Template:MLS player

{{{name}}} at Major League Soccer

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Template:MLS player displays an external link to a soccer (association football) player's profile at MLSsoccer.com, the official website of Major League Soccer (MLS). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Usage

Unnamed parameters

* {{MLS player | ID }}

* {{MLS player | ID | NAME }}

Named parameters

* {{MLS player | id= ID }}

* {{MLS player | id= ID | name= NAME }}

Using Wikidata property

* {{MLS player}}

* {{MLS player | name= NAME }}

Examples

Unnamed parameters

Usage

* {{MLS player | michael-bradley | Michael Bradley }}

Output

• Michael Bradley at Major League Soccer

URL

https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/michael-bradley

Named parameters

Usage

* {{MLS player | id= kaka | name= Kaká }}

Output

• Kaká at Major League Soccer

URL

https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/kaka

No parameters and Wikidata property not defined

Usage

{{MLS player}}

Output

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This template displays an external link to a soccer (association football) player's profile at MLSsoccer.com, the official website of Major League Soccer (MLS). It is intended for use in the external links section of an article.

Template parameters[Edit template data]

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
ID	id 1	The ID portion of the URL, such as michael-bradley in https://www.mlssoccer.com/players/michael-bradley. This parameter is optional if Wikidata property P2398 exists, but required if not. Default Wikidata property P2398	String	optional
Name	name 2	The link text, which should be the name of the player. This parameter is optional; it defaults to the Wikipedia article name, without any disambiguation such as "(soccer)" or "(footballer)". Default {{PAGENAMEBASE}}	String	optional

Tracking categories

template with ID

• Category:MLS player template with ID different from Wikidata (0)
• Category:MLS player template with ID not in Wikidata (4)

template missing ID

• Category:MLS player template missing ID and not in Wikidata (0)

See also

• {{USL Championship player}} for links to player pages at USL Championship league website
• {{USL League One player}} for links to player pages at USL League One website
• {{NWSL player}} for links to player pages at National Women's Soccer League website

External links

• Player search page at Major League Soccer

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