Looks like things are heating up for our South Florida franchise! www.miamifcb.com is up an running. Sign up to become a fan or more importantly if your interested in season tickets. The more people we can get to sign up, the more we can show MLS that our city deserves a franchise. Vamos Miami!
Just signed up. And by looking at the name the team contest, it looks like the team wont be called Miami Barca
I agree the name contest is very encouraging... It means they care what we think... but like I said before I am supporting this team no matter what. FC WhateverIsFineWithMe Miami
Guys, start passing the word. Post it on facebook, myspace, etc. Send emails. Even if your friends dont like soccer, make them sign up
I think we can all agree on that. They could call them the Miami Burger Kings and I'd support them... okay maybe not that far lol.
Futbol Club Barcelona de Miami aka [FCB Miami] is not so bad of a name, we all knew that FC Barcelona would be apart of the new team's name with a Miami identity for marketing reasons in the area...it's about the product, but it's also about the money the Barca name brand generates for MLS as well as growing the FC Barcelona product in the Americas.
Why would you write a "not so bad a name" if you could put a name you prefer? All who don't want Barca in the name put something else. Miami FC, FC Miami, Miami Fusion, whatever. But why Futbol Club Barcelona de Miami???
Yeah, imagine the chants, VAMO VAMO, Futbol Club Barcelona de Miami By the end of the word Barcelona, you're already out of breath. If theyre giving us an opportunity to give ideas about the name, then let's take advantage of it. I'll support it no matter what the name is, but still
"Futbol Club Barcelona de Miami" would be abbreviated to FCB Miami, I think that's what he meant. If it turns out to be FCB Miami, that's what it will stand for obviously.
You could just say Miami. I don't think anyone will have any chants that go "Let's go Seattle Sounders FC, Let's go!".. you either go with the city or nickname when referring to the team, not both. We'll just refer the team as Miami.
MLS have given Barca Miami only a few weeks to show that we have local support for a franchise. We need to convince MLS and its owners that we should have a team. Please show your support by signing up on the website. In the next few days they will also be taking deposits for season tickets. This project needs your support. They have asked for our help, now let's show them what we can do. Spread the word.
Hey hot shot, I wrote "not so bad of a name" regarding the name on the new fan site. The site is Miami FCB, but when it's loading on my computer in the address section it says FCB Miami also...but who cares as long as Miami gets a MLS team.
Fans lets show that we have local support for a Miami MLS franchise. We need to convince MLS and its owners that we should have a team. Please show your support by signing up on the website http://www.miamifcb.com/. In the next few days they will also be taking deposits for season tickets. This project needs our support. spreed the word to friends, family and co-workers.
So let me ask something about the deposits. Does it mean we already get a team? Why would I put a deposit for a team that might start playing in 3 years? Even 2, its still a lot. I would become a STH, but not this early. There's no way I can convince my parents. And if we dont get the team, what happens?
By you signing does not mean that you have to give them any money now. They just want to see if you are interested when they do come out with season tickets. This is what Miami FCB is asking for Show your interest in season tickets While we are not making season tickets available yet, we are accepting inquiries, and will do our best to accommodate your requests.
Or, if FC Barcelona and Marcelo Claure are cleverer about the new club name, they wouldn't have to make the new name quite so blatantly a copy of the FC Barcelona name. FC Barcelona is nicknamed Blaugrana, and Blaugrana, like Barcelona (and also like Bolivar, ie, Marcelo Claure's club, FC Bolivar), also starts with the letter "B"; so, make FCB Miami short for "Futbol Club Blaugrana de Miami" and you've got something a bit classier which can also be shortened to FCB Miami without making the new club look like too much of a pale imitation of FC Barcelona.
They actually are going to be taking deposits soon. Usually when teams do this they take a small deposit and if a team is not awarded then they return the money. I'll find out more details with my contact.
...I am getting season tickets anyway, and by signing up and giving a deposit now, I am making a statement to the team and the league; I will suport this team, and I believe in FC WhateverIsFineWithMe Miami Mls team and ownership. I think if we really want this to happen we need to show this type of commitment...
Yeah, I want to show my support too, but there is just NO WAY I can convince my parents to buy season tickets NOW. We're probably getting a mini plan, but not yet.
The first thing I myself noticed is that "name the team contest" which makes many of you think that FCB Miami is just a start and not the arrive. Apart from that, in the end of this page http://www.miamifcb.com/vision.htm there's an intresting confirmation: "...hope to bring MLS soccer to Miami for you in the spring of 2010"