RevNet Posted August 29 Author Share Posted August 29 Association 10 of 36: DFW Eastern Flank Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Logos (Monograms, actually) The Kits Mesquite SC Forney SC Terrell SC Liner Notes Spoiler This association is the first of six (or seven, if you count Denton County above) in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. With this association, this set of three teams is located east of Dallas in eastern Dallas County and western Kaufman County. Mesquite is ~14 miles east of Downtown Dallas, and at a population of ~150,000, it is the 21st-most populated city in Texas. "The Arena Riders" nickname is derived from Mesquite being deemed the "Rodeo Capital of Texas". Mesquite has an annual rodeo event that lasts practically all summer (early June to late August) and the arena that its held in is attached to the local Hampton Inn. The orange color on the all-orange primary kit is meant to imitate cowhide, and the white chevrons on the front and back of the shirt are meant to imitate the fringe worn on some rodeo uniforms. The white secondary kit takes off the chevrons, but otherwise is a total reversal of the primary. The all-blue tertiary kit is meant to imitate a dark denim rodeo uniform with the white piping. Forney is ~11 miles east of Mesquite in Kaufman County, and it is the largest city in the county at a population of ~35,000. The team colors are adopted from the city's logo, with Forney SC adopting the orange color from its parent club of Mesquite SC. The gold and black colors on the secondary kit stem from the Forney High School Jackrabbits athletic teams. Terrell is ~11 miles east of Forney and has a population of ~17.500. Terrell's primary kit and logo are white-and-teal, instead of the mostly teal look of Forney SC. The red and white colors on the secondary stem from the Terrell High School Tigersd athletic teams. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Don Gay, the eight-time world bull-riding champion and commentator that was born in Mesquite Former MLB player Evan Gattis, who attended Forney HS and was the designated hitter and catcher on the 2017 World Series-winning Houston Astros. He wore #11 during his stint with the Astros. Actor Jamie Foxx, who was born and raised in Terrell The sponsor for all three teams is H+K International, a global McDonald's equipment supplier headquartered in Dublin, Ireland but has two offices located in Mesquite. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted August 30 Author Share Posted August 30 Association 11 of 36: DFW Metro East Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Dallas Thoroughbreds Plano SC Garland SC Liner Notes Spoiler Moving slightly west from yesterday's set of three teams, we have the teams from Dallas, Plano, and Garland for the DFW Metro East. Being the "D" in the "DFW" acronym, Dallas is not only the county seat for Dallas County, it is also the most populous city in the DFW Metroplex, and the third-largest city in Texas at a population of ~1,300,000. Therefore, the Dallas Thoroughbreds are getting the maximum four kits. The Dallas Thoroughbreds team logo is a simple brown horseshoe that is rotated on its side to form the letter "D", and the six stars on the horseshoe are for each letter in Dallas's name. The all-white-secondary kit is a total color reversal of the all-brown primary kit. The colors on the tertiary and the quaternary kits stem from the Southern Methodist University Mustangs athletic teams and the University of Texas at Dallas Comets athletics teams, respectively. The sponsor for the Thoroughbreds and Garland SC below is the Dallas-based Texas Instruments, the semiconductor designing and manufacturing company which is well-known for those calculators from your school days if you're American like me. Plano is ~22 miles north of Downtown Dallas in southwest Collin County, for which it is the largest city with a population of ~285,000. The Plano SC team logo is a sepia-toned take on the city's logo while the team adopts the brown from the Thoroughbreds. You can also think of the light tan team color as the color of a potato chip, since Plano is the headquarters of the Frito-Lay company, which owns the Lay's potato chip brand, along with Fritos, Doritos, Tostitos, Cheetos, etc. The maroon and white colors on the secondary kit stems from the Plano Senior High School Wildcats athletic teams. The sponsor for Plano SC is Cinemark, the Plano-based movie theater chain. Garland is ~19 miles northeast of Downtown Dallas and has a populatrion of ~246,000. The team colors and the green "G" logo for the Garland SC team stem from the city's logo. The primary kit mirrors that of their parent team of the Thoroughbreds, but due to the green in its logo, it is all-green instead of all-brown. The red and gold team colors occupy the secondary kit. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Donnie Williams, who was born in Dallas and was #83 for his one season with the Los Angeles Rams in 1970 Former arena football player Kenny McEntyre, who attended Plano Senior HS and was #28 for his stints with the Orlando Predators and the Kansas City Brigade Former NBA player Mookie Blaylock, who was born and raised in Garland and was #10 through all of his playing career Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted August 31 Author Share Posted August 31 Association 12 of 36: DFW Metro East Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits DeSoto SC Cedar Hill SC Lancaster SC Liner Notes Spoiler Moving slightly south from yesterday's set of three teams, we have an association in which you can travel to all three locations on one road, that road being the Belt Line Road that goes all the way around the Dallas side of the DFW Metroplex. The cities of DeSoto, Cedar Hill, and Lancaster all occupy the southwestern portion of the Belt Line Road, which is probably why the area is also called the Best Southwest area. DeSoto (pop. ~56,000) is ~16 miles southwest of Downtown Dallas and it occupies the central portion of the three locales we'll be talking about in this post. Having been found in 1847, it is one of the oldest communities in North Texas. The DeSoto SC team logo is a modified version of the city's logo which also appears on the city flag. The logo also contains an eagle's head, which in turn begets "The Blue Eagles" nickname for DeSoto SC. From there, the blue primary and the white secondary kits are self-explanatory. The gold and green colors of the tertiary kit stem from the DeSoto High School Eagles athletic teams. Cedar Hill (pop. ~49,000) is a six-mile drive west from DeSoto on the Belt Line Road, and it is also an older city, having been founded in 1846. The Cedar Hill SC team logo, in a sense, is a roundel logo with a big green letter C, a smaller cedar wood-colored letter "H", and a cedar tree in the center. Just replace the blue and white for DeSoto with the green and cedar colors and you have your two kits for the team. Lancaster (pop. ~40,000) is a six-mile drive east of DeSoto on the Belt Line Road, and it is located directly due south of Dallas. Like the two other cities, it is also an older city, the area having had some form of settlement since 1841 (first as Hardscrabble, then as Pleasant Run). Like it's parent team of DeSoto SC, Lancaster SC's team logo is also derived from the city's logo. Just replace ther blue for DeSoto with Lancaster's red and you have your two kits, which are all-red (primary) and all-white (secondary). The names on the back of the jerseys are: NFL player Von Miller, who was born and raised in DeSoto and was #58 when he won Super Bowl 50 for the Denver Broncos. He is now #40 for the Buffalo Bills. NFL player Trevis Gipson, who was born and raised in Cedar Hill. He was #99 for his three-year stint with the Chicago Bears. Former NFL player Demonte Hurst, who was born and raised in Lancaster. His lone jersey number was #30. The sponsor for all three teams is Glasfloss, a manufacturer of HVAC air filters headquartered in DeSoto. