Major League Soccer
This annual award is given to the MLS team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system
What is the Supporters Shield
This Dutchman who spent most of his career at Ajax and Barcelona is widely considered one of the top players to ever play the sport. He won the Ballon d'Or three times and is mastermind behind the philosophy of "total football"
Johan Cruyff
The most successful club in the competitions history
Real Madrid ( 13 titles )
This young player signed an NLI to play at U of V then subsequently turned it down to go pro. He then turned down a homegrown offer from an MLS club and waited to until his 18th birthday to sign with a Bundesliga club.
Weston McKinnie
This 16 year old is represented by controversial agent Mino Raiola and has recently moved from Barcelona to PSG
Xavi Simons
The most succesful club in Major League Soccer with 5 MLS Cups and 4 Supporters Shields.
Los Angeles Galaxy
He played for only 2 clubs and had to retire at the age of 28 but is still considered one the best players in the history of football. He won the Ballon d'Or 3 times and the Serie A Golden Boot 2 times.
Marco Van Basten
The only team in the Champions League era to go unbeaten twice ( 1992 - present)
Manchester United
After 14 years playing MLS Soccer, this coach went from coaching college soccer to Champions League and is being linked to clubs in the Bundesliga. After 1 season at his new club, he is being credited for the high performing output of Erling Haaland and Takumi Minamino
Jesse Marsch
This French u20 international was recently signed by a top Premier League for 27m gbp before being loaned back to his former club St. Etienne for this season
William Saliba
This current player set the MLS record for most goals in a single season with 34 goals in 2019
Carlos Vela
A product of the Ajax youth system, this players goal was voted as the best Premier League goal of all time. He turned out to be the manager, Bruce Rioch's best signing for the English club.
Dennis Bergkamp
This popular club has been runner up more times than any other club without ever winning a European Cup
Atletico Madrid (3 times)
Considered a trailblazer for American players in the Premier League. After winning the club player of the year award two years in a row, the club named a bar after him in the stadium. He was also the first American to score in two World Cups
Brian McBride
He just made his first team debut in January for a club that is renowned for developing young players. In February he became the third youngest player ever to appear in a knockout game of the UEFA Champions League when he came on as a substitute in the 57th minute against Paris Saint-Germain and provided the game winning assist
Gio Reyna
This former player currently holds the record for the most assists in a single season and is widely considered the greatest player ever from his country.
Carlos Valderama - 26 assists in 2000
The most capped player for the Dutch national team. This former player picked up league titles in Netherlands, Spain, Italy and Turkey and was a World Cup runner up in 2010
Wesley Sneijder
Liverpool and this club dominated the competition winning 5 consecutive European Cups between them.
Nottingham Forest
This California boy became one of the first American's to earn a starting spot on a major European team when he broke into the Ajax first team. One of the most promising players that the US had produced, his career was cut short after playing just 86 professional games due to injury.
John O'Brien
Currently on loan with Mallorca, he's been labelled the 'Japanese Messi'. Zidane wanted him to stay with Real Madrid this season to help their cause in the Champions League and La Liga.
Takefusa Kubo
This club was a founding member of Major League in 1996 and the only club from that group that has not modified the club name or logo.
New England Revolution
The second leading scorer for the national team. Me made a move in January from Ajax to Real Madrid for around 20m euros. After just 20 appearances and 8 goals, he moved to Italy in the summer.
Klaas-Jan Huntelaar
This player has scored the most goals in the history of the tournament apart from Messi and CR7.
Raul Gonzalez
This Centerback left Clemson after 1 season to sign with a second division club in France before making an impact in European football in Belgium. He went on to sign for Newcastle United, AC Milan, Sporting and Malaga.
Oguchi Onyewu
Born in Angola this 17 year old is a box-to-box midfielder who's as comfortable on the ball as he is in the tackle, he's already had an £84m price tag slapped on his head after only playing 24 matches for his club's first team in Ligue 1.
Eduardo Camavinga