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New club name: Seattle Sounders FC

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Post Posted: Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:02 am Reply with quote
Ohh this is terrible. Laughing The ownership group brought this name upon themselves by allowing a "write in" option. hahaha.




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SEATTLE (AP) -- Taking a name from the city's sports past, the newest Major League Soccer team announced Monday that it will be called Seattle Sounders FC.

About half the 14,500 fans who voted on the team name wrote in Sounders. That was about 20 percent more than the choices offered by the club: Alliance, Republic or Seattle FC.

Club officials didn't want the traditional Sounders name, but fans had the write-in option. The Sounders name has been identified with soccer in Seattle since 1974, when it entered the old North American Soccer League and played until 1983.

The name was revived when a second-division took up the moniker and began playing in the United Soccer Leagues (USL) in 1994. It's founder Adrian Hanauer is a part owner of the MLS team and has said this season will be the last for the team in Seattle, leaving open the possibility that the club could be moved to a nearby city.

The MLS team also unveiled its logo Monday, which shows a silhouette of the city's landmark Space Needle against a a blue and green background with the words "Seattle Sounders FC" written across it.

The Seattle MLS team already has deposits for 13,000 season tickets. Play begins in March 2009 in Qwest Field, home of the pro gridiron Seahawks club.

Seattle will be the 15th team in the MLS.

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Post Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:38 pm Reply with quote
What an awful name that is, simply Seattle FC would have been good in my opinion.

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Post Posted: Wed Apr 09, 2008 8:45 pm Reply with quote
Even Seattle Sounders (without the FC) would have been acceptable. Laughing I really think the MLS needs to step in and stop the laughing-stock before they start playing in the league next year. Laughing

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