MLS Cup is the final game of the Major League Soccer postseason, officially recognized as the championship of the league. The trophy is called the Alan I. Rothenberg Trophy, named after the founding chairman of MLS. The award for the regular season championship is called the Supporters' Shield, after the various clubs' supporters. In February 2006, MLS decided the MLS Supporters Shield and the MLS Cup winner will represent the United States in the CONCACAF Champions' Cup.

Previous results

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Date Played	Winning Team	Losing Team	Score	Location	City	Att.
October 20, 1996	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	3-2†	Foxboro Stadium	Foxborough, MA	34,643
October 26, 1997	D.C. United	Colorado Rapids	2-1	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	57,431^
October 25, 1998	Chicago Fire	D.C. United	2-0	Rose Bowl	Pasadena, CA	51,350
November 21, 1999	D.C. United	Los Angeles Galaxy	2-0	Foxboro Stadium	Foxborough, MA	44,910
October 15, 2000	Kansas City Wizards	Chicago Fire	1-0	RFK Stadium	Washington, D.C.	39,159
October 21, 2001	San Jose Earthquakes	Los Angeles Galaxy	2-1†	Columbus Crew Stadium	Columbus, OH	21,626^
October 20, 2002	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	1-0†	Gillette Stadium	Foxborough, MA	61,316^
November 23, 2003	San Jose Earthquakes	Chicago Fire	4-2	Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000^
November 14, 2004	D.C. United	Kansas City Wizards	3-2	Home Depot Center	Carson, CA	27,000^
November 13, 2005	Los Angeles Galaxy	New England Revolution	1-0†	Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX	21,193^
November 12, 2006	TBD			Pizza Hut Park	Frisco, TX

† Extra Time
^ sell out crowd

Most Valuable Player Award recipients

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Year	Winner	Position	Team
1996	Marco Etcheverry	Midfielder	D.C. United
1997	Jaime Moreno	Forward	D.C. United
1998	Peter Nowak	Midfielder	Chicago
1999	Ben Olsen	Midfielder	D.C. United
2000	Tony Meola	Goalkeeper	Kansas City
2001	Dwayne DeRosario	Forward	San Jose
2002	Carlos Ruiz	Forward	Los Angeles
2003	Landon Donovan	Midfielder	San Jose
2004	Alecko Eskandarian	Forward	D.C. United
2005	Guillermo Ramírez	Midfielder	Los Angeles

MLS Scudetto

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For the 2006 season, MLS created their version of the scudetto (Italian: "small shield"), a symbol worn on the jersey by the team who won the previous season's Serie A (the top Italian league).

The MLS scudetto is a curved, triangular badge featuring a backdrop of the American flag behind a replica of the Alan I. Rothenberg MLS Cup trophy. The MLS scudetto is worn by the winning team the season following the victory. It is only during the subsequent season (year two after winning the championship), that the team adds a star — a common soccer signifier of titles won — above the team logo.

The 2005 MLS Cup champion, the Los Angeles Galaxy, will be the first team to wear the scudetto and will receive a second star above the team shield on the jersey during the 2007 season^*.

Domestic Treble

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It can be argued that any MLS club that wins the MLS Cup, MLS Supporters' Shield, and Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in the same year has won the United States' version of the "domestic treble". While several teams have come close to doing so, no MLS club has been able to claim the U.S. domestic treble.

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