26 stycznia 2006

 

I Hear They'll Have "The Duke" Talk Smack to Mexican Fans Before Every Game

So, the "new" MLS team will be known as Houston 1836. The "1836" is a commemoration of the Texas revolution. Wow, a team name that commemorates a revolution, how original!

Anyhow, given how MLS teams, especially in the Sun Belt, seem to go out of their way to court immigrant fans, is this really a good idea? Next up, a team in Window Rock named the Kit Carsons!

Cue the response from Tom (or, possibly a certain astronaut that reads my other blog) that says that the Texas Revolution was supported heavilly by tejanos and he'll probably tell us all about Juan Seguín. Let's face it though, I doubt that Mexican immigrants see much of an upside to the Texas Revolution, especially since the story in the last 150 years has only been told through the lens of anglos.


I picked up this bit of news from a new site that Prairie directed me to, Logan's Revenge. The guy who writes it claims not to be former MLS Commissioner Doug Logan, but I wonder...

He also seems to be a Revolution hater. Well, thats good...the Revs are now good enough that they are worth hating. Bad teams are never worth hating, unless they come from the greater New York area. Or, if they are the Dallas Cowboys.


My favorite revolutionary reference in a soccer team name is not the obvious one. For one season back in 1998, there was a USL team in Lincoln, Nebraska named the Lincoln Brigade. This is a reference that I'm sure nobody got.


The team's color scheme includes orange. The last top flight team I remember with orange was the Los Angeles Aztecs.

Of course, the Dutch national team wears orange. What else could they wear? They can bring in Thomas Rongen to coach a little "Total Football."


Hasta la proxima. Do zobaczenia.

# posted by Tedski @ 7:20 PM
Comments:
What's worse than having MLS teams with silly names? (Go Kansas City..Wiz?) How about having MLS teams copy "foreign" sounding club names instead? First it was Dallas F.C. (okay that's pretty generic, so it pass) and Real Salt Lake, which made no sense, since "Real" means "Royal" and unless the king of Spain gives it a royal blessing (ala Madrid or Betis) it just sounds stupid. Now we have Houston 1860. Oh no that's Munich 1860. My mistake. What's next, Spartak San Fransico?
# posted by Anonymous Anonimowy : poniedziałek, lutego 06, 2006 5:58:00 PM
 
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