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Association 13 of 36: DFW Metro West Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Fort Worth Panthers NRH SC SC Haltom Liner Notes Spoiler Now we move to the west side of the DFW Metroplex, in which we find the teams for the locations of Fort Worth, North Richland Hills, and Haltom City. While Dallas is the most-populous city within the Metroplex, Fort Worth pulls its own weight as the county seat for Tarrant County. At a population of ~995,000, Fort Worth ranks in the top five most-populated cities in the state. Therefore, the Panthers get the maximum four kits. Among Fort Worth's numerous nicknames, one of them is "Panther City", which explains the team nickname. The "Panther City" nickname stems from an 1875 Dallas Herald article by former city lawyer Robert E. Cowart, who detailed of the factors that led to the city's population decline in the post-Civil War era. Due to the railroad not being built there yet, he told that the city was so slow that he thought he saw a sleeping panther outside the courthouse. The next year, Fort Worth's economy recovered and its citizens embraced and to this day still continue to embrace the "Panther City" nickname. The blue team color stems from the blue on the city's flag, and from there, the primary and secondary kits are self-explanatory. With its cowhide print on the shirt, the tertiary kit alludes to "Cowtown", another nickname of Fort Worth's. Finally, the purple and white colors on the quaternary kit stem from the local TCU Horned Frogs athletic teams. North Richland Hills (pop. ~70,000) is ~10 miles northeast of Downtown Fort Worth. The city name is quite long, so the team name and nickname are shortened to its acronym of "NRH". The gray team color stems from the city's seal. From there, the two kits are self-explanatory. Haltom City is ~6 miles northeast of Downtown Fort Worth. The colors on the SC Haltom team logo stem from those on the city's flag, though the blue is adopted from it's parent team of the Panthers. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL and arena football player Rod Manuel, who was born in Fort Worth and was #97 for his time with the Pittsburgh Steelers MLB player Trent Grisham, who attended Richland HS in NRH and is currently #12 for the New York Yankees Dr. An Truong, the current mayor of Haltom City The sponsor for all three teams is Alcon, an eye care company that specializes in innovative treatments headquartered in Fort Worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 1 Author Share Posted September 1 Association 14 of 36: DFW Mid-Cities Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Arlington Dodgers Inter SC of Irving Grand Prairie SC Liner Notes Spoiler Moving slightly east, we come into a region of the DFW Metroplex called the Mid-Cities, in which we find the teams for the cities of Arlington, Irving, and Grand Prairie. Unless I’m mistaken, this association has a record five sponsors amongst the set of three teams. I’ll get into why that is as you read on. If the DFW acronym was to be extended to four letters, I believe that fourth letter would be the letter “A” for the city of Arlington, which is the largest of the Mid-Cities region. With a population of ~394,000, it’s the 7th-most populated city in Texas. Therefore, the Arlington Dodgers get the maximum four kits. The “Dodgers” nickname for Arlington stems from the time in 1902 (July 2nd to be specific) that an Interurban electric trolley stop came to Arlington. This popular (at the time) service ran for 32 years and would face decline starting after WWI, due to the damage it caused to the city’s streets, a national problem that these services faced. The navy blue and silver team colors stem from the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, who have made Arlington their home since 2009. The royal blue and orange colors on the secondary kit stem from the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks athletic teams. The sponsor on these two kits is D.R. Horton, a home construction company headquartered in Arlington. The tertiary and quaternary kits both feature shirts made to look like bowling shirts. This is because Arlington is the world headquarters for the sport of ten-pin bowling, with both the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame (tertiary kit sponsor) and the United States Bowling Congress (quaternary kit sponsor) being located in the same building on Six Flags Drive in Arlington. Irving (pop. ~256,000) is ~15 miles northeast of Arlington in northwest Dallas County. The team name of “Inter SC of Irving” comes from Irving being noted for its racial and ethnic diversity. In fact, one of the city’s zip codes (75038) was declared as the most diverse in the country in a 2012 study. If you shorten the team name to “Inter Irving”, then you’ll note why the team is nicknamed “Double Eye” (Double I). This extends to the letter “I” in the team’s roundel logo, which is outlined. The brown team color comes from the city’s logo, while the team adopts the silver color of its parent team of the Dodgers. The sponsor for the team is 7-Eleven, a chain of convenience stores headquartered in Irving. Grand Prairie (pop. ~196,000) is ~7 miles east of Arlington primarily in Dallas County. Like Inter SC of Irving above, Grand Prairie SC also adopts the silver color from its parent team of the Dodgers. The green team color stems from “The Cricketers” nickname for the team. It can also be stemmed from the color of a cricket, the bug. The nickname stems from Grand Prairie being the location of one of only six international cricket grounds in the country and one of only two in Texas. The simplistic “GP” team logo is self-explanatory. Just replace the brown color for Inter Irving with the green color and you have your two kits. The sponsor for the team is Fruit of the Earth, a producer of aloe vera products (gels and lotions) headquartered in Grand Prairie. The names on the back of the jerseys are: NFL player Myles Garrett, who was born in Arlington and is currently #95 for the Cleveland Browns Former NFL player Tyson Thompson, who was born in Irving and was #28 for his stint with the Dallas Cowboys Singer, songwriter, and actress Selena Gomez, who was born in Grand Prairie. She is best-known as Alex Russo on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Danny the Sheeb Posted September 2 Share Posted September 2 7 hours ago, RevNet said: Association 14 of 36: DFW Mid-Cities Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Arlington Dodgers Inter SC of Irving Grand Prairie SC Liner Notes Reveal hidden contents Moving slightly east, we come into a region of the DFW Metroplex called the Mid-Cities, in which we find the teams for the cities of Arlington, Irving, and Grand Prairie. Unless I’m mistaken, this association has a record five sponsors amongst the set of three teams. I’ll get into why that is as you read on. If the DFW acronym was to be extended to four letters, I believe that fourth letter would be the letter “A” for the city of Arlington, which is the largest of the Mid-Cities region. With a population of ~394,000, it’s the 7th-most populated city in Texas. Therefore, the Arlington Dodgers get the maximum four kits. The “Dodgers” nickname for Arlington stems from the time in 1902 (July 2nd to be specific) that an Interurban electric trolley stop came to Arlington. This popular (at the time) service ran for 32 years and would face decline starting after WWI, due to the damage it caused to the city’s streets, a national problem that these services faced. The navy blue and silver team colors stem from the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, who have made Arlington their home since 2009. The royal blue and orange colors on the secondary kit stem from the University of Texas at Arlington Mavericks athletic teams. The sponsor on these two kits is D.R. Horton, a home construction company headquartered in Arlington. The tertiary and quaternary kits both feature shirts made to look like bowling