• 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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    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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  • 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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  • Mike Clark (soccer) (category American men's soccer players)
    championships. In February 1996, the Columbus Crew selected Clark in the fourth round (thirty-first overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He is the most...
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Jim Adams (soccer) (category American Indoor Soccer League players)
    there. In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Adams in the 12th round (115th overall) in the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. The Revolution...
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  • Derk Droze (category American men's futsal players)
    In February 1996, the New England Revolution selected Droze in the fifteenth round (145th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. In the fall...
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  • Kevin Koetters (category American men's soccer players)
    League. In February 1996, the Kansas City Wiz selected Koetters in the 12th round (116th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He saw time in 15...
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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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  • 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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  • Derek Backman (category American Professional Soccer League players)
    USISL. In February 1996, the Tampa Bay Mutiny selected Backman in the 11th round (107th overall) of the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft. He played 25 games...
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