This is mainly directed to the DCU die-hards on here (like the Barra Brava and Screaming Eagles). Do the three stars above the DCU logo represent the 3 MLS Cups?
You know how even the kids who sucked at field day got "partcipation" ribbons just for showing up while the cool kids got all the trophies and big awards? That's what you're seeing with the Metros logo. It's to celebrate their glorious acheivement in the "Thanks For Comin' Out..." Cup
I know we've had a million threads about this, but count me confused (still). Technically, we already have four stars- three above the crest and one inside the crest. I always thought the three stars had something to do with the three stars on the DC flag, and the star within the crest is a vestige of when we had no stars above the crest.
Three stars = three MLS Cups. No need to be confused. However, during the '00 season, which was the first time any stars were on the uniform, there were only two stars. The front office said that the star in the logo represented on Cup, and the two stars above the logo represented the other two. I think someone screwed up and the front office was just trying to cover it up. In '01, I don't think they had any on the uniform. It was either last year or '02 when they put three stars above the badge.
So if United continues to win championships are they going to keep going all around like the CD Guadalajara logo? Do they stop eventually?
Eventually, years down the road..... 1 star will = 5 MLS Cups Even many more years down the road..... 1 star will = 10 MLS Cups
But, what about the three stars that were inside the original crest used for the 96 and 97 seasons? http://www.laughinghyena.net/LogoServer/Soccer/DCUnited.GIF (District of Columbia flag) http://flagspot.net/images/u/us-dc.gif
The have nothing to do with MLS Cups. I can tell you for a fact that the three stars that are above the badge on the current DC United uniform represent three MLS Cups. Period.
Well, its obvious the original three stars had nothing to do with MLS Cups, nobody had played for a MLS Cup yet in 96. But does anyone know if those original three stars came from the DC flag? Or, could the designer of the original logo have thought, "I think we will eventually win three MLS Cups so I will put in three stars." If so, the designer may have, (without knowing), cursed DC to only win three MLS Cups. Is the "Curse of the Three Stars" real? We will find out Sunday.
i think that if a club wins more than 5 cups that what they should do to avoid a mass of stars on the jersey is to have a shoulder patch that designates the number of cups that the club as one. i got this idea after watching a champion's league match several years ago and one of the teams had something like that...the kits had a shoulder patch with a silhoutte of the champion's league cup and a number 'inside' the silhoutte, designating how many times they've won. it's a thought...
I think that they shouldn't use stars to represent cups at all until they win 10. I'm sure they had a "great idea" when they made the recent unis that they could make the three stars represent the three cups that they've won. It's kinda sweet, but you can just mess around with the math once MLS and DC United finally do have a significant history to look back on. Oh wait, now that we've won 5, let's just have one star. But then what happens with 6? No no no, you can't put 6 stars on. You can't put 9 stars on either. They should've waited until they had 10 to put one star (which may be a long time, I know, but let's not get ahead of ourselves. I love this league but it shouldn't be pretending to have some longstanding tradition). Whatever, I guess it's not that big of a deal. Good luck to both teams in the cup final on Sunday. They can have their glory until next year when RSL wins it baby!
Well, look at CD Guadalajara, they've got a ring of 10 stars below their logo and could easily fit 4 more without it looking too cluttered. Not to mention as the league expands to 12, 14...eventually 18 (or more) teams it is unlikely that more than one team, if any, will have more than 10 stars during the league's first 50 years.
In 96, they had nothing to do with cups (The three stars inside the logo). Now, the three stars represent three cups. Much like San Jose's two stars above their crest.
I seem to remember that the original logo had the three soccer balls (with stars on each) to represent the three parts of the region "United" for DC. Those being The District of Columbia, Maryland, and Virginia.
That's blasphemy! I figure that at the end of the league's 50th season we'll have won 45 MLS Cups Oh, and thanks for clearing up the significance of the stars, Mike. Count me no longer confused.
this is correct. like he said Maryland and VA are "united" by DC as a soccer area aka DC United. now the 4 stars outside are for championships