shirts. This is because Arlington is the world headquarters for the sport of ten-pin bowling, with both the International Bowling Museum and Hall of Fame (tertiary kit sponsor) and the United States Bowling Congress (quaternary kit sponsor) being located in the same building on Six Flags Drive in Arlington. Irving (pop. ~256,000) is ~15 miles northeast of Arlington in northwest Dallas County. The team name of “Inter SC of Irving” comes from Irving being noted for its racial and ethnic diversity. In fact, one of the city’s zip codes (75038) was declared as the most diverse in the country in a 2012 study. If you shorten the team name to “Inter Irving”, then you’ll note why the team is nicknamed “Double Eye” (Double I). This extends to the letter “I” in the team’s roundel logo, which is outlined. The brown team color comes from the city’s logo, while the team adopts the silver color of its parent team of the Dodgers. The sponsor for the team is 7-Eleven, a chain of convenience stores headquartered in Irving. Grand Prairie (pop. ~196,000) is ~7 miles east of Arlington primarily in Dallas County. Like Inter SC of Irving above, Grand Prairie SC also adopts the silver color from its parent team of the Dodgers. The green team color stems from “The Cricketers” nickname for the team. It can also be stemmed from the color of a cricket, the bug. The nickname stems from Grand Prairie being the location of one of only six international cricket grounds in the country and one of only two in Texas. The simplistic “GP” team logo is self-explanatory. Just replace the brown color for Inter Irving with the green color and you have your two kits. The sponsor for the team is Fruit of the Earth, a producer of aloe vera products (gels and lotions) headquartered in Grand Prairie. The names on the back of the jerseys are: NFL player Myles Garrett, who was born in Arlington and is currently #95 for the Cleveland Browns Former NFL player Tyson Thompson, who was born in Irving and was #28 for his stint with the Dallas Cowboys Singer, songwriter, and actress Selena Gomez, who was born in Grand Prairie. She is best-known as Alex Russo on Disney Channel’s Wizards of Waverly Place. These are probably the best so far. Arlington's kits might not have enough contrast, though, since all four use blue/black pretty significantly. If the UT-Arlington themed second kit was mostly orange with the blue reduced, that would probably be sufficient. 1 Quote "The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over. Come see. It will not be televised." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 2 Author Share Posted September 2 Association 15 of 36: DFW Western Flank Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Cleburne SC Weatherford SC Decatur SC of Texas Liner Notes Spoiler For the last of the associations in the DFW Metroplex, we go to Cleburne, Weatherford, and Decatur, three cities that are the county seats for their respective counties. These three cities have the teams that represent the Western Flank of the DFW Metroplex. Cleburne (pop. ~32,000) is ~33 miles south of Fort Worth in Johnson County. The “Carnegie Players” nickname for Cleburne SC stems from the non-profit theater group known as The Greater Cleburne Carnegie Players, which has been bringing live theater to Cleburne and Johnson County since 1980. The group was named in honor of industrialist and philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, who in 1904 granted the Texas city a library through his foundation. The former library building’s top floor was where the theater group got its start. The red team color stems from the Tartans athletic teams of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, which Carnegie established in 1900. The team logo’s shape of an American football is in recognition of Cleburne High School football team’s 1920 state championship, which was the first to be recognized by Dave Campbell’s Texas Football, a bi-annual American football preview magazine. The black and yellow colors on the secondary kit also allude to the local high school’s Yellow Jackets athletic teams. The tertiary kit features the tartan pattern for Carnegie Mellon University, along with the two other colors that the Tartans of CMU use (steel gray and iron gray). The sponsor for Cleburne SC is Fun Town RV, a RV dealership headquartered in Cleburne. Weatherford (pop. ~30,000) is 29 miles west of Fort Worth in Parker County. The peach color, logo shape, and team nickname for Weatherford SC all stem from the city being declared the “Peach Capital of Texas” by the state legislature. The team adopts the red color of its parent team of Cleburne SC. The blue and white colors on the secondary kit stem from the local Weatherford High School Kangaroos athletic teams. Decatur (pop. ~6,500) is ~40 miles northwest of Fort Worth in Wise County. There are many cities named Decatur throughout the country, so the “of Texas” part of the team name is essential to differentiate it from the others. The blue color for Decatur SC of Texas stems from the city’s logo, which also indirectly dictated how the team logo would look. Like Weatherford SC above, Decatur SC of Texas also adopts the red color of its parent team of Cleburne SC. This leads to the team’s nickname of “The Blu(e)-Reds”. The collar pattern on the secondary kit mirrors that of the primary kit’s shirt pattern. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former American football player Joe Keeble, who was born in Cleburne and played for several teams in the pre-NFL era. His lone jersey number was #9. Actor Larry Hagman, who attended Weatherford High. He is best-known as J.R. Ewing on the long-running soap opera Dallas and as “Master” Anthony Nelson on the sitcom I Dream of Jeannie. MLB player Bryce Elder, who was born in Decatur and is the current starting pitcher for the Atlanta Braves. His jersey number is #55. The sponsor for Weatherford SC and Decatur SC of Texas is Energy WorldNet, a company that provides software and other solutions for the oil and gas industry headquartered in Decatur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 3 Author Share Posted September 3 Association 16 of 36: Eastern Texoma Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Grayson County SC Choctaw Nation SC Grayson County SC II Liner Notes Spoiler We finally leave the DFW Metroplex, but we won't be going too far. Today's set of three teams involves the first of three teams (2 TSL teams and an indie team) outside of Texas and a Native American nation within two counties. This association is the first of two in the eight-county region known as Texoma. With a population of ~43,600, Sherman is the largest city in the Texoma region and is also the county seat for Grayson County. The maroon color has a triple meaning in that it stems from the city's logo, the Sherman High School Bearkats athletic teams, and the Austin College Kangaroos athletic teams. The gold color and the shield shape for all three teams stem from the Austin College logo. From there, the primary and the secondary kits are self-explanatory. The tertiary kit also alludes to the Sherman High School Bearkats athletic teams. Durant, OK (pop. ~18,500) is ~34 miles north of Sherman in Bryan County for which it serves as the county seat. Durant also serves as the capital of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The Choctaws were one of four self-governing tribes that were forced to move from Mississippi and Alabama to present-day Oklahoma after the passing of the Indian Removal Act of 1830. Durant is named for Dixon Durant, who founded the city and whose family had made the trek along the subsequent Trail of Tears. Each point on the two 12-pointed stars on the team logo represents a county and a district within the Nation, respectively. The purple team color stems from the Choctaw Nation's flag, while the team adopts the gold color of its parent team of Grayson County SC. The bow-and-arrows art in the gold disc on the logo also stems from the nation's flag. The two kits