cheeseman Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Just now, brianstl said: You don’t even have to go to Europe. You have the 76’ers and the 49’ers in the US. Those numbers are specific the city the team is in not their founding. Maybe I misunderstood what the others were saying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 6 minutes ago, brianstl said: You don’t even have to go to Europe. You have the 76’ers and the 49’ers in the US. That's different Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: That's different How is it different? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUAILMAN Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, brianstl said: How is it different? Philly and San Fran team name/years are based off events that have nothing to do when the teams were founded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 10 minutes ago, brianstl said: How is it different? I'm sure Schalke doesn't go by the 04's. Supporters prolly came up with a team name. Or they just go by Schalke. 76ers and 49ers is what you would call those teams. Would you call us the 64ers? Probably not Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgstl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: I'm sure Schalke doesn't go by the 04's. Supporters prolly came up with a team name. Or they just go by Schalke. 76ers and 49ers is what you would call those teams. Would you call us the 64ers? Probably not Never called 04 but their shorten print name is s04 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Well, "Battlehawks" is off the table. cgeldmacher, GBL_Bills, Pistol and 4 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 7 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: I'm sure Schalke doesn't go by the 04's. Supporters prolly came up with a team name. Or they just go by Schalke. 76ers and 49ers is what you would call those teams. Would you call us the 64ers? Probably not I would call the team St Louis 1764 or just 1764. You asked for teams that used years in their name. You got two examples from this country and two from overseas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 minute ago, wgstl said: Never called 04 but their shorten print name is s04 Makes sense. I don't know if you could get this old school Midwestern region on board with the team 'name' being a year. But I like it and think it could be a cool club shield. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 16 minutes ago, QUAILMAN said: Philly and San Fran team name/years are based off events that have nothing to do when the teams were founded. And St Louis 1764 would have nothing to do with the year the team was founded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 minutes ago, Box and Won said: Well, "Battlehawks" is off the table. Screw it, let's just go with "Southside Dirty". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slufan13 Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 We could be District 5 until a former soccer prodigy turned alcoholic lawyer takes over the dying team as a part of community service and then names us after his lawfirm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 36 minutes ago, QUAILMAN said: Philly and San Fran team name/years are based off events that have nothing to do when the teams were founded. Correct as to the Philly, and yes, San Fran did likely have a settlement but it was the 1849 Gold Rush which lead to it rally becoming the City it is today. But how technical do we need to get? Guess you can say the Cahokia Indians were long present in St. Louis prior to 1764 too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cgeldmacher Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 The Missouri Athletic Club has a deep connection with the sport of soccer. It gives out the equivalent to the Heisman Trophy for college soccer every year. If Kavanaugh want to use this connection, he could call the team Missouri Athletic Club (with permission, obviously). The nickname could be the Macs. Symbol for the shield would already be there. No issue with the Kansas City team, since they play in Kansas. One issue would be no "St. Louis" in the title. I don't necessarily love it, but its an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoppybeer Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 Saint Louis Slingers. They can use a picture of Betty, the old lady with the stoma that still smoked and cooked all your food in the middle of the night at the downtown Eat Rite in the 90's. TaLBErt likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NH Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, billikenfan05 said: It's time to stop trying to be like European leagues. I honestly think MLS going forward should accept and embrace US sports heritage, who cares if they have nicknames. I cringe every time someone calls it football or see FC, United etc. It all feels disingenuous to me. Think I might disagree. The more MLS has been willing to fit into the international soccer community, the more successful it’s been. I agree we shouldn’t feel bad about calling it soccer, or having mascots. But soccer is a global sports marketplace, and if you’re not going to try to fit in with the rest of the participants (e.g. playing games in the middle of the European transfer window) it’s going to hold you back. People who correct someone calling it soccer instead of football are the worst, we agree. But I think your attitude is a little more aggressive on this issue than it probably deserves. RiseOfTheBillikens and slufanskip like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheeseman Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 50 minutes ago, cgeldmacher said: The Missouri Athletic Club has a deep connection with the sport of soccer. It gives out the equivalent to the Heisman Trophy for college soccer every year. If Kavanaugh want to use this connection, he could call the team Missouri Athletic Club (with permission, obviously). The nickname could be the Macs. Symbol for the shield would already be there. No issue with the Kansas City team, since they play in Kansas. One issue would be no "St. Louis" in the title. I don't necessarily love it, but its an idea. Where KC plays is not relevant. The Giants and Jets play in NJ and they still count themselves as New York teams. The only problem I see with the Missouri Athletic Club name is that it is not specific to the StL region other than the fact that the Club is located in StL. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
almaman Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 MAC way too exclusive-ish for entity that is trying to fill 22k + seats to attach itself to. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clock_Tower Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 1 hour ago, cgeldmacher said: The Missouri Athletic Club has a deep connection with the sport of soccer. It gives out the equivalent to the Heisman Trophy for college soccer every year. If Kavanaugh want to use this connection, he could call the team Missouri Athletic Club (with permission, obviously). The nickname could be the Macs. Symbol for the shield would already be there. No issue with the Kansas City team, since they play in Kansas. One issue would be no "St. Louis" in the title. I don't necessarily love it, but its an idea. Yes. I don't love the name either. So what about the award to a college player -- especially since this will be a professional team (not college) and the best guys no longer play college, and those that do play college, don't play 4 years of college anymore. Put me in the camp with those who like the St. Louis 1764 name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Speyburn Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 3 hours ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: What's an example of another club with year of origination in their club name. Suggested the idea to some friends and they thought it was dumb and never heard of it. I know there's some European clubs with similar concept correct? I'm trying to find some and can't. TSV 1860 Munich RiseOfTheBillikens likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QUAILMAN Posted August 21, 2019 Share Posted August 21, 2019 2 hours ago, brianstl said: And St Louis 1764 would have nothing to do with the year the team was founded. I was responding to the comment stream from where you questioned why the 76ers and 49ers were different than the European team examples. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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