What should the Cleveland MLS name/logo be? For those favoring a "European sounding name" like AC Cleveland, Cleveland SC, Cleveland United, etc...what should the logo be? If voting for Forest City, what should be the crest/logo? And lastly what colors should be worn?
I'm bored and had no real work to do here, so I put my god-awful photoshop "skills" (or lack thereof) to work. Something like this, but done better, would be nice.
Some mod with time on their hands needs to merge all the cleveland expansion threads into this one. Personally, I like Forest City FC, but whatever the name is it is going to have to have "Cleveland" in it. So Cleveland FC would be my second choice--Cleveland Cobras is okay as well. As far as a kit I'd like Oranga and White hoops as the home kit, and all green (hunter or dark) with black socks and trim for the away. The Cobra jpg looks cool to me Sanguine.
lol...damn, first "Admirals" was supposed to be Cobras edit: thank you whichever mod helped me out....
Forest City would be interesting/funny if we could slap a Football Club at the end of it. Ie: Cleveland FC FC. Or even just FC FC.
I would love to see a badge designed for CFCFC. I've always wanted to name a football club Ironside. A nice play on words, but unfortunately, the historical reference has nothing to do with Cleveland.
Is the nickname for cleveland "the Forest City"? Forest City is a decent name (a little euro-crotchsniffy, but not bad), but I didn't know that was the nickname. Having watched the New York Apples, Forest City an improvement.
Steamers could work, with the blue collar lifestyle that the city has carried through the decades. of course I can have banner fun once they'd come to Columbus--> the Stinkers Columbus X Cleveland = The Industrial Cup? C & C soccer factory Cup?
BJ, I know Bulldogs is your personal favorite here, and appears at the moment to be the most popular choice among us. It is flattering that you've given Stokers the #2 position and that others have made it the runner-up. By now, everyone knows I've got a soft spot for the "original" nicknames, although I may be suffering from arrested development... reaching back for a bright spot from childhood or such. Still, it's working for the Earthquakes, Sounders, Whitecaps, Timbers at the moment... and it makes up for something dreadfully missing in North American pro soccer: a legacy. Some of the newer names in the "old" cities like Rhinos, Salty Dogs, DC United may be great, but the "originals" can work just as well here & there if a good argument can be made. If the NFL shoots down "Bulldogs", then it's good that the names of former champ calibre sides of Stokers or Cobras are given a fair shot. I lean to the former, not only because the Stokers were winners on the pitch, but of the local historical significance: the stokers (firemen/coalmen) vital to the ships & trains that made Cleveland an industrial hub of the early-mid 20th century. Also a nod to the nationally significant NE Ohio clay & pottery industry of the 19th century. Stoke is the sister city of East Liverpool (ELHS are likewise called "the Potters"). Soccer heritage AND local history. Stokers beats Cobras there (Sorry, Vito!). Thanks for your consideration. You getting this, Paul Garofolo?
Sy & MLS3: In recent years with the "retro" craze, leagues like the NFL & NBA have been quick to copyright names that used to belong to them strictly for "throw-back" merchandizing... Baltimore Bullets and Colts, Los Angeles Rams, Minneapolis Lakers and such... and in this case, the NFL Canton & Cleveland Bulldogs. Pretty certain they've got the Canton Bulldogs under wraps, not certain about the Cleveland version... but it wouldn't surprise me.
Nice post...for the record, I would like all 3 of the above monikers, much for the reasons you've stated....the trick would then be getting proper colors, jerseys, & marketing.....and honestly, I didn't put them in any order, other than when they came into my head while I was creating the poll
Why would Iron-Side not work? Cleveland Iron-Side, and their logo will be those cranes they used to have on the dock to unload the iron ore. I like that the best...the rest are just banal. By the way, Admirals used to be the Milwaukee minor league hockey team. don't know if they still exist though.
Keep It American I would say let us have a new MLS team conform the the normality of what the MLS is. Do no use Cleveland FC or Forest City. This is not Europe. Keep it simple and fun. Something like the Cleveland Admirals or the Cleveland Force is what America knows. We are not trying to be like big brother Europe soccer. America needs to be one of its own. Do not copy the European style.
"well hey guys, how about we name the team the Cleveland Wild Banshee's or, or, or, how about the cleveland Flying Pheonix's, or hey what about the Cleveland Matrix Revolutions." give me a break. my vote goes to: Cleveland. maybe their unofficial nickname can be the barons. and you people who say this isnt europe and we need to keep it fun etc.. i dont know what cloud you are living on. we need to focus of attracting the people who already like soccer before we should move into converting everyone else. and if you also havent noticed those people who like soccer but dont like mls are euro snobs. that means they like european soccer. these people are laughing at the ridiculousness of the names we put with our teams. thats one of the things that engraves in their minds that this league is a joke. and if we add something like Cobra's onto our teams, i'm sorry to say that i dont blame them. sorry, but i know too many euro-snobs who when i ask why they dont like mls the answer is: its a joke. i mean look at the names. we need these people . if you people insist of having names thrown onto our teams, dont make it, the raptors, the cobras, the cheese eaters or any of that stuff. tchau.
What about if you call the team Cleveland S.C. (I like the way soccer club sounds when it's initialed) but in the crest or logo you feature a bulldog? That way you can keep the bulldog motif/idea but not have the name sound too "out there" and also avoid the whole NFL copyright mess. I also like the idea of orange with blue and white trim as the colors of the team--although for the life of me i cant come up with a specific idea as to what the uniforms should look like right now----it seems that soccer uniforms have evolved so much that theres almost 50 designs or more that could work with those colors.... When it comes to uniform design though, i do know one thing---do not do the diagonal stripe across the jersey thing for the new cleveland team. I was watching the LA Galaxy on tv during the playoffs this season and all i could think of was "damn, how ugly hose uniforms look"---they should have kept the striped look. Last year the Metros did something that i really liked--at one point they had 3 jerseys: the traditional black and red striped home jersey, the traditional white and black striped jersey for away games within their conference and a new white and gray jersey (no stripes) for away games outside their conference. This year however it seems that they eliminated the black and white striped away jersey and just kept the plainer looking (but still nice) white and gray jersey. I did however enjoy the idea of 3 jerseys.