feature a diamond stripe pattern that is unique to the Choctaws. The sponsor for Choctaw Nation SC is the tribe-owned Choctaw Casinos and Resorts. Denison (pop. ~24,500) is ~11 miles north of Sherman and only one mile south of the Texas-Oklahoma border. Since Denison's team of Grayson County SC II is made to be a B-team, the two kits are complete reversals from the parent team with only the team logos changed out. The sponsor for both Grayson County teams is Emerson Electric Company, which is headquartered in Ferguson, MO, but has local ties through it's ownership of Fisher Controls. The names on the back of the jerseys are: MLB pitcher Kyle Crick, who was born in Sherman and was #59 for his stints with the San Francisco Giants and the Chicago White Sox. He currently plays in jersey #55 for the New York Mets. Former MLB player Lane Adams, who is a member of the Choctaw Nation. He was #18 for his last two years with the Atlanta Braves. Dwight David Eisenhower, the 34th President of the United States (1953-1961), who was born in Denison and was nicknamed "Ike" throughout most of his life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 4 Author Share Posted September 4 Association 17 of 36: Galveston County Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Galveston Bay SC Galveston Beach SC Galveston Port SC Liner Notes Spoiler For the first time in a while, we are back in the Southern Conference. Today's set of three teams all reside in Galveston County, which is south of Houston. League City is ~27 miles southeast of Houston. With a population of ~115,000, it surpassed Galveston (the city) sometime between 2000 and 2005 to become the largest city in the county. For the logos for all three teams, I did a modern take on the shield and broke it down into three parts: the Galveston text up top, the aquatic locale in the middle, and the "SC" circle at the bottom. For the main teal color for Galveston Bay SC, I color-picked a color from the bottom of the city's website and went from there when designing the kits. The design for the tertiary kit stems from the flag of America's newest federal holiday, Juneteenth. Juneteenth is celebrated annually on June 19th ("Juneteenth" = "June" + nine"teenth") and commemorates that day in 1865 when Union Major General George Granger arrived on the island of Galveston to order the final enforcement of the Emancipation Proclamation that President Abraham Lincoln had issued three years earlier, thus putting an end to the practice of slavery in the United States. The two-star symbol (consisting of one 12-point outlined star and one 5-pointed white star) on the flag not only serves as inspiration for the tertiary kit design, it also serves as such for the two-star symbol in the TSL Championship patch. The sponsor for Galveston Bay SC and Galveston Port SC is American Homestar Corporation, a homebuilding, mortgage, and insurance conglomerate headquartered in League City. Galveston (pop. ~53,000) is ~27 miles southeast of League City and it still serves as the county seat for Galveston County. The red and white team colors for Galveston Beach SC stem from the city's seal. The sponsor for Galveston Beach SC is American National, an insurance company headquartered in Galveston. Texas City is ~17 miles from League City, and it is also a deepwater port on Galveston Bay, hence the team name of Galveston Port SC. The navy color represents the deep waters of the port and the light orange color has a double meaning as it gives a nod to the Texas City High School Stingarees athletic teams and also imitates the color of sand. From there, the two team kits are self-explanatory. The names on the back of the jerseys are: NFL player Marcus Johnson, who was born and raised in League City. His first jersey number was #14. NFL player Mike Evans, who was born in Galveston and is currently #13 for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers TV reporter and coorespondent Stone Phillips, who was born in Texas City and is best-known as the former co-anchor of Dateline NBC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 5 Author Share Posted September 5 Association 18 of 36: Golden Crescent Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Victoria Hurricanes SC Port Lavaca SC Goliad Aggies SC Liner Notes Spoiler Staying in the Southern Conference, we come to an area of Texas that doesn't get a lot of love all that often. It's called the Golden Crescent, and I got that name from the Golden Crescent Regional Planning Commission, a member of the Texas Association of Regional Councils. Today's set of three teams reside in Victoria, Port Lavaca, and Goliad, respectively. Victoria is a two-hour drive from either Houston, San Antonio, Austin, or Corpus Christi. With a population of ~65,500, it is the county seat for Victoria County. It is named for General Guadalupe Victoria, who was the first president of the newly-independent Mexico. It was once the center of De León's Colony, which was founded in 1824 as the only ethnically-Mexican colony in present-day Texas. Thanks to its proximity to the larger cities listed above and to Gulf Coast ports, Victoria rose in prominenece starting in the mid-19th century, attracting European immigrants. The red and black colors of the team stem from the signal flags that are flown on public beaches and elsewhere to indicate hurricane-force winds (74+ mph) and these colors are also two of the three colors that are used by the University of Houston-Victoria Jaguars athletic teams. From there, the first two kits for the team are self-explanatory. The other color used by the Jaguars, a tannish gold color, is the main color for the tertiary kit. The sponsor for the team is Speedy Stop, a regional chain of convenience stores headquartered in Victoria. Port Lavaca (pop. ~11,000) is ~28 miles southeast of Victoria and is the county seat for Calhoun County. The Port Lavaca SC logo and the team colors all stem from the city's logo. From there, the two team kits are self-explanatory. The "Sailors" nickname stems from the Port of Port Lavaca being an economic hub for the small city. Goliad (pop. 1,620) is 26 miles southwest of Victoria and is the county seat for Goliad County. The "Aggies" nickname stems from Goliad being nicknamed the "Birthplace of Texas Ranching", which also explains the rancher hat on the team logo. The teal team color stems from the city's website. The names on the back of the jerseys are: NFL quarterback Bailey Zappe, who was born in Victoria and was #4 for the New England Patriots. He now wears #19 for the Kansas City Chiefs. Model and beauty queen Brucene Smith, who was born in Port Lavaca and won the Miss World USA 1971 and Miss International 1974 pageants. Miguel Hidalgo, the father of the Mexican War of Independence, whose last name was rearranged in order to rename the town of La Bahía to Goliad (the letter "H" was omitted). The sponsor for Port Lavaca SC and Goliad Aggies SC is Palacios Marine & Industrial, a full-service general mechancial contractor headquartered in Port Lavaca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 6 Author Share Posted September 6 Association 19 of 36: Golden Triangle Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Spindletop SC Port Spindletop SC Texas Gateway SC Liner Notes Spoiler Texas has several places which could be considered corner areas. Today's set of three teams resides in one of these areas. We'll be going to the cities of Beaumont, Port Arthur, and Orange, the latter of which is the easternmost city in Texas. The locations of these cities also form a triangle in a major industrial area on the Texas Gulf Coast, which is how the "Golden Triangle" name was born. Beaumont is 85 miles east of Houston and is the county seat for Jefferson County with a population of ~112,000. The "Spindletop" part of the team name of Spindletop SC stems from the name of an oil field in the south of the city that was initially discovered on January 10, 1901. The oil was "gushing" for nine days after, which explains the team nickname