MLS Scoring Champion Award

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The MLS Scoring Champion Award was an association football award given out by Major League Soccer in the United States. This award was handed out to the player with the most points in the regular season and was created in 1996. Points are determined by the number of goals, multipled by two, plus the number of assists. The award was sponsored by Budweiser.

The award was discontinued in 2005 and replaced by the MLS Golden Boot. Preki is the only player to win the award more than once.

[edit] Winners

Season Player Team Points
1996 United States Roy Lassiter Tampa Bay Mutiny 58
1997 United States Preki Kansas City Wizards 41
1998 Trinidad and Tobago Stern John Columbus Crew 57
1999 United States Jason Kreis Dallas Burn 51
2000 Senegal Mamadou Diallo Tampa Bay Mutiny 56
2001 Honduras Alex Pineda Chacón Miami Fusion 47
2002 United States Taylor Twellman New England Revolution 52
2003 United States Preki Kansas City Wizards 41
2004 Honduras Amado Guevara
United States Pat Noonan
MetroStars
New England Revolution
30

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