Their presence at Dragon Stadium gives the Burn the perfect opportunity to improve their overall brand. Simply replace the horse with a dragon and ease the media into calling the team the Dragons. It's catchy, it's alliteration, it sounds awesome, and the Brimstone Cup is unaffected. I'm going to reiterate my suggestions for Kansas City: Monarchs, Blues, as well as Kings. Monarchs because somebody in KC should use that name, damn it. Blues because, in addition to being a traditional soccer name, it's an homage to KC's sporting past. Same goes for Kings. Now that Bravehart mentions it, how about the Philadelphia Franklins? The script logo could be in the same font as Poor Richard's Almanac. The patch logo could be his silhouette or the Ben Franklin Bridge. And a partnership with Penn to renovate Franklin Field, adding luxury boxes and replacing that concrete carpet with grass. I'm just shooting the breeze here. Thoughts?
Re: Name game I've never seen this one before. By far the simultaneously the coolest and funniest name I may have ever seen for a sports franchise. I suppose the chance that they have a jersey with the name in english on it is slim. that would be pretty cool.
Where is Bigfoot sighted the most? Up north is where I imagine. Perhaps a Minnasota Mysterious Dwarfs. Logo could be like an evergreen tree with a sasquatch silouette peaking out from behind.
Rayadas de San Diego, or San Diego Armada (Aztecs maybe, but that is also San Diego State) Texas: Lone Star (name of city) Seattle Storm, Seattle Sounders Portland Timbers Detroit United (uniting all the ethnic groups?) or Detroit Mustangs New York Cosmos- Change it. Change it now. Oklahoma Twisters Dallas Dragons New Orleans Misterious Mixture St. Louis Steamers Cleveland (same as above)!, or Canal Men or Cavalry And cool team names? You are forgetting Distillery of Northern Ireland, Hearts of SPL, and Millonarios among others.
Originally posted by IBleedTeal I've always felt the San Diego Lawnmowers would be a good fit for Chivas USA. For a great Rivalry you can also change the Name of the Columbus Crew to the Klan. Then just replace the construction workers on the badge with three hooded figures. Hot Damn! i should be in charge of Marketing..
Both good suggestions....many ways to go on both color schemes too Cobras has been mentioned a few times around here. I like it, just like Bulldogs better
interestingly, i listened to the most recent interview with greg elliot on soccer fanatic radio, and during that interview, elliot alluded that there may be an overhaul of the dallas club's image --> i.e. name change. i definitely would support this; nothing against the club or its fans but the 'dallas burn' is perhaps the worst name ever conceived. i think if dallas goes queer eye for the straight eye and gets a makeover, then it should stay true to its pyro-past; it could go with a name such as the dallas inferno. although dragon stadium has been a sore spot for the dallas faithful, if alliteration is your ticket, then i think a name such as the dallas dragons would go nicely. those are my thoughts, what about yours??
As far as New Orleans is concerned, the guy who said Tuesday is right on.. -Anyone say: 'New Orleans Mardi Gras', or 'Big Easy FC' or 'Crescent City FC'? Laissez Bon-temps roulez! Also: -'Phoenix Sonorans', 'Phoenix Copperheads' -Dallas should be called 'Lone Star FC'
Los Angeles Galaxy San Jose Earthquakes Portland Timbers Seattle Sounders San Diego CHIVAS Colorado Rapids Kansas City Wizards Dallas Lone Stars Houston Hurricanes New Jersey Metros (or Metro Stars) New England Revs (or Revolution) Columbus Crew Philadelphia Atoms DC United Detroit Motors Miami Millionaires New York Cosmos Chicago Fire The only name I'd really care to see a name change for is Dallas. I'm not a big fan of the name Cosmos, but it a Cosmos-Metros rivalry has a cool ring to it. So does Lone Stars vs Hurricanes, it almost sounds like a boxing matchup.
