Template:MLS player/doc

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{{MLS}}

This template uses Lua:

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: {{MLS player}} template missing ID and not present in Wikidata.

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:MLS player in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for MLS player

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
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

template missing ID

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

External links

Player search page at Major League Soccer