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.
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