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A mere technicality.....

 

Couldn't be anymore racist that what the Chivas have done or tried to do for the last 10 years.

Anyway, I guess the Aztecs name is out.....

 

Not surprising. After the racist debacle that Chivas became I figure that LA 2017 will go with the most vanilla but soccer sounding name they can muster. Which almost assures it'll be LAFC or LASC.

 

This ownership group is insane.

If the Entourage series had been reality, THIS is the ownership group that Ari Gold would have attempted to put together for his NFL franchise.

 

why are there so many owners? a function of how much beyond the expansion fee that this endeavor will actually cost?

 

If you include all the power-brokers, deal-makers and taste-makers from tangential business endeavors, there is no limit to what the club can achieve infrastructure and press wise.

They have NBA owners, MLB owners, Premier League and Seria A owners, Sports icons, US Soccer legends, Hollywood, powerful sports lawyers, pop culture icons and even inspirational speakers.

Not even mentioning the money.

 

And they've got a very easy to remember name, Los Angeles Football Club.

Still the Galaxy have got to be shaking in their figurative boots about this. With this slate of owners I've little doubt they'll get something done in or right around downtown which will by location alone make them the premier team in the LA area. The Galaxy will be relegated overnight to second tier status as "the team that plays out in Carson."

 

a cynic would point out that that list of people constitutes an awful lot accomplished cooks in the solitary kitchen...

 

LAFC? Great, another uncreative euro sounding name. They talk about getting to know the fans, but people that are going to like that trendy stuff are not coming to MLS games. MLS fans have their own identity and we want that for our teams as well. This generic stuff really displeases me, and historically though it may be too short a sample to properly judge from, MLS teams with just FC attached to them have underwhelmed both in fan support and on the field.

 

If all of that's true, I'm not a Galaxy fan, does it put a hurt on the Galaxy? What's the point of having two teams if one team puts the other out of business?

 

Well they are saying its only a placeholder name. And even if not, you can't be shocked. They weren't going to be very creative with the second LA franchise and risk alienating anyone after what happened with Chivas. The name may not be unique or inspiring, but it also offends no one.

 

The name was not the problem with Chivas, it was that it was basically a branding product from another rival league that limited itself to people familiar with Mexican soccer and furthermore by promoting just one team within it that came with existing rivalries. If you called the team, LA Dragons for instance, that would not already be an issue out of the starting gate.

 

Thank God that it's just a placeholder name! Still, I don't trust that people are going to be wise and pick something both cool and marketable. They are most likely going with something terribly generic that will have trouble creating an identity for itself and once the new car smell wears off, people will lose interest. LA fans are a fickle bunch.. trust me.

 

Given Cardiff City's issues with the whole Dragon thing and the worldwide knowledge of that I suspect you're wrong. People would have found a reason to have an issue with it.

 

So long as they didn't call it Cardiff USA, people would be cool with Dragons. Nobody from LA knows or cares about what's happening with Cardiff City.

Dragons was just a suggestion though. The point being though, is that those generic euro sounding names are a recipe for disaster and whoever is deciding this would be well advised to steer clear of them or risk getting Chivas'd.

 

This article has a lot of the info that is known so far... This seems like its going to be huge and I'm very interested to see how the Galaxy will respond to this.

 

...by winning.

 

That article is passing off a totally fake crest as possibly real.

This is the source of that crest: http://sportslogospot.blogspot.com/2014/10/i-know-what-chivas-usa-will-look-like.html

 

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People were arguing with me about this. But I have little doubt that the Galaxy are in a relative, if not significant, amount of trouble. They have had declining attendance three straight seasons and their brand has largely stagnated. Their inherent monopoly in Los Angeles has caused the organization to suffer from complacency and passivity, something that single team market successes like Seattle, Portland, and KC have not fallen victim to. For years they have benefited from being the only option in town, but now a better option with better ownership has arrived. The novelty of Beckham wore off after awhile, and Donovan nor Keane have been that player that people are naturally drawn to. The stadium is in an undesirable location with no easy transit access, and no attractions nearby. The in-stadium experience is severely lacking, and pregame/postgame festivities are non-existent. Not to mention there is going to be a huge temptation for the organization’s top employees to make the move north.

 

I have this funny feeling both teams are going to try and sign Ronaldo (32) and/or Messi (30) in 2017......