1998 Supporters' Shield
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The 1998 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season honor awarded to the team with the league's best overall record that year.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| 1998 Supporters' Shield canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4246876 — 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: 1998 Supporters' Shield Context triple: [1997 Supporters' Shield, nextEdition, 1998 Supporters' Shield]
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
2018 MLS Supporters' Shield
The 2018 MLS Supporters' Shield is the trophy awarded to the Major League Soccer team that finished with the best regular-season record in the 2018 season.
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E.
MLS Cup 1999
MLS Cup 1999 was the fourth championship match of Major League Soccer, determining the league title for the 1999 season.
- 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: 1998 Supporters' Shield Target entity description: The 1998 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season honor awarded to the team with the league's best overall record that year.
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A.
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.
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B.
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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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.
2018 MLS Supporters' Shield
The 2018 MLS Supporters' Shield is the trophy awarded to the Major League Soccer team that finished with the best regular-season record in the 2018 season.
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E.
MLS Cup 1999
MLS Cup 1999 was the fourth championship match of Major League Soccer, determining the league title for the 1999 season.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Major League Soccer trophy
ⓘ
Supporters' Shield ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
MLS regular-season title
ⓘ
linked to:
MLS Supporters' Shield
|
| associatedCompetition | MLS Cup ⓘ |
| awardedFor | best regular-season record in Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| awardType | team award ⓘ |
| club | Los Angeles Galaxy ⓘ |
| competition | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| competitionLevel | top division ⓘ |
| confederation | CONCACAF ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| format | regular-season table ⓘ |
| governingBody |
U.S. Soccer Federation
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Soccer Federation
|
| league | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| nextEdition | 1999 Supporters' Shield ⓘ |
| organizer | Major League Soccer ⓘ |
| previousEdition | 1997 Supporters' Shield ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| season | 1998 Major League Soccer season ⓘ |
| seasonPhase | regular season ⓘ |
| selectionCriteria | most points in league standings ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| sportLevel | professional ⓘ |
| timePeriod | late 20th century ⓘ |
| winner | Los Angeles Galaxy ⓘ |
| year | 1998 ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: 1998 Supporters' Shield Description of subject: The 1998 Supporters' Shield was the Major League Soccer regular-season honor awarded to the team with the league's best overall record that year.
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.