Houston team name: the new version

Hey, I know some 15 year olds that could wipe the floor with that guy.....intellectually speaking.

 

HOUSTON DRILLERS baby.

oh and FYI all those other names stink

 

....duck!!!...flame fight!

 

I know the FC thing is traditional, but I think SC is better for an American club; whether it stands for Sports Club or Soccer Club doesn't matter.

 

I agree too...

 

Texas National Team.

 

GulfCoast "GOLASOS"

 

sepaking of houston music...

Houston Geto Boys? Makes sense, right?

 

My mind is playing tricks on me....

They were awesome!! ahhh....those were the days

 

I voted for Houston Rovers. IMO, they should add "FC", to make it Houston Rovers FC. I like the sound of it, and it becomes more "Euro-traditionalist." (I know I'm going to take some flack for that one.) Also, the idea of Houston Rovers FC v FC Dallas is starting to sound very exciting.

 

YEAH because ATHLETICO is all about America!!!

 

To synthesize a few ideas that others have already suggested, the name should be

Apollo XI / Apollo 11 / Apollo Eleven

(as in the number of players, and the mission that reached the moon)

It would be good to find a way to put the word Houston into the team name, but this is just too perfect to pass up.

 

I don't like Rovers or Rangers or obvious European ripoffs (like Real Salt Lake). Besides, for those of you who don't know, DFW's baseball team is the Texas Rangers, so that'd be weird.

I like the idea of naming it Apollo. Apollo Houston, but just refer to it simply as "Apollo" always. A poster here here also suggested Helios, which I rather like. Houston IS quite sunny most of the time.

There's got to be a happy medium. The naming conventions for the other major American sports just won't work for the MLS - they're too "American" and all the good names are taken anyways. For instance, look at the team names for the WUSA or WNBA - rubbish. MLS has done a pretty good job of avoiding this, with the exception of Wizards and Rapids, IMO. On the other side of the coin, obvious European copycat jobs are lame, too. Real Salt Lake? Not fooling anyone.

 

Udderly ridiculous.


And my favorite is Locomotive Houston. "The Locos beat Chicago 3-2 ...."

 

HOUSTON HURRICANE...rebirth of the old NASL Club (1978-80)

http://home.att.net/~nasl/teams/hurricane.htm

or

HOUSTON STARS...(1967-68)

http://home.att.net/~nasl/teams/stars.htm

 

I go with the Apollo's -- if they go hispanic then the Tejanos cause I think even gringo texans a team named after the state the are rumored to love so much

 

Houston Oilers

 

Other sports team names from Houston

Doing a couple quick tradmark searches turns up a shitload of registered team names from Houston. Most are now dead. Many were probably never used. But the sheer number is amazing.

HOUSTON TEXANS
HOUSTON TOROS
HOUSTON WRANGLERS
HOUSTON ROUGHRIDERS
HOUSTON ROUSTABOUTS
HOUSTON COLT 45'S
HOUSTON ROUGHNECKS
HOUSTON ENERGY
HOUSTON HURRICANES
HOUSTON THUNDERBEARS
HOUSTON STORMCATS
HOUSTON BOBCATS
HOUSTON WILDCATS
HOUSTON CHALLENGERS
HOUSTON APOLLOS
HOUSTON GENERALS
HOUSTON TEXIANS
HOUSTON STALLIONS
HOUSTON WILDCATTERS
HOUSTON OILERS
HOUSTON GAMBLERS
HOUSTON HOTSHOTS
HOUSTON DYNAMOS
HOUSTON ROCKETS
HOUSTON ASTROS

BTW, my search also revealed that FC Dallas trademarked "FC Texas." They even trademarked the new Dallas badge with 'FC Texas' in the place of 'FC Dallas.' Looks like they covered their bases.

 

My only point was that people seemed so proud of the Rangers name for Texas, I mean there was a huge picture posted on this thread.

Not to mention the fact that there are better names for the Houston team that have already been posted on this thread.

As for my use of the term "racism" rather than "sectarianism" when referring to anti-Catholic bias in Scotland, I was just trying to keep the post simple. I would be glad to discuss the semantics with people, but it just didn't seem that necessary.

 

Only if "AC" stands for "air conditioned".

 

Whats the word on when the Houston website is gonna have the real poll. Will it be sooner than later?

and lets face it Houston Rovers is by far one of the better choices for the team name or who knows now is a better time than any to start using SC over FC as this is Major League Soccer and we call our sport soccer so therefore i think teams should start adopting SC for soccer club following their name

 

Yes, most Texans are very proud of the Rangers name. What's your point? Are we not supposed to be?

 

HOUSTON THUNDERBEARS . . . HOUSTON STORMCATS

I would laugh myself to sleep every night if you guys end up with one of those names.


Oh the humor.

 

Well, considering that Houston is near the water how about the Sea Bears? This should get that lucrative SpongeBob demographic. (For those of you unfamiliar there was a SB episode where the boys are out camping, and as you know "Fairy Tales and Sea Bears Are Real.")