Major League Soccer, LLC
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Major League Soccer, LLC is the organizing body and commercial operator of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Major League Soccer, LLC canonical | 12 |
| @MLS | 1 |
| Major League Soccer (for MLS Next Pro) | 1 |
| Major League Soccer executives | 1 |
| Major League Soccer league office | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2523293 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Major League Soccer, LLC Context triple: [MLS Newcomer of the Year Award, governingBody, Major League Soccer, LLC]
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A.
Major League Soccer Players Association
The Major League Soccer Players Association is the labor union that represents and advocates for professional soccer players in Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada.
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B.
United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
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C.
New York Cosmos
New York Cosmos was a prominent American soccer club best known for its star-studded roster in the 1970s, including Pelé, and for popularizing the sport in the United States.
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D.
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC is a Major League Soccer club based in Los Angeles, known for its passionate fanbase, attacking style of play, and rivalry with the LA Galaxy.
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E.
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the Eastern Conference.
- 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: Major League Soccer, LLC Target entity description: Major League Soccer, LLC is the organizing body and commercial operator of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
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A.
Major League Soccer Players Association
The Major League Soccer Players Association is the labor union that represents and advocates for professional soccer players in Major League Soccer in the United States and Canada.
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B.
United Soccer Leagues
United Soccer Leagues is an American organization that operates and oversees multiple professional and semi-professional soccer leagues in the United States and Canada.
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C.
New York Cosmos
New York Cosmos was a prominent American soccer club best known for its star-studded roster in the 1970s, including Pelé, and for popularizing the sport in the United States.
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D.
Los Angeles FC
Los Angeles FC is a Major League Soccer club based in Los Angeles, known for its passionate fanbase, attacking style of play, and rivalry with the LA Galaxy.
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E.
New England Revolution
The New England Revolution is a professional Major League Soccer club based in the Greater Boston area that competes in the Eastern Conference.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
league operator
ⓘ
limited liability company ⓘ sports organization ⓘ |
| associatedCompetition |
Leagues Cup
ⓘ
MLS All-Star Game ⓘ
linked to:
Major League Soccer All-Star Game
MLS Cup ⓘ Supporters’ Shield ⓘ
linked to:
Supporters' Shield awards
|
| basedIn |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| businessModel | single-entity structure ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top-tier professional league ⓘ |
| competitionRegion | North America ⓘ |
| controls |
league-wide broadcasting deals
ⓘ
league-wide merchandising rights ⓘ league-wide sponsorship deals ⓘ |
| coordinatesWith |
Canadian Soccer Association
ⓘ
linked to:
Canada Soccer
United States Soccer Federation ⓘ |
| countryOfOperation |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| currencyOfOperation |
United States dollar
ⓘ
linked to:
US dollar
|
| focusesOn | professional men’s soccer ⓘ |
| governs |
Major League Soccer Cup competition
ⓘ
Major League Soccer playoffs ⓘ
linked to:
MLS Cup Playoffs
Major League Soccer regular season ⓘ |
| industry |
professional sports
ⓘ
sports ⓘ sports entertainment ⓘ |
| languageOfOperation | English ⓘ |
| leagueTier | first division ⓘ |
| manages |
commercial rights of Major League Soccer
ⓘ
marketing of Major League Soccer ⓘ media rights of Major League Soccer ⓘ sponsorship rights of Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| operates | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| organizes | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| owns | intellectual property of Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| regulates |
club membership in Major League Soccer
ⓘ
designated player rules in Major League Soccer ⓘ player contracts in Major League Soccer ⓘ roster rules in Major League Soccer ⓘ salary budget rules in Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| role |
commercial operator
ⓘ
league organizer ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Major League Soccer, LLC Description of subject: Major League Soccer, LLC is the organizing body and commercial operator of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada.
Referenced by (16)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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linked to: Major League Soccer, LLC