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Philip F. Anschutz Trophy
File:Philip F. Anschutz Trophy.jpg
Founded1994
RegionMajor League Soccer (CONCACAF)
Number of teams2 (final stage)
16 (total)
Current championsReal Salt Lake (1st title)
Most successful club(s)D.C. United (4 titles)
Television broadcastersESPN, TeleFutura
MLS Cup 2010

The MLS Cup is the annual championship game of Major League Soccer. Beginning with the 2008 MLS Cup winner, subsequent teams have received the redesigned MLS Cup trophy, named the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy,[1][2] for his long-standing commitment to MLS. The previous trophy was named the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, after the founding chairman of MLS.

MLS Cups

Eastern (1996-Present) Western (1996-Present) Central (2000-2001)
Year Winning Team Score Losing Team Venue City Attendance
1996 D.C. United 3–2 OT Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium Foxboro, MA 34,643
1997 D.C. United (2) 2–1 Colorado Rapids RFK Stadium Washington, DC 57,431
1998 Chicago Fire 2–0 D.C. United Rose Bowl Pasadena, CA 51,350
1999 D.C. United (3) 2–0 Los Angeles Galaxy Foxboro Stadium (2) Foxboro, MA (2) 44,910
2000 Kansas City Wizards 1–0 Chicago Fire RFK Stadium (2) Washington, DC (2) 39,159
2001 San Jose Earthquakes 2–1 OT Los Angeles Galaxy Columbus Crew Stadium Columbus, OH 21,626
2002 Los Angeles Galaxy 1–0 2OT New England Revolution Gillette Stadium Foxboro, MA (3) 61,316
2003 San Jose Earthquakes (2) 4–2 Chicago Fire Home Depot Center Carson, CA 27,000
2004 D.C. United (4) 3–2 Kansas City Wizards Home Depot Center (2) Carson, CA (2) 25,797
2005 Los Angeles Galaxy (2) 1–0 OT New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park Frisco, TX 21,193
2006 Houston Dynamo 1–1
PSO
(4–3) 		New England Revolution Pizza Hut Park (2) Frisco, TX (2) 22,427
2007 Houston Dynamo (2) 2–1 New England Revolution RFK Stadium (3) Washington, DC (3) 39,859
2008 Columbus Crew 3–1 New York Red Bulls Home Depot Center (3) Carson, CA (3) 27,000
2009 Real Salt Lake 1–1
PSO
(5–4) 		Los Angeles Galaxy Qwest Field Seattle, WA 46,011
2010 Colorado Rapids 2–1 OT FC Dallas BMO Field Toronto, ON
Notes
  • Until 2003, MLS Cup utilized "sudden death" or "golden goal" overtime, i.e. the match ended if a goal were scored at any point in overtime. Beginning in 2004, a 30:00 overtime is played in full; if the match is still tied, it is decided by a Penalty Kick shootout.
  • Bold - MLS Supporters' Shield Winner
  • Italics - Sellout Crowd

MLS Cup records

The second version of the trophy for MLS Cup was called the Alan I. Rothenberg trophy
Club[3] Titles Last Title Appearances
D.C. United 4 2004 5
Los Angeles Galaxy 2 2005 6
San Jose Earthquakes 2 2003 2
Houston Dynamo 2 2007 2
Chicago Fire 1 1998 3
Kansas City Wizards 1 2000 2
Columbus Crew 1 2008 1
Real Salt Lake 1 2009 1
New England Revolution 0 4
Colorado Rapids 0 2
New York Red Bulls 0 1
FC Dallas 0 1

Most Valuable Player Award recipients

Dwayne De Rosario is the only person to be named the MLS Cup MVP more than once.
Year Winner Position Club
1996 Bolivia Marco Etcheverry Midfielder D.C. United
1997 Bolivia Jaime Moreno Forward D.C. United
1998 Poland Peter Nowak Midfielder Chicago Fire
1999 United States Ben Olsen Midfielder D.C. United
2000 United States Tony Meola Goalkeeper Kansas City Wizards
2001 Canada Dwayne De Rosario Forward San Jose Earthquakes
2002 Guatemala Carlos Ruiz Forward Los Angeles Galaxy
2003 United States Landon Donovan Forward San Jose Earthquakes
2004 United States Alecko Eskandarian Forward D.C. United
2005 Guatemala Guillermo Ramírez Midfielder Los Angeles Galaxy
2006 United States Brian Ching Forward Houston Dynamo
2007 Canada Dwayne De Rosario Midfielder Houston Dynamo
2008 Argentina Guillermo Barros Schelotto Midfielder Columbus Crew
2009 United States Nick Rimando Goalkeeper Real Salt Lake

MLS Scudetto

Current MLS Scudetto (2008-present)

At the start of 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).

The MLS scudetto was originally a curved, triangular badge featuring a backdrop of the American flag behind a replica of the Alan I. Rothenberg MLS Cup trophy. It was redesigned for the 2008 season after the change to the MLS Cup trophy. It is now an oval shaped black badge with the Philip F. Anschutz Trophy in the middle. 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.

  • The 2005 MLS Cup champion, the Los Angeles Galaxy, was the first team to wear the scudetto and now has a second star above the team shield on the jersey during the 2007 season[1].
  • The Houston Dynamo was the first team to win subsequent championships after the scudetto was unveiled. In such case, the team will wear the scudetto for another season; however, the sanctioned star will be added to the team logo.
  • The Columbus Crew was the first team to wear the redesigned scudetto.

Halftime shows

Notes and references

  1. ^ Soccer By Ives: New MLS Cup trophy unveiled
  2. ^ Major League Soccer: MLS unveils redesigned MLS Cup trophy
  3. ^ The latest names are used for franchises who had name changes,e.g. FC Dallas was formerly known as Dallas Burn.
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