Supporters' Shield race

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Major League Soccer competition regular-season title race

The Supporters' Shield race is Major League Soccer’s regular-season competition in which clubs vie to finish with the league’s best overall record and claim the Supporters' Shield trophy.

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Observed surface forms (10)

Surface form Occurrences
Supporters' Shield 24
Supporters' Shield 2003 1
Supporters' Shield 2008 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Major League Soccer competition ⓘ
regular-season title race ⓘ
award Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supporters' Shield
broadcastOn sports television networks in Canada ⓘ
sports television networks in the United States ⓘ
competitionType league table competition ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
criterion points earned in regular-season matches ⓘ
determines team with best regular-season record in MLS ⓘ
eligibility all MLS clubs in a given season ⓘ
emphasizes consistency over full regular season ⓘ
endEvent final matchday of MLS regular season ⓘ
firstSeason 1996 ⓘ
format double round-robin or unbalanced schedule depending on season ⓘ
governingBody Major League Soccer ⓘ
hasAspect media coverage of weekly leaders ⓘ
standings table updated throughout season ⓘ
statistical tracking of points and goal difference ⓘ
hasOutcome seeding implications for MLS Cup Playoffs ⓘ
includesClubsFrom Eastern Conference ⓘ
Western Conference ⓘ
involvesStakeholder MLS supporters ⓘ
language English ⓘ
namedAfter Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supporters' Shield
organizer Major League Soccer ⓘ
partOf Major League Soccer regular season ⓘ
surface form: Major League Soccer season
region North America ⓘ
relatedCompetition CONCACAF Champions Cup ⓘ
MLS Cup ⓘ
surface form: MLS Cup Playoffs

Supporters' Shield Foundation ⓘ
surface form: Supporters' Shield
rewardForWinner Supporters' Shield Foundation ⓘ
surface form: Supporters' Shield trophy

recognition as MLS regular-season champion ⓘ
seasonPhase regular season ⓘ
sport association football ⓘ
soccer ⓘ
startEvent MLS regular-season opening matchday ⓘ
tieBreaker goal difference ⓘ
goals scored ⓘ
head-to-head record ⓘ
trophy Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Supporters' Shield
usesSystem one point for a draw ⓘ
three points for a win ⓘ
zero points for a loss ⓘ
winnerQualification CONCACAF Champions Cup berth ⓘ
home-field advantage throughout MLS Cup Playoffs when applicable ⓘ

Referenced by (34)

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

Major League Soccer regular season → associatedAward → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
MLS Cup trophy → associatedWith → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Supporters' Shield race → award → Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Sigi Schmid → awardReceived → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Supporters' Shield Foundation → awards → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
The Fire → competition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Fire FC
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
D.C. United → competition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
FC Cincinnati → competition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Sporting Kansas City → competitionWon → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Toronto FC → competitionWon → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Union → competitionWon → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Supporters' Shield Foundation → governsAwardProcessFor → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Supporters' Shield Foundation → hasAward → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
SKC → hasWon → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
subject surface form: Sporting Kansas City
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Los Angeles FC → honor → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
2019 MLS Supporters' Shield → isPartOf → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield series
Supporters' Shield race → namedAfter → Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Major League Soccer → organizesCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
Supporters' Shield Foundation → oversees → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
2022 MLS Supporters' Shield → relatedAward → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
MLS Cup → relatedCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Supporters' Shield race → trophy → Supporters' Shield race self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
2020 MLS Supporters' Shield → trophyName → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
2021 MLS Supporters' Shield → trophyName → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Columbus Crew → won → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters’ Shield 2004
Columbus Crew → won → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters’ Shield 2008
Columbus Crew → won → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters’ Shield 2009
Chicago Fire → wonCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
subject surface form: Chicago Fire FC
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield 2003
FC Dallas → wonCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield 2016
Houston Dynamo → wonCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield
Seattle Sounders FC → wonCompetition → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield 2014
Houston Dynamo → wonTitleInSeason → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield 2008
FC Cincinnati → wonTrophy → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield 2023
NE → wonTrophy → Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
subject surface form: New England Revolution
this entity surface form: Supporters' Shield