Seattle is getting a MLS team and they need your help!

[MrCoffee]

apparently, major league soccer is coming to Seattle and they're taking suggestions for team names on their website.

http://www.mlsinseattle.com/

i suggested "Seattle Latte Monkey Fiends", but that's probably too long to fit on a jersey. What are your suggestions for team names?

[philosophie_en_rose]

1. The Seattle Meth!

:bounce:

[MrCoffee]

2. if you didn't suggest that to them, i will

i also like the "Seattle Idling Cruise Ship Diesel Exhaust Fumes"

[philosophie_en_rose]

3. It's yours!

I also like "Seattle hacky sacks," so the mascots can be balls.

Or maybe "Seattle Route 73 Bus Sardines."

[flvegan]

4. The Seattle Reauchambeaux.

Team slogan: "We're gonna kick your balls in."

AND, Go! Go! Reauchambeau! just rolls off the tongue.

[philosophie_en_rose]

5. perfect!

But we kick first!

[MrCoffee]

7. i thought Reauchambeaux was fancy-talk for Rock Paper Scissors?

i grew up calling Rock Paper Scissors "Reauchambeaux"

[redqueen]

8. !

:rofl: :loveya:

[redqueen]

6. Yay!

:D

I'll have to think on that...

[ceile]

9. Well, whatever they come up w/

it can't possibly be any lamer than the Dynamos. Geez....
But they are, once again, MLS champs! Go Dynamos! (feel like such a tool saying that)

[MrCoffee]

10. i was distraught when they changed the name from 1843 (or whatever it was)

soccer doesn't need stupid team names like football or basketball.

[redqueen]

11. "soccer doesn't need stupid team names "

GOD yes.

I like FC Dallas (or FC Defenseless) just fine.

[billyskank]

33. You don't think the Dallas Hypermegaspeedrockets would be better, then?

:D

[redqueen]

38. Hahahah...

My favorite is the Wizards!

:rofl:

[redqueen]

14. Like the Houston "Dynamo"

Ugh.

It's so embarassing, these stupid names.

[rockymountaindem]

17. I think "Dynamo" is a common team name in Europe

I know of one team in Russia that uses it.

[redqueen]

18. They are stupid and I hate them.

I would hate them no matter what their stupid name is. :P

[MrCoffee]

20. you hate Houston's soccer team?

they played fairly well in the 2007 CONCACAF Champions Cup. They lost to Pachuca on a 5-4 aggregate in the semis, and Pachuca went on to win the Cup.

a respectable showing for a 2 year old club.

neener neener.

[redqueen]

22. Two years?

Hah... since they moved from CA, you mean?

Sorry... they're our TX rivals and too many of their away fans are nasty thugs. I hate them. I have to, I have no choice!

Plus, they cheat. :evilgrin:

[MrCoffee]

25. oh...you "like" the Burn?

geez, i'm sorry.

[redqueen]

26. The Burn?

How old *are* you?

[MrCoffee]

27. old enough to remember the Dallas Burn

and old enough to have been pissed off when MLS started and clubs had dumbass names.

[redqueen]

28. Yeah they changed the name, thank goodness.

We still kinda suck though. :P

Well not really. But yeah. Defenseless.

[jakefrep]

29. I'm old enough to remember the Urology Bowl derbies

between the (Kansas City) Wiz and the Dallas Burn.

[MrCoffee]

30. you owe me a new pair of undies

i peed a little when i read that.

[jakefrep]

31. Well, that's cheaper than a keyboard, at least.

nt

[billyskank]

34. There is Shepshed Dynamo in Britain

In Shepshed, obviously. Don't bother asking where that is. ;)

[rockymountaindem]

37. I know where that is. It's next to the village of toolshed.

I'm not an ignorant American here.

[TheMightyFavog]

43. It's common throughout Eastern Europe.

It's a sporting club that had its roots in the old communist system.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dynamo_%28sports_society%29

[KamaAina]

12. Any chance the team might play in Tacoma?

And now, ladies and gentlemen, your 2008 Tacoma Aroma!

[SoxFan]

13. Seattle Trustafarians

As long as it's not another lame attempt to come up with a European-sounding name (like FC Dallas or Real Salt Lake), I'll be happy.

Seattle Sounders works.

FC Puget Sound Wednesday Ateletico does not.

[redqueen]

15. European-sounding = adult.

YMMV, of course. :)

[MrCoffee]

16. Sounders is already taken...there's a USL club here already

http://seattlesounders.net/

[SoxFan]

19. It was the NASL team, too

Sometimes the proven name is the best way to go. Sounders is a good nickname with a sharp logo.

Look at San Jose. "San Jose Clash" was one of the most idiotic names ever. I expected the mascot to be a giant foam rubber Joe Strummer. When they went to the old NASL name of Earthquakes, it was a big improvement.

[MrCoffee]

21. yeah, but the Sounders still play.

[SoxFan]

24. Well, buy the damn name!

If the owners of the Tampa Bay Devil Rays hadn't been such cheap pricks, they could have been the Stingrays, and I'll bet they would have had at least one winning season by now! Don't mess with the sports gods!

[MrCoffee]

39. according to the Wiki, it's been discussed

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seattle_MLS

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

23. I think there should be a soccer team called the Hooligans.

I admit bias.

[LSK]

32. Citizen Dick

[MrCoffee]

36. AWESOME! they're huge in Belgium

[jakefrep]

35. The Seattle Grunge

But I don't think adidas makes plaid flannel soccer jerseys, or Dr. Martens make suitable footwear for soccer.

[Aristus]

40. The Seattle Overcast.

In keeping with the MLS tradition of "collective" team names... B-)

[AngryAmish]

41. What did Seattle do wrong to deserve this?

Poor folks...

[pokerfan]

42. The Bakers!

Tacoma has the Rainiers for minor league baseball, Seattle can have the Bakers for MLS. (Mt Baker and Mt Rainier are the two northern most (out of five) Washington volcanos.

Or just call them the Sonics (Oklahoma isn't taking the name are they?)