NASL regular season
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The NASL regular season was the primary phase of the North American Soccer League in which teams competed to qualify and be seeded for the league’s postseason playoffs.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| NASL regular season canonical | 3 |
| North American Soccer League regular season | 3 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11821757 — 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: NASL regular season Context triple: [NASL playoffs, precededBy, NASL regular season]
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A.
NASL playoffs
The NASL playoffs were the postseason championship tournament of the former North American Soccer League, determining the league’s overall season champion.
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B.
NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s and is best known for popularizing the sport in North America with star players like Pelé.
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C.
NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from 2011 to 2017 as a second-division competition.
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D.
Major League Soccer regular season
The Major League Soccer regular season is the primary annual schedule of competitive matches in the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, determining playoff qualification and overall standings.
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E.
NWSL regular season
The NWSL regular season is the primary league schedule of the National Women's Soccer League in which its professional clubs compete for standings and playoff qualification.
- 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: NASL regular season Target entity description: The NASL regular season was the primary phase of the North American Soccer League in which teams competed to qualify and be seeded for the league’s postseason playoffs.
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A.
NASL playoffs
The NASL playoffs were the postseason championship tournament of the former North American Soccer League, determining the league’s overall season champion.
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B.
NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s and is best known for popularizing the sport in North America with star players like Pelé.
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C.
NASL
NASL was a professional soccer league that operated in the United States and Canada from 2011 to 2017 as a second-division competition.
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D.
Major League Soccer regular season
The Major League Soccer regular season is the primary annual schedule of competitive matches in the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, determining playoff qualification and overall standings.
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E.
NWSL regular season
The NWSL regular season is the primary league schedule of the National Women's Soccer League in which its professional clubs compete for standings and playoff qualification.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (28)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
regular season
ⓘ
sports competition phase ⓘ |
| associatedWith | NASL postseason playoffs ⓘ |
| competitionFormat | league format ⓘ |
| competitionType | professional league season ⓘ |
| country |
Canada
ⓘ
United States ⓘ
linked to:
United States of America
|
| determined |
seeding of teams in postseason
ⓘ
teams qualifying for postseason ⓘ |
| followedBy | NASL postseason ⓘ |
| geographicScope | North America ⓘ |
| hasOutcome | win-loss records for teams ⓘ |
| hasPhase | schedule of league matches ⓘ |
| hasRule | matches contribute to league standings ⓘ |
| hasTemporalRelation | occurs annually during NASL operation years ⓘ |
| levelOfCompetition | top-level professional soccer in North America ⓘ |
| organizer | North American Soccer League ⓘ |
| participantType | NASL member clubs ⓘ |
| partOf | North American Soccer League ⓘ |
| precededBy | preseason period ⓘ |
| purpose |
determine playoff seeding
ⓘ
qualify teams for NASL playoffs ⓘ |
| resultedIn | standings table ⓘ |
| sport | soccer ⓘ |
| temporalScope | NASL seasons ⓘ |
| usedByCompetition |
North American Soccer League playoffs
ⓘ
linked to:
NASL playoffs
|
| usedFor | ranking teams based on performance ⓘ |
| usedInContext | North American professional soccer ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: NASL regular season Description of subject: The NASL regular season was the primary phase of the North American Soccer League in which teams competed to qualify and be seeded for the league’s postseason playoffs.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: NASL regular season
linked to: NASL regular season
subject linked to:
Tulsa Roughnecks in NASL
linked to: NASL regular season