The Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy

The MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. The trophy is called the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, after the founding chairman of MLS. The MLS Cup winner, along with the MLS Supporters' Shield winner or runner-up (if the Cup winner also wins the Shield), represents the United States in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup. ^[1]
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Previous finals

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MLS Cup successes by club

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MLS scudetto

Los Angeles Galaxy jersey for 2006 season. MLS Scudetto and a star over the team's shield are used.

For the 2006 season, MLS created their version of the scudetto (Italian: "small shield"), a symbol worn on the jersey by the team who won the previous season's Serie A (the top Italian league). Image File history File links Galaxy_2006. ... Image File history File links Galaxy_2006. ... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Serie A is the top division of the Italian Football League, the highest football league in Italy. ...

The MLS scudetto is a curved, triangular badge featuring a backdrop of the American flag behind a replica of the Alan I. Rothenberg MLS Cup trophy. The MLS scudetto is worn by the winning team the season following the victory. It is only during the subsequent season (two years after winning the championship), that the team adds a star — a common soccer signifier of titles won — above the team logo. The team can display the star on other items beside their jersey in the year after winning the Cup, but only if the scudetto is not shown. In football (soccer), some national and club sides include one or more stars as part of (or beside) the crest appearing on their shirt, to represent important trophies the team has previously won. ...

The 2005 MLS Cup champion, the Los Angeles Galaxy, was the first team to wear the scudetto and will receive a second star above the team shield on the jersey during the 2007 season[1].

Most Valuable Player Award recipients

The first MLS Cup, hoisted by John Harkes of D.C. United

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Halftime shows

• 1996
• 1997
• 1998
• 1999 Christina Aguilera
• 2000 Innocense
• 2001
• 2002 Paulina Rubio
• 2003 Michelle Branch
• 2004 Switchfoot
• 2005 The Click Five
• 2006 Under the Influence of Giants

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Trivia

• The most successful team in MLS Cup playoffs: D.C. United, winning the title four times (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004).

• The other multiple winners:
  San Jose Earthquakes (2001, 2003) and
  Los Angeles Galaxy (2002, 2005).

• The only team to have successfully defended the MLS Cup: D.C. United (1996, 1997).

• D.C. United qualified for four successive MLS Cup finals between 1996 to 1999, a standing record as of 2006.

• Teams with most appearances (5) in MLS Cup finals:
  DC United: 4 Wins (1996, 1997, 1999, 2004); 1 Loss (1998).
  Los Angeles Galaxy: 2 Wins (2002, 2005); 3 Losses (1996, 1999, 2001).

• MLS Cup winners who also won the MLS Supporters' Shield (having finished first in the regular season):
  D.C. United (1997; 1999),
  Kansas City Wizards (2000) and
  Los Angeles Galaxy (2002).

• Only 2 teams captured the MLS Cup after winning every game in the playoffs:
  D.C. United (won all 5 postseason games in 1997).
  Chicago Fire (won all 5 postseason games in 1998).

• The Cup winner who lost the most playoff games was Kansas City Wizards, with 2 losses (once in regulation, once PK) in 2000. The runner-up who lost the most playoff games was Chicago Fire, with 3 losses (all in regulation), also in 2000.

• The MLS Cup winner with the worst regular-season record was Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005; they finished 4th in the Western Conference and 9th of 12 overall, with a 0.500 record (13-13-6) and negative (-1) goal difference (44-45). The MLS Cup winner with the 2nd-worst regular-season record was D.C. United in 2004, who finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference and 4th of 10 overall, with a 0.524 record (11-10-9) and a goal difference of just +1 (43-42); on the basis of points earned per game, the United of 2004 actually performed worse than the Galaxy of 2005. The 3rd-worst regular-season record was that of D.C. United in 1996; they finished 2nd in the Eastern Conference and 3rd of 10 overall, with a 0.536 record (15-13-4)^[3] and a goal difference of +6 (62-56).

• The MLS Cup runner-up with the worst regular-season record was Colorado Rapids in 1997, finishing 4th in the Western Conference and 7th of 10 overall, with a 0.444 record (12-15-5)^[4] and a negative goal difference (50-59)! The 2nd-worst regular-season record for an MLS Cup runner-up was that of the New England Revolution in 2002 - they finished 1st in the Eastern Conference but only 5th out of 10 teams overall, with a 0.462 record (12-14-2) and a zero goal difference (49-49).

• The MLS Cup winners who also won the US Open Cup in the same season:
  D.C. United (1996),
  Chicago Fire (1998) and
  Los Angeles Galaxy (2005).

