Solvers were given a 12″ diameter wooden shield and a total of 20 wooden spoons. The shield was etched to have the following pattern on it, with holes halfway between each tick mark:

The spoons had the following images pasted on them, one half on the front and one half on the back:

When matched properly, these images will clue teams in Major League Soccer.

Chicago Fire	Chivas USA	Colorado Rapids	Columbus Crew	Dallas Burn
DC United	FC Dallas	Kansas City Wizards	Los Angeles Galaxy	MetroStars
Miami Fusion	Montreal Impact	New England Revolution	New York Red Bulls	San Jose Clash
San Jose Earthquakes	Seattle Sounders FC	Tampa Bay Mutiny	Toronto FC	Vancouver Whitecaps FC

Each one of the named teams has won either the MLS Wooden Spoon or the MLS Supporters’ Shield at least once, and this list is comprised of all teams to have done so. By matching the Spoon and Shield winners by year, you will get the following table:

This gives a forced arrangement around the circle and connections between teams. Teams should insert the spoons into the holes. If teams draw lines connecting the tick marks for each Shield and Spoon winner for each year, they will see this:

When they arrange the letters chronologically from 1996 to 2017 they will get the instruction phrase MAKE A TIFO AND HOIST FOR HQ.

Upon completing the task of creating a tifo display and presenting it to Hunt HQ, they will be given the answer, CONFINED AQUIFER.