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 | | The club was one of the founding ten members of the MLS in 1996 and was initially the most successful. |
 | | They also have a unique (among MLS teams anyway) rivalry with the Charleston Battery of the United Soccer Leagues, as they compete for the Coffee Pot Cup, a trophy setup by the two sides' supporters, every time they face each other. |
 | | On November 18, 2003, MLS made sports history by signing Freddy Adu, a 14-year-old soccer prodigy and on January 16, 2004 he was officially selected by United with the first pick in the 2004 MLS SuperDraft. |
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