• The MLS Inaugural Player Draft, held before Major League Soccer's initial 1996 season, distributed players to the league's ten inaugural teams. The Inaugural...
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  • Allocations 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft 1996 MLS College Draft 1997 MLS College Draft 1998 MLS College Draft 1999 MLS College Draft 1996 MLS supplemental...
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  • allocated four "big name" players to each team. Then on February 6 and 7, 1996, the league held its 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Over sixteen rounds,...
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  • beginning of the inaugural 1996 season. Each team was allocated four marquee players prior to the February 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Marcelo Balboa...
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  • allocated four "big name" players to each team. Then on February 6 and 7, 1996, the league held its 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Over sixteen rounds,...
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  • 250 players to a tryout the second week of January 1996 on the campus of UC Irvine. On February 6 and 7, 1996, the league held its 1996 MLS Inaugural Player...
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  • The 1996 New England Revolution season was the inaugural season for the New England Revolution both as a club and in Major League Soccer (MLS). The team...
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  • Diego Viera (category C.A. Cerro players)
    February 7, 1996, the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Viera in the fifth round (forty-seventh overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. In 1998, he...
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  • Greg Lalas (category American expatriate men's soccer players)
    Division. In February 1996, the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected him in the 16th round (157th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He came in as a late...
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  • Steve Keller (category American men's soccer players)
    USISL. In February 1996, the Dallas Burn selected Keller in the fourteenth round (133rd overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Burn released...
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    successful bid to host the 1994 FIFA World Cup. The inaugural season took place in 1996 with ten teams. MLS experienced financial and operational struggles...
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  • The Union picked up three players in the 2011 MLS SuperDraft, most notably Zac MacMath, who was the fifth overall draft pick. On January 11, 2011, the...
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    Mark Dodd (category American men's soccer players)
    the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. Dodd was the team's starting keeper. He played in 31 games in the Burn's inaugural season and was named MLS's first...
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  • Carlos Garcia (American soccer) (category American men's soccer players)
    Beach Boyz. In February 1996, D.C. United selected Garcia with the last pick (160th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. United released him...
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    expansion team in both 1996 and 1998, but was passed over in favor of other cities. The Charlotte Convention Center hosted the MLS SuperDraft and National Soccer...
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    Zach Thornton (category American expatriate men's soccer players)
    (69th overall) by the New York/New Jersey MetroStars in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. With then-former U.S. national keeper and local star Tony...
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  • The MLS Young Player of the Year Award (known as the Rookie of the Year Award from 1996 to 2019) is an annual award given to the top player in Major League...
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  • started in 2021. The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019. The Canadian Football League holds its annual player draft before the start of...
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  • Scott Uderitz (category MLS Pro-40 players)
    February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz selected Uderitz in the seventh round (66th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played 28 games in 1996,[citation...
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  • Mile Milovac (category American men's soccer players)
    1965) was an American soccer goalkeeper who was drafted by D.C. United in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played for United Serbs in Chicago's Metropolitan...
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    Alexi Lalas (category 1996 CONCACAF Gold Cup players)
    on February 25, 1996. Before the inaugural Major League Soccer (MLS) draft in February 1996, the league allocated high-profile players throughout the league's...
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  • A. J. Wood (category MLS Pro-40 players)
    round. In 1996, the MetroStars of Major League Soccer (MLS) selected Wood in the 5th round (49th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. This was...
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  • Nyanforth Peters (category FC Locarno players)
    footballer who played as a forward. He was drafted by the Kansas City Wiz in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. According to his Major League Soccer biography...
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  • MLS Cup 1996 was the inaugural edition of the MLS Cup, the championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top-level soccer league of the United...
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    Jesse Marsch (category D.C. United draft picks)
    and former player who is the head coach of the Canada men's national team. Marsch played 14 seasons as a midfielder in Major League Soccer (MLS) with D.C...
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  • Felipe Rodriguez (soccer, born 1975) (category American men's soccer players)
    México. In February 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected Rodriguez in the 10th round (92nd overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played ten games...
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  • Garfield Shaw (category Maryland Mania players)
    Warthogs. In February 1996, the Los Angeles selected Shaw in the fifteenth round (144 overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Galaxy released...
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  • Brandon Ward (category Columbus Crew draft picks)
    On February 7, 1996, the Columbus Crew selected Ward in the sixth round (fifty-first overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played six games...
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  • Lance Hill (soccer) (category American men's soccer players)
    Star. In February 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected Hill in the 11th round (102nd overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft after an impressive...
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  • Phil Wellington (category American men's soccer players)
    overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He injured his back during the pre-season and the Wiz waived him on March 26, 1996. He then signed with...
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