Official Poll for the Miami MLS team name

Miami Athletic would not be bad, thought there are many better choices. "Athletics", after all, has been part of the of US sports for over a century. Athletico, for some reason, has lost its luster. Not gay, it just does not fit.

I agree with NYFC, Miami FC is excellent. Miami Sharks FC would be even better.

 

Yeah, like Miami FC is original . Atletico Miami is a misnomer. It's a franchise of MLS, not a team sponsored by an athletic club. It's also a shameless copycat (how original is that?). Quit trying to create fake history.

American Teams, American names.

Miami Barca-Loungers

 

Miami FC is the best I've heard as well. Why change a good thing?

Or Miami Blues with FC plugged in there somewhere.

 

...for drawing an average of 6,000 fans per game in MLS because people think you're a bunch of posers. Atletico Miami is every bit as bad as Real Salt Lake, and as I said, it's a misnomer. Copycat names are stupid, in my opinion.

American Teams, American Names.

As in "old" Farts?

and no, I won't shut up.

 

I guess you didn't notice the next to Miami Vice. It was a joke. That would be the dumbest name for a team since SJ Clash and Dallas Burn (and Galaxy, Crew, Wiz, etc.).

I do like Sharks, though. Tiburones in Spanish, correct?

 

Miami millionaires fc

 

Atletico miami

 

Miami Athletic, Miami AC are OK.

Atletico, no. For some reason reason I've developed a huge dislike of Atletico.

If we are to pander to Europe or elsewhere Miami United with the nickname of "the Fusion" is best.

My favorite still is Miami FC.

 

Atlético Miami would be my choice at the moment. It fits well with Miami's large Latin community, and it's a good traditional soccer name without going the FC route. Also, Barça's B team in Spain is called FC Barcelona Atlétic, so it ties in there as well. Some may not like a Spanish name being used in an English country, but as Lucho305 said, South Florida is as close to another country as you can get. It's just a name, and it will do wonders for the credibility and respect of the team in the Latin market, which is what MLS wants to tap into.

Believe what you want, but the strong Latin demographic, is the largest, if not the only, reason why MLS wants to come back to South Florida. They want to gain a foothold in the Latin soccer market, and Miami is the launching pad for any such venture. Going with a name like Atlético Miami, or Club Deportivo Miami, would be a good marketing move on the part of the league/team.

..and this is coming from a guy who's picture could be in the dictionary next to "caucasian". Whether you want to admit it or not, South Florida is a bilingual area, and Spanish is a part of the culture. It's what makes Miami Miami, and it only makes sense to represent it in the name of the soccer team.

 

I agree. I like Atlético Miami and I also like Club Deportivo Miami

 

I'm sticking w/the names I like & my dislike of Atletico for my own reasons, know but to a few.

However, it should be noted that Lucho's link to the Philadelphia name thread shows that the good folks up there covet Athletic/Atletico and are conspiring on getting around the ban that prohobits their using it. Considering the unadorned "love" some of the posters from Philly have shown in the MLS: Expansion forum for any team from Florida, South Florida and, especially, Miami, Atletico Miami would be a very nice way to tweak their collective noses and, also, hatch a pretty good rivalry right from the start. Something to think about during the naming process.

I've stated elsewhere that I like Deportivo, or Club Deportivo (CD). I like it so much that, if we must pander to the base, I can take it straight with no translation to English required.....

 

I agree drSoFlaFan is very caucasian.

I have no problem with Deportivo, but my favorite for a very long time has been Atletico. My favorite Brazilian team, Atletico Paranaense, shares that name so that is why I have fallen for the name. Nothing to do with Spain.

 

Interesting bit of info here: I did a little digging around on the US trademark search database to see if any Miami MLS related names came up, and Traffic Sports USA owns the rights to the name "FC Miami", and they made their claim December 10, 2008, presumably to keep the potential MLS team from being able to use it, or to perhaps sell it to them. I guess if that is the name that wins the contest, FCB/Claure are gonna have to do some bargaining with Traffic.

 

Those two, FC Miami, and Miami Fusion FC are my 4 favorites. Since Fusion is unlikely, If it came down to a vote between those 3, I'd pick Atlético Miami.

 

I don't think there's any conspiracy here. You can't vote twice. The people have spoken. FCB Miami (which would stand for Fútbol Club Barcelona Miami) is a name people actually like and i'm not surprised about this at all. It's the outsiders and the haters who want the team name to not represent the Barça connection, not the real fans.

 

Tu papá almost got relegated last year (tu papá, tu papá, tu papá...don't you costeños ever say anything different?? you need to win like 5 more leagues to be anybody's dad)

Ok. Enough of Colombian league smack. On the matter at hand I still find it hard to believe that FCB Miami has such great lead because of haters sabotaging this forum.