After reading thread after thread in which bigsoccer types rail against expansion team names/Dallas FC for being "too European" or "too Mexican" or "totally dumb" or "not American enough," I thought it was time to do something. We know that Peter Wilt reads these pages, so I assume plenty of the brass in MLS do as well. Therefore, it would be helpful for us to come up with a list of names for future expansion teams. Here is my list of team names that are certain to go over very, very well with bigsoccer addicts. The Pittsburgh Ninjas The Sante Fe Paladins The Tulsa Rootin' Tootin' Cowboys The Omaha Samurai The Myrtle Beach Seventh-Level Magic Users The Houston American USAs The Portland Molestin' Catholics The Dakota Wyyld X-tremes The Spokane Cobras The Salt Lake City Highlanders The Sacramento World Trade Center Victims (in honor of the victims of 9-11) The Phoenix Totally Rad Awesomes The Springfield Drunk Injuns (in honor of our country's American Indian traditions) The Butte Army Wrecker Boyzz The Youngstown Sokkerz Please feel free to add your suggestions.
I actually like Cobras. MLS could definitely use a snake name. If they didn't already have a DC-area team, I'd suggest Snakeheads.
The joke was more about the shallowness and ubiquity of 9-11 references by politicians, the media, artists, etc. But now that I look at it again, yes, you're right. There is probably a funny way to have made that joke, but mine wasn't it.
You forgot... Atlanta Burn Philadelphia Freedom Miami Refugeez E.S.T. Seattle - (Elementary School Teachers) London Monarchs Green Bay Packers New Orleans Flood Beverly Hillbillies San Francisco Butch Avis Orlando
How about just naming them after the city and leaving off the frickin corny nickname? I think those names turn off a lot of potential fans (at least at first, until you're so used to it that it becomes irrelevant), even in the big leagues like NFL, and don't do anything at all to gain fans. It's not like I'm going to say "gee, I live in San Jose, but I think I'll be a fan of Dallas instead because I like the name "Burn" better than "Earthquakes", or, "gee, I don't like soccer and even if I did I'd like watching English soccer better cause it's prettier, but just because this team in Los Angeles is called the "Galaxy", which I think is SOOOO cool, I'll watch them". I mean, I couldn't care less if they were called the "Tulips" or the "Bumblebees" or the "Wankers" or the "Street Trash". They all sound equally stupid, and all add nothing at all to the appeal of the team. It's just more typically dumb American "marketing" of sports that implies that the sport itself isnt interesting enough on its own to attract any attention, so that they need dumb names and logos and mascots and cheerleaders and stand-up-comedians as announcers.
Here are some names I'd like to see (seriously): AC Miami Emerald City FC Cosmos Detroit City FC Revolution FC (drop the New England moniker) Galaxy FC (drop the Los Angeles moniker) I'm trying to think of a good one for Colorado but I'm having a hard time coming up with one.
Normally, I'd tell you to keep dreaming because the league would never be so stupid as to allow those names. But they've just demonstrated that they're even more stupid than I would have ever imagined, so who knows?
You mean my names? If you're referring to mine, then to each his own, but I think my names are pretty cool.
I would've said forget about it because the league wouldn't give a team a non-nickname for no other apparent reason than to pander to a certain group of fans. I can't think of any other reason for what's transpired in Dallas and Salt Lake City, so that shows what I know. I guess that whatever I think of your ideas is irrelevant because the league is willing to use them. I never thought they would. But like you said, to each his own.
I wouldn't change Colorado's name. I think it is one of the best in MLS. It rolls off the the tongue nicely.
There was a hockey team out of Macon, Georgia that played in the ECHL called the Macon Whoppie....Their mascot was a whopping crane Had to be the most interesting sports name Ive seen. Mikey
Yes, you're absolutely right: we Americans know nothing about marketing, particularly when it comes to applying its principles to the promotion of major professional sports. For instance, if the National Football League could just learn something about modern pro sports marketing and merchandising from the EPL. Well, then I'm sure that the NFL would probably become the most well-marketed and profitable professional sports entity on the face of the planet. Hey... you may not like the North American tradition of slapping a nickname on a pro sports team as part of the branding of said franchise, but face facts: nobody knows marketing - particularly of pro sports - like Americans do. Nobody.
I think the Revolution should just stop f-ing around and call themselves the "New England Patriots that Play Soccer FC". Or maybe the "Red Soxxers" or something. I'm also thinkin' half the people in this thread didn't get the first post. Hmmm, I still like "Los Angeles Galatasarayaxy" or "AC Sporting Miami 2004 FC Junior's" or somethin. Pittsburg Ninja's rocks. . .
I agree with this. Then our team could run out to the strains of James Brown's "Livin' in America." DEE-TROIT CITY!
I'd be all for a team named the Ninja's so long as we have a team named the Pirates. It would make for the best headlines, "NINJAS VS PIRATES TONIGHT!"
In keeping with the in-vogue single word names, should New Orleans ever get a team I think it definately needs to be called the "New Orleans Clap"
I wouldn't doubt it for a minute. And we could part with league custom and instead use some combination of red, white and/or blue...
Detroit City FC Why not just leave it as Detroit, there is no City after the name Detroit. It's like saying "I'm from Detroit City, where are you from?" "I'm from the City of Detroit."