2012 Supporters' Shield
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The 2012 Supporters' Shield is the Major League Soccer trophy awarded to the team that finished the regular season with the league’s best overall record in 2012.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| 2012 Supporters' Shield canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2012 Supporters' Shield Context triple: [2011 Supporters' Shield, nextEdition, 2012 Supporters' Shield]
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A.
2011 Supporters' Shield
The 2011 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season title awarded to the team with the league's best record, coached that year by Bruce Arena.
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B.
2009 Supporters' Shield
The 2009 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the best overall record that year.
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C.
2010 Supporters' Shield
The 2010 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season title awarded to the team with the league's best record that year.
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D.
2022 MLS Supporters' Shield
The 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield is the annual Major League Soccer trophy awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in the 2022 season.
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E.
1997 Supporters' Shield
The 1997 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the league's best overall record that year.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
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Target entity: 2012 Supporters' Shield Target entity description: The 2012 Supporters' Shield is the Major League Soccer trophy awarded to the team that finished the regular season with the league’s best overall record in 2012.
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A.
2011 Supporters' Shield
The 2011 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season title awarded to the team with the league's best record, coached that year by Bruce Arena.
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B.
2009 Supporters' Shield
The 2009 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the best overall record that year.
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C.
2010 Supporters' Shield
The 2010 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season title awarded to the team with the league's best record that year.
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D.
2022 MLS Supporters' Shield
The 2022 MLS Supporters' Shield is the annual Major League Soccer trophy awarded to the team with the best regular-season record in the 2022 season.
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E.
1997 Supporters' Shield
The 1997 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the league's best overall record that year.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Soccer trophy
ⓘ
Supporters' Shield ⓘ sports award ⓘ |
| associatedOrganization |
Independent Supporters Council
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Supporters' Shield Foundation NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| awardedFor |
best regular-season record in Major League Soccer
ⓘ
first place in the overall 2012 MLS regular-season standings ⓘ |
| clubWinner | San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competition | Major League Soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | single table based on regular-season points ⓘ |
| confersHonor | regular-season champions of MLS ⓘ |
| confersQualificationTo |
2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2013–14 CONCACAF Champions League group stage NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| decidingCriteria | total points ⓘ |
| followedBy | 2013 Supporters' Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isRegularSeasonAward | true ⓘ |
| league | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| level | top division of United States and Canadian soccer ⓘ |
| organizer | Major League Soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | history of the Supporters' Shield ⓘ |
| precededBy | 2011 Supporters' Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition |
2012 MLS Cup
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
2012 MLS Cup Playoffs NERFINISHED ⓘ 2012 U.S. Open Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| season | 2012 Major League Soccer season ⓘ |
| seasonPointsTotalOfWinner | 66 ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| tieBreaker |
goal difference
ⓘ
goals scored ⓘ head-to-head record ⓘ |
| trophyName | Supporters' Shield NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winner | San Jose Earthquakes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerCaptain | Ramiro Corrales NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerCity | San Jose, California NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerCoach | Frank Yallop NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerConference | Western Conference NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| winnerHomeStadium | Buck Shaw Stadium NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| year | 2012 ⓘ |
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Subject: 2012 Supporters' Shield Description of subject: The 2012 Supporters' Shield is the Major League Soccer trophy awarded to the team that finished the regular season with the league’s best overall record in 2012.
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