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| Awarded for | Major League Soccer team with the best record in the regular season |
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| Presented by | The Supporters' Shield Foundation |
| History | |
| First award | 1999, 1996 (retroactively) |
| Most wins | D.C. United and LA Galaxy (4 shields each) |
| Most recent | FC Cincinnati (1st shield) |
The Supporters' Shield is an annual award given to the Major League Soccer team with the best regular season record, as determined by the MLS points system. The Supporters' Shield has been annually awarded at the MLS Supporters' Summit since 1999 (with the winners between 1996 and 1998 awarded retroactively), and has been recognized as a major trophy by the league. It echoes the practice of the top European leagues in which the team with the best record is the champion. Since 2006, the Supporters' Shield winner has earned a berth in the CONCACAF Champions League if they are an American-based team.
D.C. United and LA Galaxy, with four Supporters' Shields each, have won the most shields of any MLS team. FC Cincinnati are the 2023 holders of the Supporters' Shield, winning it for the first time.
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