of "The Gushers". The discovery was the first of what would be known as the Texas oil boom (sometimes called the "gusher age" if you want another explanation for the team nickname) and it led to the United States entering the oil age and Beaumont becoming a boomtown. Thanks to the nearby Lamar University, the Spindletop area is now preserved as a museum dedicated to this time in the city's history. Some oil companies still even have operations in Beaumont to this day, including ExxonMobil. The black color comes fron the oil that gushed at Spindletop and the green color for the team stems from the city's logo. The red and white colors on the tertiary kit stem from the Lamar University Cardinals athletic teams. Port Arthur (pop. ~56,000) is ~20 miles southeast of Downtown Beaumont. The Port Spindletop SC name is a combination of the parent team's name and the "Port" in "Port Arthur". "The Barges" nickname stems from the numerous barges that pass through the Port of Port Arthur, one of the state's leading seaports. The slate blue color for Port Spindletop SC stems from the city's logo. Orange is ~29 miles east of Beaumont and is the county seat for Orange County. As mentioned above, Orange is the easternmost city in the state of Texas, which leads to it being nicknamed both the "Gateway City" and "Gatecity". This explains both the team name of Texas Gateway SC and the gate on the team's logo. The tree on the right of the logo alludes to Orange's time as the center of the state's lumber industry in the late-19th century. With the city and the county being named Orange and the city also being nicknamed the "Fruit City", the primary kit is orange. Besides the color swap of slate blue for orange, the secondary kit mirrors that of Port Spindletop's. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Louie Kelcher, who was born in Beaumont and was #74 for the San Diego Chargers. Grammy Hall of Fame singer-songwriter Janis Joplin, who was born in Port Arthur and was also a classmate of Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Jimmy Johnson (my second pick for Port Spindletop SC's jersey name). Both attended Thomas Jefferson High School. Former gridiron football player and former professional wrestler Ernie Ladd, who was raised in Orange. He is a member of numerous halls of fame, including WWE's, NWA's and the Chargers'. His first of two jersey numbers was #77. The sponsor for all three teams is Jason's Deli, a chain of sandwich restaurants headquartered in Beaumont. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 7 Author Share Posted September 7 Association 20 of 36: Greater Austin Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits AC Travis County AC Round Rock AC Georgetown Liner Notes Spoiler With this set of three teams, I welcome you to Austin, the state capital of Texas and the county seat for Travis County. With a population of ~980,000, Austin has experienced a meteoric growth in the last two decades to become the fourth-most populated city in Texas. Therefore, Austin’s team of AC Travis County gets the maximum four kits. We’ll also visit the cities of Round Rock and Georgetown. Let’s see if I kept Austin weird. The AC Travis County logo combines elements from Austin’s coat of arms (which is similar to the city seal and what is on the city's flag) and the flag of Travis County. The only change in the logo is the swapping of the red in the coat of arms in favor of the burnt orange from the flagship University of Texas at Austin Longhorns athletic teams. The primary kit makes the burnt orange color the centerpiece while mirroring the striping of the logo's shield. The secondary kit is almost a total color-swap of the primary. One of Austin's oldest nicknames is the "City of the Violet Crown", which generally refers to the atmospheric phenomenon known as the Belt of Venus which causes the sky above Austin to turn violet at sunset. This explains the gradient on the tertiary kit's shirt. The all-black quaternary kit alludes to another phenomenon that also occurs in Austin and that is the emergence of the Brazilian free-tailed bats that fly from underneath the Congress Avenue Bridge year round. Round Rock (pop. ~127,000) is ~19 miles north of Downtown Austin in southwest Williamson County. The AC Round Rock logo adopts the shield from its parent team of AC Travis County while it also alludes to the home plate at Dell Diamond, a 11,000-seat baseball stadium in the city. With numerous sports facilities in the city's Old Settlers Park in addition to Dell Diamond, Round Rock is the self-proclaimed "Sports Capital of Texas" which explains "The Athletics" nickname for the team. The team also adopts the navy blue color from AC Travis County. Dell Diamond's naming rights were paid for by computer technology company Dell, who is the sponsor for both AC Travis County and AC Round Rock. Dell was founded in Austin in 1984 by Michael Dell when he was a student at UT and is currently headquartered in Round Rock. Georgetown (pop. ~96,000) is ~29 miles north of Downtown Austin. It is the county seat for Williamson County, and it was also designated the "Red Poppy Capital of Texas" due to the red poppy wildflowers that are grown throughout the city. Georgetown also holds the annual Red Poppy Festival which attracts thousands of people every April. This explains the red poppy bloom in the AC Georgetown team logo, the "Red Poppies" nickname for AC Georgetown, and the red color of the team's primary kit. Like AC Round Rock above, AC Georgetown also adopts the navy blue color of its parent team of AC Travis County. The sponsor for AC Georgetown is AirBorn, an employee-owned company that specializes in the engineering and manufacturing of connectors and electronic components that is headquartered in Georgetown. The names on the back of the jerseys are: MLB player Ken Boswell, who was born in Austin and is a member of the 1969 "Miracle Mets" team. His jersey number when he won that year's World Series was #12. Activist and politician Juanita Craft, who was born in Round Rock, was the first Black woman in Dallas County to vote in a public election, and also became a member of the Dallas City Council. Former gridiron football player Matt Dominguez, who was born in Georgetown and played for the Denver Broncos, the New York Jets, and the CFL's Saskatchewan Roughriders. His jersey number when he won the Grey Cup with the Roughriders was #88. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loneranger158 Posted September 7 Share Posted September 7 Late to this, but love state specific leagues like this so definitely will be following. This is actually similar to an idea I had in the past that never materialized. Can't wait to see what you cook up for my local area Sugar Land as well as Houston. 1 Quote Parsons is my dude. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 8 Author Share Posted September 8 On 9/7/2024 at 3:48 PM, loneranger158 said: Late to this, but love state specific leagues like this so definitely will be following. This is actually similar to an idea I had in the past that never materialized. Can't wait to see what you cook up for my local area Sugar Land as well as Houston. Well, you're in luck for today, because we're headed to Houston for today's set of three teams. Association 21 of 36: Harris County Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The KIts Houston Cadets Pasadena SC Lake Houston SC Liner Notes Spoiler At a population of ~2,300,000, Houston is the county seat for and the most-populated city in Harris County, the most-populated city in the state of Texas, and it is also the fourth-most populated city in the U.S. after NYC, LA, and Chicago. Obviously, this means that the Houston Cadets are getting the maximum four kits. We'll also visit the cities of Pasadena and Atascocita, both of which are also in Harris County. First, thanks to its Johnson Space Center being home to NASA's Mission Control Center, Houston's official nickname is "Space City". That is how the Houston Cadets team came to be. The