The 2010 Major League Soccer season was the 98th season of FIFA-sanctioned soccer, the 32nd with a national first-division league, in the United States and Canada, and the 15th in MLS history.
 It began on March 25 at Seattle's Qwest Field with Seattle Sounders FC defeating the expansion Philadelphia Union, 2–0.
 The 2010 MLS All-Star Game was played at Reliant Stadium, hosted by the Houston Dynamo on July 28 as the MLS XI fell 5–2 to visiting Manchester United.
 The regular season concluded on October 24, with Los Angeles Galaxy winning the Supporters' Shield by one point over Real Salt Lake.
 Upon the completion of the regular season the 2010 MLS Cup Playoffs culminated on November 21 with a 2–1 victory by the Colorado Rapids over FC Dallas at Toronto's BMO Field.
 It was the first time the MLS Cup final was played outside the United States.
MLS Cup 2005, the 10th edition of Major League Soccer's championship match, was played between the New England Revolution and the Los Angeles Galaxy to decide the champion of the 2005 season.
 The game was played at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco, Texas on November 13, 2005.
 In a rematch of MLS Cup 2002, the Los Angeles Galaxy again beat the New England Revolution 1–0 in overtime, this time on a goal from Guillermo Ramírez.
The 2005 Major League Soccer season was the tenth season of Major League Soccer.
 The season began on April 2, 2005, and concluded on November 13, 2005 with the first Supporters' Shield victory for the San Jose Earthquakes and a second MLS Cup victory for the Los Angeles Galaxy.
MLS Cup '99, the fourth edition of Major League Soccer's championship match, was played between D.C. United and the Los Angeles Galaxy to decide the champion of the 1999 season.
 The match took place at Foxboro Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts on November 21, 1999.
 D.C. United defeated Los Angeles 2–0 with goals from Ben Olsen and Jaime Moreno during the first half.
 A rematch of the first MLS Cup- coincidentally held on the same venue- D.C. United captured their third MLS Cup victory in the first four years of Major League Soccer's existence and second victory against the Galaxy in an MLS Cup.
MLS Cup 2008 was the final match of the 2008 Major League Soccer season, and the 13th championship awarded by MLS.
 The match took place on Sunday, November 23, 2008, at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, between the Columbus Crew and New York Red Bulls.
 MLS Cup 2008 was the only final in which two Eastern Conference teams met, and the first time since 1996 that both teams made their MLS Cup final debut in the same match.
 Columbus won the game by a score of 3–1 with goals from Alejandro Moreno, Chad Marshall, and Frankie Hejduk — all assisted by Guillermo Barros Schelotto.
 Schelotto was named man of the match, adding to his MVP award from the regular season.
 The Crew became the fourth club to win both MLS Cup and the Supporters' Shield in the same season, following D.C. United (1997, 1999), Sporting Kansas City (2000), and Los Angeles Galaxy (2002).
The MLS Cup is the trophy awarded at the conclusion of the MLS Cup final, the post-season championship match of Major League Soccer (MLS), the top tier of professional men's soccer in the United States and Canada.
 The winner is crowned champion in the same manner as in other North American sports leagues (i.e. via a playoff following a regular season).
 This differs from other top soccer leagues around the world which consider the club with the most points at the end of the season to be the sole champion.
 MLS honors that achievement with the Supporters' Shield.
 An American team that wins the MLS Cup is awarded a berth in the following year's CONCACAF Champions League.
The 2012 MLS Cup Playoffs was the seventeenth post-season tournament culminating the Major League Soccer regular season.
 The tournament began on October 31, and culminated on December 1, 2012 with MLS Cup 2012, the seventeenth league championship for MLS, won by the Los Angeles Galaxy 3-1 over Houston Dynamo.
 It was the second year that the playoffs included ten teams, and the first playoff series since 2006 in which teams could not cross conference brackets.
 The top five teams in both the Eastern and Western conferences of the league earned berths, with the top three clubs in each conference earning direct byes to the conference semifinals.
 The fourth and fifth-place finishers of both conferences played in a single-elimination play-in match.
Harutyun Karapetyan (born 7 April 1972) is an Armenian former professional footballer who played as a forward in the MLS for Los Angeles Galaxy, San Jose Earthquakes and Tampa Bay Mutiny.
 Karapetyan holds the record for the fastest hat-trick in MLS history, scoring one in five minutes in June 1998, while playing for the Los Angeles Galaxy against the Dallas Burn; the Galaxy eventually won the match 8–1.
The 2009 Real Salt Lake season was the fifth season of the team's existence.
 After clinching the eighth and final spot in the 2009 MLS Cup Playoffs, Real Salt Lake would go on to defeat the Los Angeles Galaxy in the 2009 MLS Cup.
 The team was the first team in MLS history to win the MLS Cup after finishing the regular season with a losing record (11–12–7).
The Puerto Rico USL-MLS Challenge was a preseason invitational football tournament featuring the host club Puerto Rico Islanders, two clubs from Major League Soccer and a USL First Division club.
 The tournament was played in Juan Ramón Loubriel Stadium in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
 The first edition features the MLS clubs: Los Angeles Galaxy and F.C. Dallas, and USL clubs: Puerto Rico Islanders and Rochester Rhinos.
 Los Angeles Galaxy won the tournament after 2-1 win over the Puerto Rico Islanders.
 The tournament was again celebrated in 2009 featuring only a match between MLS club D.C. United and the Puerto Rico Islanders.
 D.C. United won the tournament after a 2-1 win.

Question: Which trophy was awarded to the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2005 at the end of the MLS playoffs?
Answer: MLS Cup