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Major League Soccer Sanctioned by U.S. Soccer and FIFA, the international soccer federation. MLS was founded on the heels of the successful 1994 World Cup tournament hosted by the United States and it remains the only FIFA-sanctioned division I outdoor league in the United States. The annual MLS title game is known as the MLS Cup. Multiple winner: D.C. United (3). MLS Cup| Year | Winner | Head Coach | Score | Loser | Head Coach | Site |
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| 1996 | D.C. United | Bruce Arena | 3-2 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Lothar Osiander | Foxboro, Mass. | | 1997 | D.C. United | Bruce Arena | 2-1 | Colorado Rapids | Glen Myernick | Washington, D.C. | | 1998 | Chicago Fire | Bob Bradley | 2-0 | D.C. United | Bruce Arena | Pasadena, Calif. | | 1999 | D.C. United | Thomas Rongen | 2-0 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Sigi Schmid | Foxboro, Mass. | | 2000 | K.C. Wizards | Bob Gansler | 1-0 | Chicago Fire | Bob Bradley | Washington, D.C. | | 2001 | San Jose Earthquakes | Frank Yallop | 2-1 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Sigi Schmid | Columbus, Ohio | | 2002 | Los Angeles Galaxy | Sigi Schmid | 1-0 2OT | N.E. Revolution | Steve Nicol | Foxboro, Mass. | | 2003 | San Jose | Frank Yallop | 4-2 | Chicago | Dave Sarachan | Carson, Calif. |
MLS Cup '96 D.C. United, 3-2 (OT) Oct. 20 at Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. Attendance: 34,643 | | 1 | 2 | OT | |
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| Los Angeles Galaxy | 1 | 1 | 0 | —2 | | D.C. United | 0 | 2 | 1 | —3 |
First Half: LA–Eduardo Hurtado (Mauricio Cienfuegos), 5th minute. Second Half: LA–Chris Armas (unassisted), 56th; DC–Tony Sanneh (Marco Etcheverry), 73rd; DC–Shawn Medved (unassisted), 82nd. Overtime: DC–Eddie Pope (Etcheverry), 94th. MVP: Marco Etcheverry, D.C. United, Midfielder MLS Cup '97 D.C. United, 2-1 Oct. 26 at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 57,431 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| Colorado Rapids | 0 | 1 | —1 | | D.C. United | 1 | 1 | —2 |
First Half: DC–Jaime Moreno (Tony Sanneh, David Vaudreuil), 37th minute. Second Half: DC–Sanneh (John Harkes, Richie Williams), 68th; COL–Adrian Paz (David Patino, Matt Kmosko), 75th. MVP: Jaime Moreno, D.C. United, Forward MLS Cup '98 Chicago Fire, 2-0 Oct. 25 at the Rose Bowl, Pasadena, Calif. Attendance: 51,350 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| D.C. United | 0 | 0 | —0 | | Chicago | 2 | 0 | —2 |
First Half: CHI–Jerzy Podbrozny (Peter Nowak, Ante Razov), 29th minute; CHI–Diego Gutierrez (Nowak), 45th. MVP: Nowak, Chicago, Midfielder MLS Cup '99 D.C. United, 2-0 Nov. 21 at Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. Attendance: 44,910 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| D.C. United | 2 | 0 | —2 | | Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | —0 |
First Half: DC–Jaime Moreno (Roy Lassiter), 19th minute; DC–Ben Olsen (unassisted), 48th MVP: Olsen, D.C. United, Midfielder MLS Cup 2000 Kansas City Wizards, 1-0 Oct. 15 at RFK Stadium, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 39,159 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| Chicago | 0 | 0 | —0 | | Kansas City | 1 | 0 | —1 |
First Half: DC– Miklos Molnar (Chris Klein), 11th minute. MVP: Tony Meola, Kansas City, Goalkeeper MLS Cup 2001 San Jose Earthquakes, 2-1 Oct. 21 at Crew Stadium, Columbus, Ohio Attendance: 21,626 | | 1 | 2 | OT | |
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| San Jose | 1 | 0 | 1 | —2 | | Los Angeles | 1 | 0 | 0 | —1 |
First Half: LA–Luis Hernandez (Greg Vanney, Kevin Hartman), 21st minute; SJ-Landon Donovan (Ian Russell, Richard Mulrooney), 43rd. Overtime: SJ-Dwayne DeRosario (Ronnie Ekelund, Zak Ibsen), 96th. MVP: Dwayne DeRosario, San Jose, Forward MLS Cup 2002 Los Angeles Galaxy, 1-0 (2 OT) Oct. 20 at Gillette Stadium, Foxboro, Mass. Attendance: 61,316 | | 1 | 2 | 1OT | 2OT | |
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| Los Angeles | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | —1 | | New England | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | —0 |
First Half: LA–Luis Hernandez (Greg Vanney, Kevin Hartman), 21st minute; SJ-Landon Donovan (Ian Russell, Richard Mulrooney), 43rd. 2nd OT:LA–Carlos Ruiz, (Tyrone Marshall, Chris Albright), 113th minute. MVP: Carlos Ruiz, Los Angeles, F MLS Cup 2003 San Jose Earthquakes, 4-2 Nov. 23 at Home Depot Center, Carson, Calif. Attendance: 27,000 | | 1 | 2 | |
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| San Jose | 2 | 2 | —4 | | Chicago | 0 | 2 | —2 |
First Half: SJ– Ronnie Ekelund (unassisted), 5th minute; SJLandon Donovan (Jamil Walker), 38th. Second Half: CHIDaMarcus Beasley (Andy Williams), 49th; SJ-Richard Mulrooney (Craig Waibel), 50th; CHI-own goal (Chris Roner), 54th; SJ-Donovan (Dwayne De Rosario, Brian Mullan), 71st. MVP: Landon Donovan, San Jose, F Regular Season| Most Valuable Player |
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| 1996 | Carlos Valderrama, Tampa Bay | | 1997 | Preki, Kansas City | | 1998 | Marco Etcheverry, D.C. | | 1999 | Jason Kreis, Dallas | | 2000 | Tony Meola, Kansas City | | 2001 | Alex Pineda Chacón, Miami | | 2002 | Carlos Ruiz, LA | | 2003 | Preki, Kansas City |
| Leading Scorer | G | A | Pts |
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| 1996 | Roy Lassiter, Tampa Bay | 27 | 4 | 58 | | 1997 | Preki, Kansas City | 12 | 17 | 41 | | 1998 | Stern John, Columbus | 26 | 5 | 57 | | 1999 | Jason Kreis, Dallas | 18 | 15 | 51 | | 2000 | Mamadou Diallo, Tampa Bay | 26 | 4 | 56 | | 2001 | Alex Pineda Chacón | 19 | 9 | 47 | | 2002 | Taylor Twellman, New England | 23 | 6 | 52 | | 2003 | Preki, Kansas City | 12 | 17 | 41 | | 2004 | Pat Noonan, New England | 11 | 8 | 30 | | | & Amado Guevara, MetroStars | 10 | 10 | 30 |
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