That can’t be official, can it? I thought the new crest was coming out at the end of the month. It’s too lame, even for ML$.
I dont understand the immense dislike either. I dont love it but I dont think it sucks or anything. It reminds me of like an old gas station sign....and I think that's kinda cool.
Don't like it. At all. But it's not so abominable that it's worth wasting time complaining about it. Meh.
I guess it's never occurred to these teams that if they have to explain their logo, then they've failed.
Um, it looks like it came from someone's junior high D&D campaign. "We'll give the lion wings, then a crown. What else? Ooh, I know he's a lion with opposable thumbs and can hold a sword".
I don't really care either way. But picking the international break week to roll it out was clever. I'm sure they dont care that people are destroying it - as long as they are talking about it.
The logo (and Miami's) is now representing the team on the MLS web page (neither were there a week or so ago--just a blank logo shield like Nashville).
And here is another take: MLS & FC Cincinnati fans need to have a conversation about the new logo - more specifically, why on earth is it necessary to have an evangelical Christian symbol in your crest? Your club represents an entire city, yeah? Why the winged lion? https://t.co/MX7pl8pmdg— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) November 13, 2018
You know, if you eliminate every logo idea that has some possible connection to any past organization, you'll only end up with something generated by a modern artist..... ...and BTW, that's far from any "evangelical" symbol. Orthodox, maybe. And, of course, a winged lion was a Babylonian symbol, long before it had any Christian meaning.
The Lion of Saint Mark, representing the evangelist St Mark, pictured in the form of a winged lion holding a Bible, is the symbol of the city of Venice and formerly of the Venetian Republic. FC cincy wants to " 'evangelize' the game of soccer in the city "
And Cincinnati has nothing to do with Venice and their logo doesn't have a bible in it. Thus the question what makes it Evangelical?
From the guy you are quoting: Multiple folks in the club's FO (including ownership) have openly said "the winged lion is the symbol of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of Venice” and said they want to "evangelize" the game of soccer in the city (I understand the double meaning there of course.)— Pablo Iglesias Maurer (@MLSist) November 13, 2018 "Multiple folks in the club's FO (including ownership) have openly said "the winged lion is the symbol of Saint Mark the Evangelist, the patron saint of Venice” and said they want to "evangelize" the game of soccer in the city (I understand the double meaning there of course.)" What makes it evangelical is the quote from the people in the organizational saying "we included this evangelical symbol because its evangelical," thus making it an evangelical symbol.
Is Venice a sister city to Cincinnati, the way we have Genoa as one of ours? Anyway, it seems more obviously Catholic than Evangelical. Venice is overwhelmingly Catholic and Cincinnati is still pretty Catholic. The Evangelicals I know use either Fire or (surprise!) a Cross for symbology. Saying a lion without a bible is some Evangelical symbol is just dumb. Now he'll say their Ignite the passion hashtag is a stealth effort to bring the holy spirit to soccer.
Unfortunately, I think this is now pretty-much standard. Gone are the days of just having a clean or clever logo. Today, everyone tries to cram ten pounds of meaning into a five pound logo, so the designers are left issuing pamphlets to make sure we get how awesomely clever and connected they are. I'd like someone to mock up a logo explanation of the older Milwaukee Brewers logo. This part is shaped like an "M" for Milwaukee. This part is shaped like a "B" for Brewers. Combined they form a glove, which is used in baseball. This here is a baseball, which is used in baseball.
This....is excellent. Our official nickname for them.....WINNAR!! It needs to be a two-stick at the very least.