• The MLS Cup winners who almost achieved the treble (i.e. Shield, playoffs and Open Cup), but lost in the US Open Cup final:
  D.C. United (1997) and
  Los Angeles Galaxy (2002).

• All but two MLS Cup finals (2001, 2006) involved at least a team that finished in the top two overall during the regular season. Some finals even featured both the Shield winners and runners-up (1999, 2000, 2003).

• The 2006 season was the first time in MLS history where all the major honors were won by different teams:^[5]
  US Open Cup Winner: Chicago Fire. Runner-up: Los Angeles Galaxy
  Supporters' Shield Winner: D.C. United. Runner-up: FC Dallas
  MLS Cup Winner: Houston Dynamo. Runner-up: New England Revolution

• Interestingly, the inaugural MLS Cup (1996) was, to this point, the only one in which both teams were making their championship game debut.

• Up to 2005, Los Angeles Galaxy had been the only team to have qualified for playoffs every season. However, this proud record has come to an end in 2006, as they were knocked out of the playoffs for the first time in their 11-year history.^[6]

• Defending MLS Cup champions who have failed to qualify for the postseason:
  D.C. United (2000) and
  Los Angeles Galaxy (2006).

• San Jose Earthquakes was the only previous champion winning every final it contested (2001, 2003). Also, any time that San Jose Earthquakes qualified for the playoffs, it either went all the way to win the Cup or lost out in the conference semifinals.

• In 2006, Houston Dynamo became the first club to win in a penalty shootout, beating the New England Revolution 4-3. Both teams scored in the second extra time session, resulting in a 1-1 draw, to extend the match to a shootout.

• Houston Dynamo (2006), Chicago Fire (1998) and, technically, D.C. United (1996), were the only teams to have won the MLS Cup in their debut seasons.

• New England Revolution was the only team to lose successive finals (2005 and 2006).

• It is an interesting fact that all but one MLS Cup winners also rank (1st to 5th) above every other team who have never won the MLS Cup, based on all-time PPG in the regular season, the only exception being Kansas City Wizards (8th).

• It is equally surprising that New England Revolution, 3-time MLS Cup finalist, ranked just 13th in terms of all-time regular season PPG, only ahead of Chivas USA and Real Salt Lake, the two expansion teams in 2005. [2]

