It is #MLS awards season. A time to hand out honors and argue about who was snubbed (cc: @Extratime).

But the league used to have something call the "MLS Gala" and it was awesome ...

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Here is Steve Ralston and Mamadou Diallo picking up Best XI trophies and auditioning for the third movie in the "48 Hours" trilogy - "90 minutes"
Here is Taylor Twellman winning what seems to be MLS Teacher of the Year in 2002
And here is Jaime Moreno (aka the Prince of East Capitol Street) picking up Minnesota State High School Hockey Player of the Year award in 1997.
Clint Mathias picked up the 2001 Goal of the Year and got married.
And finally, El Pibe. Well, he won - um ...

Here is the exact caption: "Carlos Valderrama of the Tampa Bay Mutiny poses for a studio portrait after receiving the Innocence Award during the MLS Awards at the Reagan Building in Washington, D.C."
BONUS: Let's not forget when Brian McBride was named Initech's Midwest Regional All-Star for a third consecutive year.
Or the 2003 gala's theme of "take your kid to work"
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