team's three colors are named Space Cadet (the navy blue color that can also be where we get the team nickname from), Cadet Grey, and a shade of International Orange that I have named Aerospace Orange. Whereas I went with the historical aspect of space travel for my ALSL team of Rocket City SC, I went in a more fun direction for the Cadets. This direction led to the alien-looking helmet logo for the team, which pulls some inspiration from the logo for the MiLB's Las Vegas Aviators. The gradient on the primary kit shirt alludes to a night sky while the whole kit is meant to be like a space cadet uniform. The secondary and tertiary kits are meant to look more like astronaut suits. The red and white colors on the quaternary kit allude to the University of Houston Cougars athletic teams. Pasadena (pop. ~152,000) is ~15 miles southeast of Downtown Houston. The Texas city is named for the city in California that is well-known for its Rose Bowl and the annual Rose Parade. The Pasadena (Texas) SC team logo combines a strawberry with the city's logo. "The Strawberries" nickname for the team stems from the time in 1900 when Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, purchased 1.5-million strawberry plants and sent them to Pasadena to help the victims of the 1900 Galveston Hurricane, which would become the deadliest in U.S. history and the fourth-deadliest Atlantic hurricane ever. From then on, the plants had flourished so much that at one time, Pasadena was the self-proclaimed "Strawberry Capital of the World". At its height, 28 train carloads of strawberry were shipped from Pasadena on a daily basis. To honor this history, Pasadena holds the annual Pasadena Strawberry Festival and its Strawberry Road stretches throughout much of the city where some of the old strawberry crops grew. All of this explains the strawberry shirt design for the primary kit and the strawberry color and strawberry logos throughout Pasadena SC's two kits. The Atascocita CDP (pop. ~88,000) is ~28 miles northeast of Downtown Houston. The CDP has a significant portion of shoreline with the reservoir of Lake Houston, which explains the Lake Houston SC team name. "The Fishes" nickname and the team logo stem from the biodiversity of Lake Houston, which has species of fish ranging from the largemouth bass to the bluegill. The bright blue team color stems from the waters of the lake while the team slightly changes the orange color of its parent team of the Houston Cadets. The names on the back of the jerseys are: WNBA player Brittney Griner, who was born in Houston and is currently #42 for the Phoenix Mercury. Former NFL player Jacob Green, who was born in Pasadena and was #79 for his 11-year stint with the Seattle Seahawks. NFL player Kenyon Green, who attended Atascocita High School and is currently #76 for the Houston Texans. The sponsor for all three teams is Mattress Firm, a mattress and bedding retailer headquartered in Houston. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 9 Author Share Posted September 9 Association 22 of 36: Hays County Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Hays County SC TPC Kyle SC Hays County SC II Liner Notes Spoiler For this set of three teams, we're headed back to the Austin metro area and into Hays County, which is to the south of Downtown Austin and where we find all three teams. San Marcos is ~30 miles southwest of Downtown Austin. With a population of ~70,000, it is the largest city in and the county seat for Hays County. The Hays County SC logo design stems from the wordmark for the city, along with the blue and white team colors. The blue-outlined star in the middle is in the logo to distinguish this team from its TSL2 team in Buda (more below). "The Blue Ribbons" nickname stems from blue ribbons being awarded for items achieving first place at county/state fair food contests, such as the tastiest pie or even the largest fruit. From there, the blue primary and the white secondary kits are self-explanatory. The maroon and gold colors on the tertiary kit stem from the local Texas State University Bobcats athletic teams. Kyle (~pop. 46,000) is ~10 miles northeast of San Marcos. TPC Kyle SC is one of the few company teams across both leagues. The "TPC" part of the team name is an acronym for the Texas Pie Company, which is the sponsor of the team and headquartered in Kyle. The city was also designated the "Pie Capital of Texas" in 2021. "The Pie Throwers" nickname also stems fron the company. The two-tone red-striped primary kit shirt combines the red color from the company logo and the cherry color in the team logo. The pie crust team color is prominent on the secondary kit. Buda (pop. ~15,000) is ~15 miles northeast of San Marcos. Since Buda's team of Hays County SC II is a B-team, the two kits are similar to that of its parent team. The only exception is that the Roman numeral for the number two replaces the star in the middle of the logo design for Hays County SC II. The sponsor for both Hays County SC and Hays County SC II is Thermon, a world-leading industrial process heating company headquartered in San Marcos. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Ty Detmer, who was born in San Marcos and was #11 for his stints with the Green Bay Packers, the San Francisco 49ers, and the Cleveland Browns. Pipe organ builder Otto Hofmann, who was born in Kyle and became the first president of the International Society of Organbuilders. Former MLB pitcher Tex Hughson, who was born in Buda was #21 for the majority of his career with the Boston Red Sox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 10 Author Share Posted September 10 Association 23 of 36: Hidalgo County Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Palm City SC Edinburg Roadrunners SC Mission SC Liner Notes Spoiler We’ve taken a look at the teams for Cameron County in the Lower Rio Grande Valley. Now, let’s take a look at their immediate rivals, the teams in Hidalgo County, which is to Cameron County’s west. Today’s set of three teams reside in the cities of McAllen, Edinburg, and Mission. With a population of ~145,000, McAllen is the most-populous city in Hidalgo County. The Palm City SC team name stems from McAllen having adopted the nickname of “The City of Palms” by 1940. This also explains the primary kit, which features a green shirt to represent the palm leaves and branches and brown shorts and socks to represent the palm tree trunk. The blue color that’s mostly on the white secondary kit stems from the city’s logo. Finally, the purple and gold colors on the tertiary kit stem from the McAllen High School Bulldogs athletic teams. Edinburg (pop. ~105,000) is ~11 miles northeast of Downtown McAllen and is the county seat for Hidalgo County. The “Roadrunners” nickname comes from the Edinburg area being within the native area for the Greater roadrunner (Geococcyx californianus), one of only two species of roadrunners in the world. Both the orange team color and the gray color that is on the white secondary kit stem from the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Vaqueros athletic teams. The team adopts the blue color from its parent team of Palm City SC. Mission (pop. ~87,000) is ~6 miles west of Downtown McAllen. The “Butterflies” nickname and butterfly silhouettes throughout the primary kit stem from Mission being home to the National Butterfly Center. The grapefruit color on both kits stems from Mission being advertised as the “Home of the Ruby Red Grapefruit” since 1921. Like the Roadrunners above, Mission SC also adopts the blue color of its parent team of Palm City SC. The mission bell in the team logo stems from the city being founded in 1908 in honor of the La Lomita Chapel, which was once an important stop for a group of traveling Catholic missionaries known as the Cavalry of Christ. