Red Bull Cosmos?

[zjac7]

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/19/sports/s...r/19soccer.html

It is possible the team name could again be changed ? to Red Bull Cosmos ? because G. Peppe Pinton, who holds the Cosmos trademark rights, said in a telephone interview that he was willing "to give Franz whatever he wants."

A vomit-inducing name, that sounds like a vomit-inducing drink...

MLS is a house of cards.

[hawk36]

I prefer Red Bull Cosmos to the New York Red Bulls. I actually preferred Red Bull New York to all of the names before they were pressured into changing that name.

[Saturn]

Lame. Nothing really else to say.

[ColeJ]

how about the red bull new york new jersey metrostar cosmos ?

they've always been a fan of wordy names, eh?

[CC97]

I actually preferred Red Bull New York to all of the names before they were pressured into changing that name.

I was under the impression that they are officially "Red Bull New York" but referred to as the "New York Red Bulls" by fans and the media

[zjac7]

I was under the impression that they are officially "Red Bull New York" but referred to as the "New York Red Bulls" by fans and the media

Yeah, that's the arrangement... I really don't mind the current setup, I kind of like both names.

[Gothamite]

We've been discussing this ad naseum on soccer boards.

It's a manufactured story. The current owner of the name leaked this because he wants to sell it to Red Bull. There's no indication that Red Bull is interested in any way, shape or form.

It's a non-issue.

[Gothamite]

I actually preferred Red Bull New York to all of the names before they were pressured into changing that name.

I was under the impression that they are officially "Red Bull New York" but referred to as the "New York Red Bulls" by fans and the media

The name of the organization is "Red Bull New York," but the players themselves are called "New York Red Bulls."

[zjac7]

We've been discussing this ad naseum on soccer boards.

It's a manufactured story. The current owner of the name leaked this because he wants to sell it to Red Bull. There's no indication that Red Bull is interested in any way, shape or form.

It's a non-issue.

Thanks for the reassurance, Gothamite... yeah when you follow soccer you have to wade through a sea of BS sometimes, but when something makes the Times, I tend to take it a little more seriously than other rumors.

What a circus soccer in NYC is!

[Saturn]

Why can't the rest of MLS be as great as DC?

[Brian in Boston]

There's no way that this re-branding will ever take place.

First and foremost, Peppe Pinton seriously overestimates the number of soccer fans in Greater New York who are clamoring for the Cosmos brand to be resurrected. It has been 21 years since a Greater New York professional soccer club has taken to the pitch under the Cosmos banner. The number of soccer fans in the region for which the name Cosmos is still relevant has shrunken significantly... and continues to shrink.

Second, there's a reason that the team's new corporate owners re-branded the franchise the New York Red Bulls (aka Red Bull New York). The team is meant to be a marketing tool. Unless Red Bull International is about to launch a new beverage named "Cosmos Cola", it makes absolutely no sense for them to rename the club. The New York Red Bulls are meant to help promote the Red Bull brand. Period. Hence, the name.

[DrBear]

how about the red bull new york new jersey metrostar cosmos ?

Of Anaheim.

[Bleujayone]

Red Bull Cosmos?

Does that mean we could see the Dallas Stars 3rd Jersey logo "Mooterus" make a comeback this time on a soccer pitch in New York?

[NJTank]

This is why the MLS sucks

[slapshot]

Wait for it?

Red Bull Cosmos of New York/New Jersey

[-kj]

This is why the MLS sucks

...or, rather, you took the opportunity--in this case, a basically fabricated story--to bash on soccer, something you can't even begin to understand.

Thanks for taking the cheap way out. As usual.

[DJR118]

how about the red bull new york new jersey metrostar cosmos ?

Of Anaheim.

[ColeJ]

This is why the MLS sucks

...or, rather, you took the opportunity--in this case, a basically fabricated story--to bash on soccer, something you can't even begin to understand.

Thanks for taking the cheap way out. As usual.

oh snap.

[DG_ThenNowForever]

I've never been to Red Bull, NY. They have a planetarium there or something?

[gosioux76]

This is why the MLS sucks

...or, rather, you took the opportunity--in this case, a basically fabricated story--to bash on soccer, something you can't even begin to understand.

Thanks for taking the cheap way out. As usual.

Thanks for that. Well said Mockba.