1996 Major League Soccer season

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Major League Soccer season sports season

The 1996 Major League Soccer season was the inaugural campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States, marking MLS’s debut with its first set of franchises and competitive play.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
1996 Major League Soccer season canonical 7
1996 MLS season 1
Major League Soccer 1996 season 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Soccer season ⓘ
sports season ⓘ
averageAttendance 17406 ⓘ
champion D.C. United ⓘ
commissioner Doug Logan ⓘ
confederation CONCACAF ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
endDate 1996-10-20 ⓘ
featuredTeam Colorado Rapids ⓘ
Columbus Crew ⓘ
D.C. United ⓘ
Dallas Burn ⓘ
Kansas City Wiz ⓘ
Los Angeles Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: LA Galaxy

New England Revolution ⓘ
New York Red Bulls ⓘ
surface form: New York/New Jersey MetroStars

San Jose Earthquakes ⓘ
surface form: San Jose Clash

Tampa Bay Mutiny ⓘ
followedBy 1997 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
governingBody United States Soccer Federation ⓘ
hadShootoutsToDecideDraws true ⓘ
hasConference Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
isInauguralSeasonOf Major League Soccer ⓘ
league Major League Soccer ⓘ
mlsCupFinalCity Foxborough, Massachusetts ⓘ
mlsCupFinalDate 1996-10-20 ⓘ
mlsCupFinalVenue Foxboro Stadium ⓘ
mlsCupRunnerUp Los Angeles Galaxy ⓘ
surface form: LA Galaxy
mlsCupWinner D.C. United ⓘ
mostValuablePlayer Carlos Valderrama ⓘ
mvpTeam Tampa Bay Mutiny ⓘ
numberOfTeams 10 ⓘ
openingMatch San Jose Clash vs. D.C. United ⓘ
openingMatchCity San Jose ⓘ
surface form: San Jose, California
openingMatchDate 1996-04-06 ⓘ
openingMatchResult San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United ⓘ
openingMatchVenue Spartan Stadium ⓘ
openingMatchWinningGoalScorer Eric Wynalda ⓘ
precededBy none ⓘ
seasonNumber 1 ⓘ
startDate 1996-04-06 ⓘ
supportersShieldWinner Tampa Bay Mutiny ⓘ
topScorer Roy Lassiter ⓘ
topScorerGoals 27 ⓘ
totalAttendance 2980000 ⓘ
totalGoals 543 ⓘ
totalMatches 160 ⓘ

Referenced by (9)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

MetroStars → participatedIn → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
Sporting → joinedLeague → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
subject surface form: Sporting Kansas City
this entity surface form: Major League Soccer 1996 season
Kansas City Wiz → partOfCompetition → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
1996 MLS Cup → season → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
Most Valuable Player award → firstSeasonAwarded → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
subject surface form: Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player Award
MLS Cup MVP → inceptionSeason → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
Major League Soccer All-Star Game → firstSeason → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
Tampa Bay Mutiny → season → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 MLS season
Major League Soccer seasons with San Jose Earthquakes → includesSeason → 1996 Major League Soccer season ⓘ