Apparently, Seattle will be getting their own Major League Soccer team.
But fans are whipping out red cards at the selection of names.
Is it a phrase from a “Star Trek” convention? The name of an Eastern bloc country? Did focus groups consisting of a bunch of youth soccer coaches come up with some new moniker?
Those were some of the questions raised by Seattle sports fans Thursday after three possible names for Seattle’s Major League Soccer team — Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic and Seattle FC — were unofficially revealed. The names have been registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and cover everything from team trading cards to plush toy animals and bendable figurines.
“Good Lord these suck,” wrote one online Seattle P-I reader, among many upset about the names. “The Seattle Alliance sounds like my health care plan.”
I voted for Seattle FC (Football Club) just to fuck everyone up, and it looks like I’m in the majority of those who took the poll.
But since it seems that we’re going to lose the Basketball Seattle SuperSonics franchise to Oklahoma City, I hope they give the basketball league the finger and use that instead.
How about Seattle FU ( Football United )?
I could very easily go for that.
Hmmm, does Seattle get a superstar has-been like Los Angeles? Will the has-been have a has-been rock star wife?
Just what you need in Seattle, more Kultur.
Chief Sealth must be spinning in his grave, again.
Well, of course he’s spinning, RD. They hooked his ass up to a generator and use him to power the Arena.
Wasn’t the Unabomber claiming to be affiliated with the “terrorist group FC?”