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MLS naming is the worst! Originally, it was perfectly normal North American naming convention, $PLACE $NOUN. Then sometime in the aughts, they started bringing

MLS naming is the worst! Originally, it was perfectly normal North American naming convention, $PLACE $NOUN. Then sometime in the aughts, they started bringing in boring European names, and worse yet, just aping them for no reason. Only the pretentious call soccer “football” in North America, and no one calls themselves a “sports club”. Even the Baseball Club of Seattle, doesn’t call themselves “Seattle BC”. They’re the Mariners. Half of the league’s names are an insult to North American sports culture. A special place in sports hell is set for the dude that named Real Salt Lake. He explicitly aped Real Madrid because he’s such a fan. Dude. We literally fought a war to overthrow a monarchy.

dragonwriter 3y ago
> Only the pretentious call soccer “football” in North America, Lots of people whose cultural origin isn't in the US or Canada do, and that overlaps a lot with the people who care about soccer at all.
alephnerd 3y ago
> they started bringing in boring European names Those European style names are because international clubs began investing in MLS. The Abu Dhabi royal family's fund that owns Man City has 80% ownership of NYCFC, who started the "FC" naming trend in MLS, and plenty of other MLS clubs are owned by people who also own European clubs. > Half of the league’s names are an insult to North American sports culture What the hell is "North American sports culture". Naming conventions in Soccer/Football have always been European based because it is the primary region for prestige Soccer. It's like complaining about Israeli or Chinese Basketball leagues using NBA style names and jerseys or Mexican College Football (yes that is a very popular thing there, and the Big12 is considering adding them to the conference) using Big10/Big12/Pac12 style branding and stadiums despite soccer being more popular in those places The aesthetic matters from a branding perspective.

dragonwriter 3y ago

> Only the pretentious call soccer “football” in North America, Lots of people whose cultural origin isn't in the US or Canada do, and that overlaps a lot with the people who care about soccer at all.

alephnerd 3y ago

> they started bringing in boring European names Those European style names are because international clubs began investing in MLS. The Abu Dhabi royal family's fund that owns Man City has 80% ownership of NYCFC, who started the "FC" naming trend in MLS, and plenty of other MLS clubs are owned by people who also own European clubs. > Half of the league’s names are an insult to North American sports culture What the hell is "North American sports culture". Naming conventions in Soccer/Football have always been European based because it is the primary region for prestige Soccer. It's like complaining about Israeli or Chinese Basketball leagues using NBA style names and jerseys or Mexican College Football (yes that is a very popular thing there, and the Big12 is considering adding them to the conference) using Big10/Big12/Pac12 style branding and stadiums despite soccer being more popular in those places The aesthetic matters from a branding perspective.