If you want your say on what the name of the new MLS team in Seattle will be, now is your chance.
The Seattle MLS team’s website has opened voting on the team’s new name and, not only can you choose between Seattle FC, Seattle Alliance and Seattle Republic, but there is now word that voters can write in with suggestions. This mean voters can now choose to write in Seattle Sounders (or bitter Portland fans can write in with ‘Dirty Rats FC’, but I don’t think that will win).
Vote away people. Anybody can vote, though it appears season ticket holders will have their votes weighted more heavily than the general public vote.
I want to here some creative alternatives to the aforementioned team names. Let’s come up with some good ones.
Fire away!
Seattle Pacific is out, guys…it’s the name of a university in Seattle….
and no one remarked on my best offering, the Seattle Grooms?
Oh, well. I’m chastened but not discouraged.
1. “A.S. Seattle,” then wait three seconds until the new supporter group materializes out of thin air, “The A.S.S. Holes.”
2. Inter VanaJam
3. FC Don’tMoveHereIt’sAlreadyCrowded, but the “F” in “FC” stands for “flannel” instead of football: Flannel Club Seattle.
4. Darth Vedder FC
5. FiveDollarMochaFrappawhoziss FC
6. ChuckNorrisPraystoSteveLargent FC
7. Frasier Crane FC (FCFC)
sure jpc, nothing like fetishizing the leaders of the people that we annahilated…
hahaha, that’s pretty funny… its not fetishizing, the city’s named after the guy… Fetishizing would be if we called them the Seattle Golden Showers… Uhhh, at least I heard that’s what some fetish is called
Anyway, Seattle Olympic? why, what does that mean, that sounds like some european/broken english name for a team. The teams not from athens. Olympic is the name of an inanimate object (the olympic mountains), that’s really not in the spirit of an athletic team. try, “Seattle Olympians”, or “Seattle Mountaineers” “or Seattle Hilltoppers” as seattle was built on seven hills and is surrounded by various major mountain ranges.
Seattle Vista…after their beautiful views and most popular local product.
The Seattle Cleveland Rockers–since Drew Carey obviously came up with the other two names (Alliance, Republic)
The Seattle Sea Mutiny–and use the same colors as Tampa Bay?
Seattle CEDARS – strong, majestic and proud!
Headline writers dream (“Fire Singes Cedars”, “Quakes Topple Cedars”, etc.) and MLS rock/paper/scissors (Fire burns Cedars, Cedars dam Rapids, Rapids douse Fire).
sure jpc, nothing like fetishizing the leaders of the people that we annahilated…
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Seattle Olympic
The SEATTLE “WHO KNEW WE PLAYED SOCCER?”
or
The SEATTLE “OUT IN NO-MAN’S LAND”
or
The SEATTLE “LEGION”
or
The SEATTLE SOUND F.C.
I agree with Mike G… Sounders has history.. but I would vote for the Seattle Grunge!
Pike Place Pike
“Seattle Starbucks” has a nice financial backing ring to it. Alternatively, “Seattle Roasters” might suffice.
EMERALD CITY WANDERES
Sounders – let’s maintain soccer’s tradition in Seattle by retaining the name
Emeral City Sounders?
How about
Seattle Stinky Musicians
Or Seattle Starbucks
Seattle Olympic
or
Seattle Pacific
Emerald City United….
Portland Timbers
Voted for Sounders. I still like Emerald City FC, though.
Starbucks FC
SP1 Seattle
I liked “Seattle 1869”
Green River FC (Floating Club)
Ok sorry, Seattle Sounders
Seatle Sounders
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We don’t need new names. Sounders is just fine, thanks. Plus, it has history.
Here’s a little throwback for Sounders fans:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMPt3a7dUfM
I like Seattle Pacific
Buzz, I have sent out response emails but have not gotten to everybody. There are a lot of people to get to so cut me some slack.
The new owner of the MLS team used to own the Sounders and there is no indication that both teams will continue to exist. Thus, this is the first instance of a USL team being promoted to MLS. Let’s keep the name and have some appreciation for the history of soccer in this country.
feel free to use 98070… my old ‘hood growing up and an unfailingly northwest zip code.
Seattle Hotspur.
It’s as good as “FC”.
I just put in my vote: Seattle Sounders!
There is just too much rich history and tradition to call them something else.
Puhleeze, someone get that last reference…..
Bundy United
Not Pilots, but Pilates!
Not Rangers, but Raingears!
Or how about the Grooms?
Seattle Flying Furniture
Seattle Developers Developers Developers
Emerald City SC(soccer club)
Emerald City SC(soccer club)
If you have more than one e-mail, you can vote more than once..if you vote for Sounders, that is 🙂
I think that the 3 choices are all jokes. No one wants FC. They did that choice so that fans could refer to them as the Sounders. Seattle really has 2 choices. Sounders or Emerald City. One has history, the other says “world class soccer team”. So have a real election with these two names. I like Emerald City FC.
Bring back the Pilots!