2012 Major League Soccer season
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The 2012 Major League Soccer season was the 17th season of top-flight professional soccer in the United States and Canada, featuring league play culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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| 2012 Major League Soccer season canonical | 5 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4386263 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: 2012 Major League Soccer season Context triple: [2012 MLS Cup, partOf, 2012 Major League Soccer season]
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2022 Major League Soccer season
The 2022 Major League Soccer season was the 27th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring a full regular season and playoffs culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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2011 Major League Soccer season
The 2011 Major League Soccer season was the 16th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring an expanded lineup of clubs and culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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C.
2020 Major League Soccer season
The 2020 Major League Soccer season was a pandemic-disrupted campaign that featured a midyear MLS is Back Tournament in a bubble environment and concluded with a modified regular season and playoffs to crown the league champion.
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2007 Major League Soccer season
The 2007 Major League Soccer season was the league’s 12th campaign, notable for the debut of David Beckham in MLS and the continued expansion and growth of professional soccer in the United States.
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2013 Major League Soccer season
The 2013 Major League Soccer season was the 18th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring regular-season play culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: 2012 Major League Soccer season Target entity description: The 2012 Major League Soccer season was the 17th season of top-flight professional soccer in the United States and Canada, featuring league play culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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A.
2022 Major League Soccer season
The 2022 Major League Soccer season was the 27th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring a full regular season and playoffs culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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B.
2011 Major League Soccer season
The 2011 Major League Soccer season was the 16th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring an expanded lineup of clubs and culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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C.
2020 Major League Soccer season
The 2020 Major League Soccer season was a pandemic-disrupted campaign that featured a midyear MLS is Back Tournament in a bubble environment and concluded with a modified regular season and playoffs to crown the league champion.
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D.
2007 Major League Soccer season
The 2007 Major League Soccer season was the league’s 12th campaign, notable for the debut of David Beckham in MLS and the continued expansion and growth of professional soccer in the United States.
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E.
2013 Major League Soccer season
The 2013 Major League Soccer season was the 18th campaign of the top-tier professional soccer league in the United States and Canada, featuring regular-season play culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
- F. None of above. chosen
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Subject: 2012 Major League Soccer season Description of subject: The 2012 Major League Soccer season was the 17th season of top-flight professional soccer in the United States and Canada, featuring league play culminating in the MLS Cup championship.
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
Major League Soccer seasons with San Jose Earthquakes
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