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My city, Seattle, will be entering the MLS in 2009. The club is having a “name the team” vote on their website. The owners of the new MLS club submitted some names to the MLS front office a few months back. Among them was Seattle Sounders.

The name Seattle Sounders is very region specific, it is a derivative of the Puget Sound (a large body of water in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States), and has meant soccer to Seattle's fans since the NASL days (1974). The name has survived over the years as the USL-1 club (Division 2) in the city and still plays under that name.

The MLS front office denied the Seattle ownership groups choices, and the commissioner spoke directly about the Seattle Sounders name.

"...I think there is tremendous history there and a very passionate fan base but I am thinking about what this team is going to be 20 years from now or 50 years from now because that's how long team brand names should exist."

“I am very focused in trying to have our teams look forward as opposed to look back.”

The three names that they have allowed to be put on the ballot are

Seattle F.C.
Seattle Alliance
Seattle Republic

None of these names resonate with the people of the region, or soccer fans that followed the game in North America through the years.
After a huge fan and media outcry, they have allowed for a write in option for the fans that were passionate about another name.
As we all know, winning the write in ballot does not carry the best of odds.

I am a member of a growing Ultra culture in Seattle that in the last few weeks has been rallying the people of Seattle, and true supporters worldwide, to get behind the Seattle Sounders name, and write it in on the ballot.

We only have a couple of days, as the voting ends at midnight (PST) March 31st.

Let’s send a message to the MLS Front Office that tradition and history mean something in this sport, and that manufactured clubs will not be tolerated.


Please follow the link and write in Seattle Sounders

http://www.mlsinseattle.com/article_noh ... px?id=1152


ECSCapo

Vicenç a écrit :Tout de même "badtripant" qu'ils n'ont même pas eu la décence mettre Sounders parmi les choix de vote!

Mpenza a écrit :

Vicenç a écrit :Tout de même "badtripant" qu'ils n'ont même pas eu la décence mettre Sounders parmi les choix de vote!

Ben c'est la MLS qui voulait pas, selon toute apparence.

"...I think there is tremendous history there and a very passionate fan base but I am thinking about what this team is going to be 20 years from now or 50 years from now because that's how long team brand names should exist."

Daniel a écrit :

"...I think there is tremendous history there and a very passionate fan base but I am thinking about what this team is going to be 20 years from now or 50 years from now because that's how long team brand names should exist."

Ouais, c'est clair qu'un nom qui est là depuis 30 ans n'a pas de "lasting power" pour un autre 20 ans...

xdukex a écrit :Imaginez ce qu'ils pensent de l'Impact avec leur petit 1993..

Moutinho28 a écrit :

Daniel a écrit :

"...I think there is tremendous history there and a very passionate fan base but I am thinking about what this team is going to be 20 years from now or 50 years from now because that's how long team brand names should exist."

Ouais, c'est clair qu'un nom qui est là depuis 30 ans n'a pas de "lasting power" pour un autre 20 ans...

Attend, on veut changer le nom parce qu'on croit que ça va pas tenir 20 autres années?
Gros argument. Franchement si c'est ça, c'est COMPLÈTEMENT pathétique.

Mpenza a écrit :La nouvelle franchise s'appelera officiellement Seattle Sounders FC!

Excellente nouvelle!