I was pitching Kansas City Cosmos when they rebranded. HARD. It rolled off the tongue, and it would piss off the NASL nutjobs. But noooooooooooo, no one listens to me.
Before there was Real Salt Lake, Utah went through a phase where all their pro teams had a "zz" in the nickname... Jazz...Buzz...Grizzlies...Blitzz
There was also a New York Giants soccer team several times throughout the late 1800's and early 1900's. In fact, in the late 1800's there was a 6 team soccer league entirely made up of teams owned by baseball teams so there was a Philadelphia Phillies and Baltimore Orioles soccer team at one point.
apropos of nothing, the Battle Hawks logo looks like something a freelance graphic artist drew up as a stock logo for an evangelical NAIA school.
Hahaha...welcome to my world! Since St. Louis was the first city in the Western Hemisphere to host the Olympics, I'd be alright with Olympic St. Louis or St. Louis Olympic. St. Louis Athletic is an OK name too.
In reality it's a no win situation. If they end up with FC St Louis City United SC (or any combination thereof) people are gonna piss and moan. If they Americanize the name (St Louis Budweiser Boys, etc) people are gonna piss and moan. When they announce their colors people are gonna piss and moan. When they release their logo people are gonna piss and moan. The people of St Louis should simply do whatever they wish, then tell the rest of the world to kiss their ass.
That is way better than the Microsoft Paint drawn Leagues Cup logo. It is in my top 10 worst "professional" logos of all time.
When you paid self-described social media "influencers", you should do your homework to make sure you're not getting stupid content. The first MLS on Missouri's soil.— TheNewsletter05 (@TheNewsletter05) August 20, 2019
The Austin FC logo is in there. I have never actually listed out my most disliked sports logos, but it could be kind of fun.
The only confusion with Kansas City is with that other team from across town, Kansas United. Considering a few people referred to the ex-Wiz as the Missouri Azzuri (which is a waaaay better name than Topeka Benfica), somebody's head somewhere is gonna explode....
Nashville's logo looks like a visualized '80s sound effect crossed with a warning sign. I'm not a fan.
LOL. Taylor Twellman just now, at halftime, on the SKC v. Minnesota United telecast on ESPN, rants about the Denkinger call in 1985. And, here I thought for sure Twellman was either senile or too young to remember.
Twellman also said that St. Louis was not "progressive" like other cities recently welcomed into MLS. I'm sure Don Garber loved the political commentary.
Is there a difference? By the way, if you think St. Louis' pizza is weird, wait until you get a load of their ravioli.