Supporters' Shield awards

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Major League Soccer trophy annual sports award

Supporters' Shield awards are annual honors in Major League Soccer given to the teams that finish the regular season with the best overall record.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Supporters' Shield	6
Supporters’ Shield	4
Supporters' Shield 2008	1
Supporters' Shield 2014 with Seattle Sounders FC	1
Supporters' Shield awards canonical	1
Supporters' Shield: 2017	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4386324 — 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) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supporters' Shield awards
Context triple: [2011 Supporters' Shield, partOf, Supporters' Shield awards]

A. Scudetto shield
The Scudetto shield is a distinctive Italian tricolour emblem traditionally worn by reigning national football champions as a symbol of their title.
B. Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is an annual award given by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer in each La Liga season.
C. UEFA Golden Player Jubilee Awards
The UEFA Golden Player Jubilee Awards were a series of honors given by UEFA in 2003 to recognize each member association’s most outstanding player of the previous 50 years as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
D. FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
E. UEFA President’s Award
The UEFA President’s Award is a special honor bestowed by UEFA to recognize outstanding achievements, professional excellence, and exemplary personal qualities in European football.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Supporters' Shield awards
Target entity description: Supporters' Shield awards are annual honors in Major League Soccer given to the teams that finish the regular season with the best overall record.

A. Scudetto shield
The Scudetto shield is a distinctive Italian tricolour emblem traditionally worn by reigning national football champions as a symbol of their title.
B. Pichichi Trophy
The Pichichi Trophy is an annual award given by the Spanish sports newspaper Marca to the top goalscorer in each La Liga season.
C. UEFA Golden Player Jubilee Awards
The UEFA Golden Player Jubilee Awards were a series of honors given by UEFA in 2003 to recognize each member association’s most outstanding player of the previous 50 years as part of its 50th anniversary celebrations.
D. FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove
The FIFA Club World Cup Golden Glove is an individual award presented to the best-performing goalkeeper at the FIFA Club World Cup tournament.
E. UEFA President’s Award
The UEFA President’s Award is a special honor bestowed by UEFA to recognize outstanding achievements, professional excellence, and exemplary personal qualities in European football.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (38)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Major League Soccer trophy ⓘ annual sports award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	MLS regular-season championship NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	MLS Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
awardedFor	best regular-season record in Major League Soccer ⓘ most points in MLS regular season ⓘ
awardedTo	Major League Soccer club ⓘ team with best overall regular-season record ⓘ
awardingBodyType	supporters' organizations ⓘ
category	Major League Soccer trophies and awards ⓘ association football trophies and awards ⓘ
competition	Major League Soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ
competitionFormat	league table ⓘ
confersQualificationFor	CONCACAF Champions Cup NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	Canada ⓘ United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
distinctionFrom	MLS Cup playoffs championship ⓘ
firstAwarded	1996 ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
governingBody	Major League Soccer NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasGender	men's professional soccer ⓘ
hasImportance	determines top seed in MLS Cup Playoffs ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
influences	home-field advantage in playoffs ⓘ
isPartOf	MLS regular season NERFINISHED ⓘ
league	Major League Soccer ⓘ
namedAfter	MLS supporters ⓘ
notableFeature	created by fans rather than league office ⓘ
presentedBy	Independent Supporters Council NERFINISHED ⓘ Major League Soccer supporters ⓘ
region	North America ⓘ
relatedCompetition	Supporters' Shield race ⓘ
selectionCriteria	goal difference tiebreaker if points are equal ⓘ highest points total in regular season ⓘ
sport	soccer ⓘ
status	active award ⓘ
symbolizes	regular-season supremacy in MLS ⓘ
trophyType	shield ⓘ

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Referenced by (14)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

2011 Supporters' Shield → partOf → Supporters' Shield awards ⓘ

Toronto FC → competition → Supporters' Shield ⓘ

subject linked to: TFC