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former MLB pitcher Jorge Cantú, who was born in Mission and was #3 for his stints with the Tampa Bay Rays, Florida Marlins, and San Diego Padres. Former MLB pitcher Pedro Villarreal, who was born in Edinburg and was #65 for his first two years with the Cincinnati Reds. Pro Football Hall of Fame coach Tom Landry, who was born in Mission and is well-known for his 28-year stint coaching the Dallas Cowboys. When he was a player, he wore #49 for his five-year stint with the New York Giants, who were also his first head-coaching job. The sponsor for all three teams is Vantage Bank (Texas), a banking institution with branches located statewide headquartered in McAllen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 11 Author Share Posted September 11 Association 24 of 36: Houston Metro East Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Baytown United Beach City SC Anahuac Gators SC Liner Notes Spoiler We are heading back to Houston...and then a bit further east for today's set of three teams, which reside in the cities of Baytown, Beach City, and Anahuac. All three cities are along the Texas Gulf Coast and also have some territory within Chambers County. Baytown (pop. ~84,000) lies across the San Jacinto River from Houston and is ~27 miles east of Downtown Houston. It's mostly in Harris County, but it also crosses into Chambers County. Both the "United" suffix in Baytown United and the three seagulls on the team logo stem from Baytown being formed from the three towns of Goose Creek, Pelly, and East Baytown (later Baytown). Goose Creek was the oldest and named as such for the bayou of the same name where Canada geese wintered. With the discovery of the Goose Creek Oil Field, the other two towns formed in the early 20th century as boomtowns. Though initially opposed to it at first, the three towns eventually consolidated into the Baytown we know today on January 24, 1948. Along with Beaumont, ExxonMobil also still has a major prescence in Baytown with over 10 plants in the area and having announced a $2 billion expansion for their chemical facilities in 2019. The teal color stems from the waters of the Galveston Bay, the gold color stems from oil sometimes being called "black gold", and the white color stems from "The Town Gulls" nickname. The three white stripes on the primary kit also allude to Baytown's original three towns. The silver color on the tertiary kit serves as the silver to the gold color of the team. Beach City (pop. ~3,200) is ~10 miles east of Baytown in western Chambers County. The Beach City SC team logo is a beach scene inside a blue letter "B", and the team adopts the teal color of its parent team of Baytown United. From there, the primary kit is self-explanatory. The sand color on the secondary kit stems from the sands of Beach City. "The Beachgoers" nickname stems from me wanting to differentiate this team from the other beach team in Galveston, whose nickname is "The Beachsiders". Anahuac (pop. ~2,000) is ~30 miles from Baytown and is the county seat for Chambers County. The town name stems from the Aztec (Nahuatl) word that means "place besides the waters." In 1989, Anahuac held their first annual Gatorfest, which attracted 14,000 people to Fort Anahuac Park, and it's been held annually since then. This explains Anahuac being nicknamed the "Alligator Capital of Texas", which in turn explains the team nickname of "The Gators". Like Beach City SC, the team adopt the teal color from its parent team of Baytown United. The triangle shape in the logo is supposed to resemble the letter "A" in a way that is not unlike the "B" logo for Beach City SC. From there, the primary kit is self-explanatory. The black and gold colors on the secondary kit stem from the Anahuac High School Panthers athletic teams. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Howard Sampson, who was born in Baytown and was #36 for his two seasons with the Green Bay Packers. Billy Combs, a former mayor of Beach City Former NFL player Mikhael Ricks, who attended Anahuac High and was #86 for his stints with the San Diego Chargers and the Detroit Lions. The sponsor for all three teams is JSW USA, a steel manufacturer co-headquartered in Baytown. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 Association 25 of 36: Houston Metro North Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Montgomery County SC Conroe SC Cleveland SC of Texas Liner Notes Spoiler We remain in the Houston Metro area, but we're heading from the east to the north today. These three teams reside in the cities of The Woodlands, Conroe, and Cleveland which are in the counties of Montgomery and Liberty. The Woodlands CDP is ~30 miles north of Downtown Houston in southern Montgomery County. With a population of ~119,000, it is the largest township in the county. Along with being a census-designated place (CDP), it is also a special-purpose district. This is because it was first conceived in the early 1970s after oil industry investor George P. Mitchell attended a symposium held by the American City Corporation, a subsidary of the Rouse Company that had developed the CDP of Columbia, Maryland. The symposium taught private developers how to develop new towns using the HUD's recently-implemented Title VII program. The Woodlands was first established in 1974 as an extension of Mitchell's own Mitchell Energy & Development, with Mitchell wanting the development to "entice city slickers looking for far-flung suburban quality of life". After a few acquisitions throughout the rest of the 20th century and a couple of bills were passed in 2007 for The Woodlands to incorporate itself for the next fifty years, the community stands now as a township for the forseeable future. Plans to make it an incorporated city were put on hold due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The brown and green team colors for Montgomery County SC stem from the community's seal, and from there, the kits are self-explanatory. The sponsor for Montgomery County SC is Conn's Home Plus, a chain of furniture and appliance stores headquartered in The Woodlands. Conroe (pop. ~101,000) is ~11 miles north of The Woodlands CDP, and it is the county seat for Montgomery County. "The Jacks" nickname, which is shortened from "Lumberjacks", for Conroe SC stems from the city being named for Isaac Conroe, who became a lumberman and founded a sawmill in the area in 1881. He settled in Houston after having previously served in the Civil War as an Union Cavalry officer. The city's logo serves as inspirartion for the Conroe SC logo. The city website linked also provides the blue color for the team while the team adopts the green color from its parent team of Montgomery County SC. From there, the two kits are self-explanatory. Cleveland (pop. 7,500) is ~35 miles northeast of The Woodlands CDP in northwest Liberty County. Like the Decatur SC of Texas team from before, the "of Texas" suffix is in the team name of Cleveland SC of Texas to distinguish the Cleveland in Texas from the Clevelands in Ohio and in Tennessee, for two examples. The red and blue colors of the team stem from the city's logo. From there, the two kits are self-explanatory. The sponsor for both Conroe SC and Cleveland SC of Texas is Country Fresh, a produce supplier headquartered in The Woodlands. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Danny Amendola, who was born in The Woodlands CDP and was #80 for his stints with the New England Patriots, the Miami Dolphins, and the Detroit Lions. Former NFL player Matt Lepsis, who was born in Conroe and was #78 for his 9-year stint with the Denver Broncos, during which he won one Super Bowl. Former MLB pitcher Jason Grimsley, who was born in Cleveland, TX, and was #38 for his stints with the New York Yankees, the Kansas City Royals, and the Baltimore Orioles. