Timbers is not a bad name in my opinion. A bit strange for a football club traditionally, but it's fine for North America.
OT: Gooooooal!! The All-Purpose Association Football Thread #16 - Tis the Season
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rofl. almost as bad as pacman these days
It's not. They're mostly all stupid. Never understood why we insist on naming teams by OFFICIAL nicknames except in the rare cases where there's multiple teams per city.
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VaxjoDevil
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Personally I think Tottenham Hotspur is better than Tottenham FC.
I also think Queens Park Rangers is a very cool name.
I also think Queens Park Rangers is a very cool name.
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Hotspur was the name of the club, within Tottenham, that spawned the football club. Hence the name.
Not like they're The Tottenham Hotspurs.
Full name is Tottenham Hotspur FC anyways.
The wanderers are just the worst. Multiple teams w/ same name :S:S
Not like they're The Tottenham Hotspurs.
Full name is Tottenham Hotspur FC anyways.
The wanderers are just the worst. Multiple teams w/ same name :S:S
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Looks like I've taken over the role of idiot soccer thread troll.
I don't hate it.
(My only hope is that you guys realize I'm not like this in real life. Those who have met me can agree I'm not this stupid.
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Triple post, but I agree with this to an extent...
Even then, you don't really NEED official nicknames. Just look at London, where all the club names are after their neighborhoods or carry historical significance. Hell, just in the top four tiers, you have Arsenal, Chelsea, West Ham, Tottenham Hotspur, Queens Park Rangers, Fulham, Charlton Athletic, Crystal Palace, Millwall, Brentford, Leyton Orient, Dagenham & Redbridge, Barnet, and Wimbledon.
The only two clubs out of those fourteen that have "official nicknames" per se are Tottenham and QPR.
Now, back to the question of other leagues using official nicknames, I think soccer is a special case around the world where official nicknames just aren't necessary. Almost every other sport in England features teams with official nicknames. Just look at their rugby and hockey leagues.
Call me a snob, but, while I enjoy official nicknames in every other sport (See: New Jersey Devils, Green Bay Packers, Brooklyn Nets, and New York Yankees.) and do like some of the MLS names, they just don't really work in association football that well mostly because of the precedent established by European clubs. I dunno, that's just the way I think about it.
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Liverpool didn't dissolve then re-form again. The Cosmos have their own history. It wouldn't shock me if the younger fans just stayed Red Bull supporters and the older fans who were fans back in the day jumped back to the Cosmos.
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This.
My dad was a Cosmos supporter back in the day and, when talking about soccer and MLS, told me he would mostly likely support the new Cosmos.
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(My only hope is that you guys realize I'm not like this in real life. Those who have met me can agree I'm not this stupid.
I saw your twin tonight, btw...and Im not under oath am I?
I wasn't calling him an idiot troll, was merely remarking on the seemingly "rah rah rah MY TEAM" (or conversly "boo boo boo the other team") fanboyism that plagues threads on our forum that contain diverse supporters. He just happens to be the worst of them in this thread xD
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njdevsfn95
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Ive made my point off the board and from a LFC pov you havent been that bad since.
But you find a way to have your moments lol
The Cosmos thing is something that has been made a bit of a myth. I grew up in NJ and had never heard if the Cosmos up until ESPN did that documentary on them a few years ago. Obviously I am younger and they were before my time, so that skews perspective, but it does speak to how dead the brand was and probably doesn't have much equity as those who base their perception off the ESPN doc think.
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That's why I said the Cosmos are going to have a mostly older fanbase. Plus I'm sure there are some people who never really gravitated toward the MetroStars/Red Bulls cause they were a Jersey team that just 'branded' NY. At least the Cosmos played/will play in NY.
VaxjoDevil
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Well, a day when a player almost murdered another player is coming to an end. 
Anyone watching that and believes it was on purpose has not ever played soccer, that I can say.
Van P. anger is understood but his way of jumping guys should be a red. Both should have been sent off, however that would have been a larger penalty to United so ref chose to give yellow card instead. Well done actually.
Anyone watching that and believes it was on purpose has not ever played soccer, that I can say.
Van P. anger is understood but his way of jumping guys should be a red. Both should have been sent off, however that would have been a larger penalty to United so ref chose to give yellow card instead. Well done actually.
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Well, a day when a player almost murdered another player is coming to an end.
Anyone watching that and believes it was on purpose has not ever played soccer, that I can say.
Van P. anger is understood but his way of jumping guys should be a red. Both should have been sent off, however that would have been a larger penalty to United so ref chose to give yellow card instead. Well done actually.
I totally missed this, what happened?
VaxjoDevil
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By no means stop. As a friend of pacman's, id be doing him no favors by sheltering him
That's friendship right there.
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Well, a day when a player almost murdered another player is coming to an end.
Anyone watching that and believes it was on purpose has not ever played soccer, that I can say.
Van P. anger is understood but his way of jumping guys should be a red. Both should have been sent off, however that would have been a larger penalty to United so ref chose to give yellow card instead. Well done actually.
Almost killed by a ball hitting the head? I guess soccer itself needs to be banned then
Bunch of ****ing divas at Man United.
