Burmy Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 New USL PRO team set to begin play THIS season.I almost named this thread "II LA II Galaxy," "LA Galaxy II: The Legend of Landon's Gold," and "LA Galaxy II: LA Galaxier". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pharos04 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 LA Galaxy II: The Search for More Money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbadefense1990 Posted January 29, 2014 Share Posted January 29, 2014 Because everyone knows that Hollywood Carson loves sequels!!!This is one of the stupidest names you can give any team, right behind the "Los Angeles Angels of the Orange County Municipality of the City of Anaheim." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Seems pretty pointless beyond player development to me. They're not even going to have their own fan base. They're playing on the Stubhub Center Grounds (probably in the smaller track and field stadium just south of the main stadium), the LA supporters groups are getting free admission to the LAGII games. And the individual tickets they are selling are going for less than half comparable tickets in the rest of the USL. They're basically just a rebuild of the Galaxy's existing Reserve team into a USL team. Minimum investment for minimum return.I'm much more interested in what Real Salt Lake is rumored to be doing, which is to field an MLS owned USL side in a different city down in San Diego (supposedly the RSL owner has a house in La Jolla). They're supposedly going to set it up more as its own semi-independent operation. It will obviously have its own stadium, and if they do it right it'll even have its own identity and fan base (Real San Diego seems an obvious choice for name). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJTank Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Maybe this a Galaxy that is far far away www.sportsecyclopedia.com For the best in sports history go to the Sports E-Cyclopedia at http://www.sportsecyclopedia.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxxtrot44 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Seems pretty pointless beyond player development to me. They're not even going to have their own fan base. They're playing on the Stubhub Center Grounds (probably in the smaller track and field stadium just south of the main stadium), the LA supporters groups are getting free admission to the LAGII games. And the individual tickets they are selling are going for less than half comparable tickets in the rest of the USL. They're basically just a rebuild of the Galaxy's existing Reserve team into a USL team. Minimum investment for minimum return.I'm much more interested in what Real Salt Lake is rumored to be doing, which is to field an MLS owned USL side in a different city down in San Diego (supposedly the RSL owner has a house in La Jolla). They're supposedly going to set it up more as its own semi-independent operation. It will obviously have its own stadium, and if they do it right it'll even have its own identity and fan base (Real San Diego seems an obvious choice for name).Once we have our own fiefdom in San Diego...we will truly be kings. I HATE THIS TIMELINE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Seems pretty pointless beyond player development to me. They're not even going to have their own fan base. They're playing on the Stubhub Center Grounds (probably in the smaller track and field stadium just south of the main stadium), the LA supporters groups are getting free admission to the LAGII games. And the individual tickets they are selling are going for less than half comparable tickets in the rest of the USL. They're basically just a rebuild of the Galaxy's existing Reserve team into a USL team. Minimum investment for minimum return.I'm much more interested in what Real Salt Lake is rumored to be doing, which is to field an MLS owned USL side in a different city down in San Diego (supposedly the RSL owner has a house in La Jolla). They're supposedly going to set it up more as its own semi-independent operation. It will obviously have its own stadium, and if they do it right it'll even have its own identity and fan base (Real San Diego seems an obvious choice for name).Once we have our own fiefdom in San Diego...we will truly be kings.Hey I'm a Quakes fan, but I will respect the hell out of RSL if they pull it off in San Diego (and rumor is Seattle wants to do something similar if less ambitious by putting a USL team in Tacoma). A remote USL team is both a good way to spread your brand around, but it also helps out both USL and MLS by spreading their brands around as well and the game in general. And for San Diego in particular it gives the city its first D3 or above team in over a decade in a city that didn't seem to have great MLS, NASL or USL prospects despite being a soccer hotbed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bosrs1 Posted January 30, 2014 Share Posted January 30, 2014 Couldn't they have done something remotely creative to play off the space theme like the LA Nebulae or LA Comets? No becauase that would require buying these guys separate gear from the D1 team and the academy team. Now they all just wear the same jerseys and they can buy in even bigger bulk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norva Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 10 other USL Pro teams have affiliated themselves with MLS teams along with this LA Galaxy II. Hopefully that leads to more stability in the US Soccer pyramid which can only be a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LMU Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Werder Bremen and Hamburger SV are just two of the clubs who don't see the problem with having a II at the end of their developmental squad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
themightyspitz Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 Dumb name aside, this is definitely a good thing for Southern California. The Galaxy will now have a farm team besides Chivas USA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 This is so common in many European sports. Many teams will have a second team playing in a lower league and it will just end in II. I love that in America, anything that is actually quite commonplace but we're not used to is "stupid." Athletic Director: KTU Blue Grassers Football Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Posted February 1, 2014 Share Posted February 1, 2014 This is so common in many European sports. Many teams will have a second team playing in a lower league and it will just end in II. I love that in America, anything that is actually quite commonplace but we're not used to is "stupid."I doubt that that's just an American thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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