• 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    Herald. July 17, 1996. https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/1996-mls-college-draft-369935 https://www.mlssoccer.com/news/1996-mls-supplemental-draft-373194 https://web...
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  • Rhett Harty (category American men's soccer players)
    Jaguars of USISL. In February 1996, the San Jose Clash drafted Harty in the fourth round of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft; however, he never played...
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    Nyck Harbor (category Players of American football from Washington, D.C.)
    States for 12 years and was the second overall pick in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played in 15 games for the U.S. national team. "Nyck Harbor"...
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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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  • 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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  • Brian Kamler (category All-American college men's soccer players)
    Open Cup titles. In February 1996, D.C. United selected Kamler in the 6th round of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played three and a half seasons...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Khalil Azmi (category 1994 FIFA World Cup players)
    USISL. In February 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected him in the 14th round (132nd overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He never played for...
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  • paid players in Wednesday's MLS Expansion Draft". The San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved December 12, 2024. "San Diego FC: 2024 MLS Expansion Draft results"...
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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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  • Jean Harbor (category 1992 King Fahd Cup players)
    the U.S. national team and was chosen second overall in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft by the Colorado Rapids. Harbor was born and raised in Nigeria...
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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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  • Bo Oshoniyi (category New England Revolution draft picks)
    and 7 ties. Upon the creation of MLS, Oshoniyi was selected in the fifth round of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft by the Columbus Crew. Oshoniyi had...
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  • started in 2021. The inaugural Hundred draft took place in October 2019. The Canadian Football League (CFL) holds its annual player drafts before the start...
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  • Walter Bustamante (category American men's soccer players)
    Dragons. In February 1996, the MetroStars selected Bustamante in the sixteenth round (156th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The MetroStars...
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  • Brian Bates (soccer) (category MLS Pro-40 players)
    February 6, 1996, the Colorado Rapids selected Bates in the fourth round (thirty-second overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. On November...
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  • Tom Lips (category American men's soccer players)
    the New York Fever. In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Lips in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played eight games with the...
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    Soccer (MLS), the top tier soccer league in the United States and Canada. The team played for six seasons from the inaugural MLS season of 1996 through...
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  • Mike Duhaney (category American men's soccer players)
    selected eighty-seventh overall in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft by the Tampa Bay Mutiny. He lost the entire 1996 season due to a knee injury. In 1997...
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    Major League Soccer (redirect from M.L.S.)
    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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  • Ubiparipovic to new MLS contracts. Through the MLS expansion draft, the Impact were able to select in November 2011 ten more players, most notably midfielder...
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  • Adan Villalvazo (category American men's soccer players)
    In February 1996, the Los Angeles Galaxy selected Villalvazo in the 12th round (114th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Galaxy released...
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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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