Pardon my ignorance, but how did the Argentinian club end up with the name of a large American city? Surely its founder(s) weren't American. Weren't they?
The founders figured that they weren't going to win anything, so they chose the city with some of the worst sports franchises in history.
That is a good theory. Actually, the club 'Nueva Chicago' comes from the Buenos Aires neighborhood known as 'Mataderos', which in the old days was also known as 'Nueva Chicago'. It was a center for the beef industry, where they butchered the cows.
founded: 01/07/1911 very old club! Sede Avda. Lisandro de La Torre 2288. Ciudad de Bs. As. Teléfono/fax (011) 4687-2538 Presidente Juan Ángel Guerra Only 2 titles: 1981 primera B and 1940 won 3rd division Nombre estadio: Nueva Chicago Dirección Av. Justo A. Suárez 6900. CP: 1440. Mataderos. Ciudad de Buenos Aires. Capacidad 28500 espectadores
Porque cuando los fundaron en el barrio Mataderos de Bs. Aires, ahi se vendia y producia mucha carne creo, y en Chicago, EEUU, se hacia lo mismo, por lo tanto siguieron un omonimo. LOL
He aqui el vinculo. Creo que el nombre Chicago es una palabra de los nativos de la region en EEUU que rodea Chicago. Yo siempre habia sido confundido como tal palabra saldria en Argentina. There's the link. I think the name Chicago is a word from the natives from the area that surrounds Chicago in the US. I had always been confused how such a word would show up in Argentina.
La palabra "chicago" significa "lugar de olar de cebolla" en un idioma indigeno de la area central de los EEUU. El barrio de Mataderos se llamaba "Nueva Chicago" porque, como Chicago, EE.UU, era un centro de la produccion de carne.
Founded in 1911. Thats 3 years after the Chicago Cubs won their last World Series. I'm liking my theory more and more.