Replacement Names American Style: New Jersey Generals(USFL,I know) Columbus Freeze Colorado Black Bears New England Colonials Chicago Mafia Dallas Desprados LA Bobcats San Jose Gamecocks(had to put that in there) Washington Felons Kansas City Warriors Eurosnob Style: Tri State AC Columbus 96 Inter Colorado(its the uniforms) Boston 1998 Chicago FC Dallas AC Los Angeles Sanjose DC United KCFC Notice how much these names suck(although i bet someone could do better)? just be happy we got a kickass league and i for one have no problem with any of the names we curenttly have
names w/ history As geeky as it may be, I've got a soft spot for the team names that refer to area/city history. The New England Revolution and the Chicago Fire are great names, as far as I'm concerned. But for expansion teams? Hmmm. The only good one I can think of would have to be the Seattle Strike (commemorating the general strike of 1919.) Maybe the Seattle or Portland Wobblies? (The entire roster would have to belong to One Big Union in that case.)
i haven't seen knights suggested that often...i think that would be a decent club name. in the same vein, crusaders might work well.
Most of those MLS names were ridiculous from the 1st season, but at least San Jose had the decency to drop "Clash" and that stupid scorpion logo and go back to "Earthquakes". If Portland should ever lose the Timbers (again), the only other name that should even be considered is the Pioneers (name that came in 2nd place w/fans back when the original franchise was formed). The old NASL/MISL/CISL had some great names...they should be recycled: Detroit Express (fits perfectly) Houston Hotshots (great logo) Philadelphia Fever (good name, dumb logo) LA (or San Diego) Aztecs Cincinatti Kids Tampa Bay Rowdies (that Mutiny thing, what the hell was that, a bat?!) Boston Minutemen Arizona Sandsharks (shark w/sunglasses!) Washington Warthogs (is that cool or what?!)
Detroit Express - I hate singular nicknames, I just hate them. I wish they'd die. Houston Hotshots - Looking at this team, I wish I were twenty years younger and a woman. Philadelphia Fever - That song sucks, I don't care what anyone says. LA Aztecs - Sure beats the hell out of GaLAxy. Cincinnati Kids - Named after, and partially owned by, Pete Rose. Absolutely not. Tampa Bay Rowdies - I think Nike said it was a cyberspace, mutant bat or something. The Mutiny, that is. Boston Minutemen - To avoid confusion with UMASS, they will be the Ninety Minutemen. Oh, put me out, I'm on feye-yah. Arizona Sandsharks - Candygram. Washington Warthogs - Their logo will be a short, monotonous, piano-legged, Junior Senator from New York who's actually from Illinois.
Dallas Dragons San Diego Armada New York Empire Philadelphia Legion Detroit Wolves Houston Apollos Seattle Emerald Minnesota Gemini Cleveland Knights Cleveland Cobras St. Louis Arches St. Louis Spirit Portland Pioneers Sacramento Aztecs Oklahoma City Toros
Philadelphia Legion?! I don't think soccer fans want to be reminded of a killer disease while they're inhaling their polish sausage... St. Louis Spirit? Been there, done that... Sacramento Aztecs?! There weren't no stinkin' aztecs anywhere near Northern California! Oh and uh, thanks for the smartass replies, Khansingh...moderators should be seen and not heard...
san deigo Incas, myans or aztecs sound good Philadelphia Cutthroats Houston outlaws Seattle mocha decafs(kidding of course) Cleveland Rockers Hartford Helions
As for San Diego... I think that Armada is a very good idea. Truthfully, I think anything is a better idea than Chivas. Go goats!!! If they name the team any derivation of Chivas I hope it becomes a curse and they play like goats and the local TV station can give out the goat of the game award after they loose again and again. Then Chivas will become synonamous with being a loser and people will say say stuff like "Stoitchkov is such a Chiva or the Mutts are a bunch of Chivas." In fact, by the power invested in me as a delusional member of Big Soccer: I INVOKE THE MLS CURSE AGAINST CHIVAS FROM HERE ON IN