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 13 Author Share Posted September 13 Association 26 of 36: Houston Metro West Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Real Sugar Land Missouri City SC Tripoint SC Liner Notes Spoiler For the final set of three teams in the Houston Metro area, we head west to the cities of Sugar Land, Missouri City, and Katy. The cities have areas in the three counties of Harris, Fort Bend, and Waller. As seen above, all three teams have a different sponsor. Sugar Land is ~22 miles southwest of Downtown Houston. With a population of ~111,000, it is the largest city in Fort Bend County. The city name of Sugar Land is not just a name here, because long before the city was established in 1959, there was a plantation from which sugarcane was among the crops grown starting in 1838. During the pre-Civil War years, the plantation was the epicenter of social life along the Brazos River. Soon after the Civil War, Colonel E.H. Cunningham bought the 12,500-acre plantation, built a sugar-refining plant on its land, and in 1879 developed the town around the plant. In 1908, after having purchased the 5,300-acre Ellis Plantation, a two-party partnership purchased the Cunningham Plantation. One of the parties in this partnership was led by Isaac Herbert Kempner, who would consolidate the two plantations and changed the company name to Imperial Sugar Company, the sponsor of Real Sugar Land. For the reasons listed above, Real Sugar Land is a company team, through and through. The crown in the team logo and the white and royal blue colors of the team all stem from the city's seal. The primary kit and all three shirt collars are white because sugar is king in Sugar Land, and the secondary kit gets the royal blue color. The light blue color on the tertiary kit stems from this bag of powdered sugar from U.S. Sugar, which is the parent company of Imperial Sugar Company. The color also serves as a nice midpoint between the two team colors. Missouri City (pop. ~74,000) is a mere 6 miles northeast of Sugar Land. The reason that Missouri City has its name is because when it was first being developed in the early-1890s, it was advertised as "a land of genial sunshine and eternal summer" in the St. Louis area by two local real estate investors. A third investor purchased land in the same area and eventually named it Missouri City. The orange and green colors of Missouri City SC stem from the city's seal, while the team adopts the blue color from its parent team of Real Sugar Land. The "Show Me Team" nickname stems from Missouri's nickname of "The Show Me State". The blue circular bend in the team logo has 24 stars, just like that on the flag of Missouri, which was the 24th state to join the union on August 10, 1821. The flower in the center of the logo is a white hawthorn (Crataegus punctata), which is Missouri's state flower. The white secondary kit takes out almost all the orange from the primary kit. The sponsor for Missouri City SC is Global Geophysical Services, an engineering consultant headquartered in Missouri City. Katy (pop. ~22,000) is ~28 miles northwest of Sugar Land. It is approx. located at the tripoint of Harris, Fort Bend, and Waller Counties, which explains the team name of Tripoint SC, the "Three-County Team" nickname, and the center of the team logo. The red and white colors of the team stem from both the city's seal and the Katy High School Tigers athletic teams. From there, the two kits are self-explanatory. The sponsor for Tripoint SC is Igloo, a manufacturer of portable coolers and drinkware headquartered in Katy. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Derrick Frazier, who was born in Sugar Land and was #23 for his two stints with the Philadelphia Eagles and the Dallas Cowboys. Former NFL player Knile Davis, who was born in Missouri City and was #34 for his stint with the Kansas City Chiefs. NFL player Andy Dalton, who was born in Katy and has worn #14 throughout his career so far. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RevNet Posted September 14 Author Share Posted September 14 Association 27 of 36: Longview Metro Soccer Association The Association Logo and Team Names The Team Logos The Kits Longview Racers SC Marshall Potters SC Kilgore Stars SC Liner Notes Spoiler We are now back in the Northern Conference with three teams from around the Longview Metro area, which is east of the DFW Metroplex. We'll be taking a look at the teams for the cities of Longview, Marshall, and Kilgore. These cities are mainly located in Gregg and Harrison Counties. Longview is around a two-hour drive east of Dallas. With a population of ~81,000, it is the county seat of Gregg County. The story goes that in 1870, O.H. Methvin, Sr. sold 100 acres of his land to the Southern Pacific Railroad for $1 to convince them to build the railroad in the direction of the land that he owned. Later on in the year, he would sell another 100 acres to them for $500. He hoped that having the railroad pass through the land he sold would increase the value of the rest of his land. Two of the railroad workers stated "What a long view!" from his porch, and that is how Longview was named. The team name of Longview Racers SC, the "Balloon Racers" nickname, and the hot-air balloon logo all stem from Longview being nicknamed "The Balloon Race Capital of Texas". This in turn stems from Dr. Bill Bussey, a former dentist who became a world record hot-air balloon pilot starting in the late-1970s. In 1978, an agreement between him and two managers of the Longview Mall enabled him to advertise the mall by flying a banner promoting the mall all over Longview. From there, the Great Texas Balloon Race was born and it is now held every June in the Longview area. The green team color stems from the city's logo. From there, the primary and the secondary kits are self-explanatory. The blue and gold colors on the tertiary kit stem from the LeTourneau University YellowJackets athletic teams. The sponsor for the Longview Racers SC is Friedman Industries, a steel manufacturer and processor co-headquartered in Longview and The Woodlands. Marshall (pop. ~23,000) is 23 miles east of Longview, and it is the county seat for Harrison County. For a city of its size, Marshall has quite the list of accolades throughout its history. From its founding in 1846, it was declared "the Athens of Texas" for the numerous colleges being founded there. It was also the first city in Texas to have a telegraph service. Its annual Fire Ant Festival was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show. Due to Marshall's sizeable pottery industry, it also proclaims itself as "The Pottery Capital of the World". Thanks to enormous clay deposits within the city and the Harrison County area, the city's own Marshall Pottery is the country's largest manufacturer of red clay pots. All of this explains the Marshall Potters SC team name, the team's "Potters" nickname, and the team logo, which is supposed to resemble an empty vase. One of the names for the off-white team color is "Porcelain". From there, the two kits are self-explanatory. The sponsor for the Marshall Potters SC is Republic Elite Multifamily Interiors (seen as Republic Industries above), a manufacturer of kitchen and bathroom cabinetry headquartered in Marshall. Kilgore (pop. ~13,000) is ~12 miles southwest of Longview. Right in Downtown Kilgore is the World's Richest Acre Park, where the largest concentration of oil wells once stood. Today, Kilgore's motto is "The City of Stars", which explains the Kilgore Stars SC team name. "The Blue Stars" nickname also stems from that with the addition of the blue color from the city's website. From there, the two team kits are self-explanatory. The sponsor for the Kilgore Stars SC is Martin Midstream Partners, a partnership that primarily deals with petroleum-based products and byproducts headquartered in Kilgore. The names on the back of the jerseys are: Former NFL player Chris Ivory, who was born in Longview and was #33 for his stints with the New York Jets, the Jacksonville Jaguars, and the Buffalo Bills. Former gridiron football player Kendrick Starling, who was born in Marshall and was #17 for his one season with the Houston Texans. Former gridiron football player Wayne Daniels, who was born in Kilgore and was #19 for the IFL's Texas Revolution. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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