The Major League Soccer Inaugural Allocations were signed by the league in 1996 and distributed to the ten initial teams prior to the beginning of the first MLS season. Each team was allocated four marquee players prior to the 1996 MLS Inaugural Player Draft.

Contents 1 Colorado Rapids 2 Columbus Crew 3 Dallas Burn 4 D.C. United 5 Kansas City Wiz 6 Los Angeles Galaxy 7 NY/NJ MetroStars 8 New England Revolution 9 San Jose Clash 10 Tampa Bay Mutiny

[edit] Colorado Rapids

• Marcelo Balboa
• Shaun Bartlett
• Dominic Kinnear
• Roy Wegerle

[edit] Columbus Crew

• Brian Bliss
• Doctor Khumalo
• Brian Maisonneuve
• Adrian Paz

[edit] Dallas Burn

• Leonel Álvarez
• Washington Rodríguez
• Hugo Sánchez
• Mark Santel

[edit] D.C. United

• Jeff Agoos
• Marco Etcheverry
• John Harkes
• Juan Berthy Suárez

[edit] Kansas City Wiz

• Frank Klopas
• Preki
• Mike Sorber
• Vitalis Takawira

[edit] Los Angeles Galaxy

• Dan Calichman
• Jorge Campos
• Mauricio Cienfuegos
• Eduardo Hurtado

[edit] NY/NJ MetroStars

• Roberto Donadoni
• Tony Meola
• Tab Ramos
• Damian Silvera

[edit] New England Revolution

• Mike Burns
• Giuseppe Galderisi
• Alexi Lalas
• Jim St. Andre

[edit] San Jose Clash

• John Doyle
• Michael Emenalo
• Ben Iroha
• Eric Wynalda

[edit] Tampa Bay Mutiny

• Cle Kooiman
• Roy Lassiter
• Carlos Valderrama
• Martin Vasquez

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