MrRangersFan 8 Posted July 21, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston Dynamo 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IceCap 22,688 Posted July 21, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston DynamoWhat about them?Galaxy sort of works because LA is large and diverse and the centre of the pop culture world.Houston Dynamo is one of those European style names that doesn't really work.The Chicago Fire have always had a weird identity. The branding revolves around firefighting, which you would think a team named "Fire" would want to avoid. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeypower 3,230 Posted July 21, 2014 What are the thoughts on Hitmen? It's plural but doesn't end with an s. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichiganPackers 7 Posted July 21, 2014 What are the thoughts on Hitmen? It's plural but doesn't end with an s.Personally I don't like how it sounds, if they're going with the mafia connection- I'd rather go with a name like the Dons or the Godfathers. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Needschat 225 Posted July 21, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston DynamoWhat about them?Galaxy sort of works because LA is large and diverse and the centre of the pop culture world.Houston Dynamo is one of those European style names that doesn't really work.The Chicago Fire have always had a weird identity. The branding revolves around firefighting, which you would think a team named "Fire" would want to avoid.Dynamo - pronounced DI-nah-moe - has nothing, absolutely nothing, with the Eastern European teams, like Dynamo/Dinamo( dee-NAH-moe) Moscow, and has everything to do with a machine that converts mechanical energy into electrical energy. Houston is a large city associated with energy production. Plus, there was a team in the 1984 United Soccer League called the Houston Dynamos then again in the 1987-90 Lone Star Soccer Alliance. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
monkeypower 3,230 Posted July 21, 2014 What are the thoughts on Hitmen? It's plural but doesn't end with an s.Personally I don't like how it sounds, if they're going with the mafia connection- I'd rather go with a name like the Dons or the Godfathers.This team I was referring to (Calgary) is not mafia connected. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the admiral 29,254 Posted July 21, 2014 I think Houston Dynamo is a really good MLS name, actually. For MLS, I like collective nouns or singular nouns that conjure up some sort of bigger-than-the-sum-of-its-parts object, like a dynamo. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Needschat 225 Posted July 22, 2014 Side note:Chivas USA is going to be re-branded. I say they should be called the "Los Angeles Impalas." Why? The Chevrolet equivalent to the Ford Galaxie was the Impala 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRangersFan 8 Posted July 26, 2014 Chicago Sky:The sky's the limitIndiana Fever:Why did they name a team from Indiana the FeverPhoenix Mercury:No words. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichiganPackers 7 Posted July 27, 2014 What are the thoughts on Hitmen? It's plural but doesn't end with an s.Personally I don't like how it sounds, if they're going with the mafia connection- I'd rather go with a name like the Dons or the Godfathers.This team I was referring to (Calgary) is not mafia connected.Gotcha, I figured you were talking about the New Jersey Hitmen of the XFL and USPHL. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MrRangersFan 8 Posted July 31, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston DynamoWhat about them?Galaxy sort of works because LA is large and diverse and the centre of the pop culture world.Houston Dynamo is one of those European style names that doesn't really work.The Chicago Fire have always had a weird identity. The branding revolves around firefighting, which you would think a team named "Fire" would want to avoid.The Fire nickname dates back to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MichiganPackers 7 Posted August 1, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston DynamoWhat about them?Galaxy sort of works because LA is large and diverse and the centre of the pop culture world.Houston Dynamo is one of those European style names that doesn't really work.The Chicago Fire have always had a weird identity. The branding revolves around firefighting, which you would think a team named "Fire" would want to avoid.The Fire nickname dates back to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.^Exactly, in that way the Chicago Fire is similar to the Texas Rangers and Colorado Rockies. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
IceCap 22,688 Posted August 1, 2014 LA GalaxyChicago FireHouston DynamoWhat about them?Galaxy sort of works because LA is large and diverse and the centre of the pop culture world.Houston Dynamo is one of those European style names that doesn't really work.The Chicago Fire have always had a weird identity. The branding revolves around firefighting, which you would think a team named "Fire" would want to avoid.The Fire nickname dates back to the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.I'm aware. My point is that the identity is a contradiction. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gothamite 24,942 Posted August 1, 2014 And it's also a silly name, regardless of the historical allusion. 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
the admiral 29,254 Posted August 2, 2014 "Fire" sounds like one of those names that people who make fun of soccer think soccer teams are named: 0 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