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Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004- All-Time Leaders* Games Marco Etcheverry, 191 Goals Jaime Moreno, 76 Assists Marco Etcheverry, 101 Points Jaime Moreno, 218 Shutouts Nick Rimando, 18 First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... The MLS Supporters Shield The Major League Soccer Supporters Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system - much like the Presidents Trophy in the NHL. While MLS is similar to other North American... The regular season is a term used, primarily, in North American sports. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Wizards Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Coach Brian Bliss, 2006 (interim) Owner OnGoal, LLC. First Game Kansas City Wiz 3–0 Colorado Rapids (Arrowhead Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 6–0 MetroStars (Arrowhead Stadium; June 20, 1999) Worst Defeat Kansas... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1997 League Major League Soccer Nickname La Maquina Roja, Men in Red, CF97 Stadium Toyota Park Coach Dave Sarachan, 2003— Owner AEG First Game Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire (Lockhart Stadium; March 21, 1998) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire (Arrowhead Stadium; July 4... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Wizards Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Coach Brian Bliss, 2006 (interim) Owner OnGoal, LLC. First Game Kansas City Wiz 3–0 Colorado Rapids (Arrowhead Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 6–0 MetroStars (Arrowhead Stadium; June 20, 1999) Worst Defeat Kansas... Year founded 1997 League Major League Soccer Nickname La Maquina Roja, Men in Red, CF97 Stadium Toyota Park Coach Dave Sarachan, 2003— Owner AEG First Game Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire (Lockhart Stadium; March 21, 1998) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire (Arrowhead Stadium; July 4... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... In sports such as ice hockey and soccer, goal difference (that is, goals scored less goals conceded) is often the first tie-breaker used to rank teams which finish a competition with an equal number of points. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Rapids Stadium INVESCO Field at Mile High Coach Fernando Clavijo, 2005— Owner Stan Kroenke First Game Kansas City Wiz 3–0 Colorado Rapids (Arrowhead Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Colorado Rapids 4–0 Kansas City Wiz (Mile High Stadium; May 5... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18, 2004) Worst... The Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is an American soccer competition open to all United States Soccer Federation affiliated teams, from amateur adult club teams all the way to the professional teams of Major League Soccer. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1997 League Major League Soccer Nickname La Maquina Roja, Men in Red, CF97 Stadium Toyota Park Coach Dave Sarachan, 2003— Owner AEG First Game Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire (Lockhart Stadium; March 21, 1998) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire (Arrowhead Stadium; July 4... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Treble is a term applied in music to the high or acute part of the musical system, as opposed to the bass, the lower or grave part. ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Year founded 1997 League Major League Soccer Nickname La Maquina Roja, Men in Red, CF97 Stadium Toyota Park Coach Dave Sarachan, 2003— Owner AEG First Game Miami Fusion 0–2 Chicago Fire (Lockhart Stadium; March 21, 1998) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 0–7 Chicago Fire (Arrowhead Stadium; July 4... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 as Dallas Burn League Major League Soccer Nickname Hoops, FCD, Toros Stadium Pizza Hut Park Coach vacant[1] Owner Lamar Hunt First Game Dallas Burn 0–0 San Jose Clash (Cotton Bowl; April 14, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 5–0 Kansas City Wizards (Cotton Bowl; July... Year founded 2005 League Major League Soccer Nickname Dynamo, The Men in Orange Stadium Robertson Stadium Coach Dominic Kinnear, 2006— Owner AEG First Game Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Largest Win Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Worst Defeat... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18, 2004) Worst... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Galaxy, The Gs, The Sash Stadium The Home Depot Center Coach Frank Yallop, 2006— First Game Los Angeles Galaxy 2–1 MetroStars (Rose Bowl; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Dallas Burn 1–8 Los Angeles Galaxy (Cotton Bowl; June 4, 1998) Worst... Year Founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Stadium Spartan Stadium Coach - First Game San Jose Clash 1 - 0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Last Game San Jose Equakes 1 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy (Spartan Stadium; October 29, 2005) Largest Win San Jose Clash 6 - 1 New... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Year founded 2005 League Major League Soccer Nickname Dynamo, The Men in Orange Stadium Robertson Stadium Coach Dominic Kinnear, 2006— Owner AEG First Game Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Largest Win Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Worst Defeat... Kicks from the penalty mark (commonly referred to as a penalty shootout) are sometimes used to decide the winner of a tied match of association football (soccer). ... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18, 2004) Worst... Extra time is an additional period played at the end of some games of football (soccer) if the score is tied after the two standard periods (halves) of play. ... Year founded 2005 League Major League Soccer Nickname Dynamo, The Men in Orange Stadium Robertson Stadium Coach Dominic Kinnear, 2006— Owner AEG First Game Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Largest Win Houston Dynamo 5–2 Colorado Rapids (Robertson Stadium; April 2, 2006) Worst Defeat... The phrase Chicago Fire can refer to: The Great Chicago Fire, the fire that burned much of Chicago in 1871 The Chicago Fire soccer club The Chicago Fire American football team in the defunct WFL The Chicago Fire Department This is a disambiguation page: a list of articles associated with... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Black and Red Stadium RFK Stadium Coach Peter Nowak, 2004— Owner AEG First Game San Jose Clash 1–0 D.C. United (Spartan Stadium; April 6, 1996) Largest Win 6–1, once; 5–0, 4 times Worst Defeat Kansas City Wizards 6... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18, 2004) Worst... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Wizards Stadium Arrowhead Stadium Coach Brian Bliss, 2006 (interim) Owner OnGoal, LLC. First Game Kansas City Wiz 3–0 Colorado Rapids (Arrowhead Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win Kansas City Wizards 6–0 MetroStars (Arrowhead Stadium; June 20, 1999) Worst Defeat Kansas... Year founded 1995 League Major League Soccer Nickname Revolution, Revs Stadium Gillette Stadium Coach Steve Nicol, 2002— Owner Robert Kraft First Game Tampa Bay Mutiny 3–2 New England Revolution (Tampa Stadium; April 13, 1996) Largest Win New England Revolution 6–1 Colorado Rapids (Gillette Stadium; September 18, 2004) Worst... Year Founded 2004 League Major League Soccer Stadium Home Depot Center Coach Thomas Rongen, 2005- All-Time Leaders* Games - Goals - Assists - Points - Shutouts - First Game - Largest Win - Worst Defeat - MLS Cup None US Open Cup None *all stats for MLS regular season only Club Deportivo Chivas USA is a Major... Year founded 2005 League Major League Soccer Nickname RSL, Real Stadium Rice-Eccles Stadium Coach John Ellinger, 2005— Owner Dave Checketts First Game MetroStars 0–0 Real Salt Lake (Giants Stadium; April 2, 2005) Largest Win Real Salt Lake 3–0 FC Dallas (Rice-Eccles Stadium; July 23, 2005) Los...

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