NWSL Shield
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The NWSL Shield is the annual trophy awarded to the National Women's Soccer League team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record.
All labels observed (8)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| NWSL Shield canonical | 18 |
| NWSL Shield 2015 | 1 |
| NWSL Shield 2018 | 1 |
| NWSL Shield awards | 1 |
| NWSL Shield trophy | 1 |
| NWSL Shield winner | 1 |
| NWSL Shield with North Carolina Courage | 1 |
| NWSL Shield with Portland Thorns FC | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T476005 — 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: NWSL Shield Context triple: [National Women's Soccer League, hasCompetition, NWSL Shield]
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A.
2021 NWSL Shield
The 2021 NWSL Shield is the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the best overall record that year.
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B.
2016 NWSL Shield
The 2016 NWSL Shield is the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season championship trophy awarded to the team with the best record that year.
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C.
2022 NWSL Championship
The 2022 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2022 season, culminating in Portland Thorns FC winning the league championship.
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D.
NWSL playoffs
The NWSL playoffs are the National Women's Soccer League’s postseason knockout tournament that determines the league champion each year.
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E.
2017 NWSL Championship
The 2017 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2017 season, in which the Portland Thorns FC won the league championship.
- 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: NWSL Shield Target entity description: The NWSL Shield is the annual trophy awarded to the National Women's Soccer League team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record.
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A.
2021 NWSL Shield
The 2021 NWSL Shield is the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season trophy awarded to the team with the best overall record that year.
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B.
2016 NWSL Shield
The 2016 NWSL Shield is the National Women's Soccer League's regular-season championship trophy awarded to the team with the best record that year.
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C.
2022 NWSL Championship
The 2022 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2022 season, culminating in Portland Thorns FC winning the league championship.
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D.
NWSL playoffs
The NWSL playoffs are the National Women's Soccer League’s postseason knockout tournament that determines the league champion each year.
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E.
2017 NWSL Championship
The 2017 NWSL Championship was the National Women's Soccer League's title match for the 2017 season, in which the Portland Thorns FC won the league championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
National Women's Soccer League award
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association football trophy ⓘ sports trophy ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | NWSL regular-season title ⓘ |
| awardedBy | NWSL front office ⓘ |
| awardedFor | best regular-season record in the NWSL ⓘ |
| category |
National Women's Soccer League trophies and awards
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sports trophies and awards ⓘ women's soccer in the United States ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | league table ⓘ |
| competitionStage | regular season ⓘ |
| confersAdvantage |
home-field advantage in playoffs
ⓘ
playoff seeding ⓘ |
| confersTitle | NWSL regular-season champion ⓘ |
| country |
United States
ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| decidingCriteria |
goal difference (tiebreaker)
ⓘ
goals scored (tiebreaker) ⓘ points total ⓘ |
| firstAwarded | 2013 ⓘ |
| frequency | annual ⓘ |
| genderCategory | women ⓘ |
| governingBody |
U.S. Soccer Federation
ⓘ
linked to:
United States Soccer Federation
|
| hasLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hasWinner |
North Carolina Courage
ⓘ
OL Reign ⓘ Portland Thorns FC ⓘ San Diego Wave FC ⓘ Seattle Reign FC ⓘ
linked to:
OL Reign
Washington Spirit ⓘ Western New York Flash ⓘ |
| inception | 2013 ⓘ |
| league | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| level | top division ⓘ |
| mostSuccessfulClub |
North Carolina Courage
ⓘ
OL Reign ⓘ Seattle Reign FC ⓘ
linked to:
OL Reign
|
| officialWebsite | https://www.nwslsoccer.com ⓘ |
| partOf | National Women's Soccer League season awards ⓘ |
| presenter | National Women's Soccer League ⓘ |
| region | North America ⓘ |
| relatedAward | NWSL Championship trophy ⓘ |
| relatedCompetition | NWSL Championship ⓘ |
| sport |
association football
ⓘ
soccer ⓘ |
| teamSport | yes ⓘ |
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
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Input
Subject: NWSL Shield Description of subject: The NWSL Shield is the annual trophy awarded to the National Women's Soccer League team that finishes the regular season with the best overall record.
Referenced by (25)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.