wgstl Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/18/2020 at 10:14 AM, HoosierPal said: I believe Charlotte will be allowed to announce their name and crest first, followed by STL. So very likely no name announcement Monday. Maybe some teasers? The Charlotte name "finalists" are kind of crazy. The Charlotte owner has filed for patent and trademark rights for the following names. The "Charlotte Fortune FC" was an eighth name on the list, but has reportedly been crossed off already. All Carolina FC Carolina Gliders FC Charlotte Athletic FC Charlotte Crown FC Charlotte FC Charlotte Monarchs FC Charlotte Town FC interesting, I believe the MLS was wanting teams(expansion teams ) to move away from the SC, FC, united etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
courtside Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 The St. Louis team name, colors, crest, will be revealed Thursday, August 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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courtside Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Charlotte has chosen Charlotte FC as their name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 48 minutes ago, courtside said: Charlotte has chosen Charlotte FC as their name. Lame. I hope they didn't pay some marketing consultancy to come up with that. Slu let the dogs out? likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 The Carolina Panthers play football. This Charlotte team plays soccer, not football. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TJHawk Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I really hope it's the St.Louis Steamers. What an awesome logo. Really anything but FC because its soccer to us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RiseOfTheBillikens Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Saint Louis Olympique. Is what I really really hope it is. If it's stars or steamers I'm going to be extremely disappointed. First Olympics were in St. Louis. French heritage. Its a little bit futboly but not overly FC/ SC etc. Just makes perfect sense. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 13 minutes ago, RiseOfTheBillikens said: Saint Louis Olympique. Is what I really really hope it is. If it's stars or steamers I'm going to be extremely disappointed. First Olympics were in St. Louis. French heritage. Its a little bit futboly but not overly FC/ SC etc. Just makes perfect sense. This would be high on my list as well, though I’d prefer Olympique St. Louis. The frequent use of “City Name United/FC” seems bland, but I’d take that every time over some buzzwordy name made up by a marketing agency because they think it sounds cool and modern. I don’t want a team name like the Kansas City Wiz/Wizards, Dallas Burn, or San Jose Clash, which seemingly were created to sound cool, tough, and edgy, and eventually were changed because those names were stupid. In Europe, they use the City Name United/FC thing, and a nickname for the team has developed over time. Liverpool is nicknamed The Reds, but they’re never labeled as the Liverpool Reds. If they name a nickname, I want it something pretty simple like Stars. Otherwise, I’d want the Olympique St. Louis option, or a derivation on the FC/SC/United option using Gateway or another identifier for the region. I’d be ecstatic with St. Louis Rovers, but I know that’s not happening. Names like Legacy, Confluence, and Rhythm don’t excite me. Most importantly, not the St. Louis Archers. That might be the most important thing to me. Zink likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slu let the dogs out? Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 Saint Louis SC FC United is my first choice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cowboy Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, Slu let the dogs out? said: Saint Louis SC FC United is my first choice -excellent, although if not enough could be Saint Louis SC Archers FC United Real with pink and green colours ....................sorry DeSmet DeSmetBilliken likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 22, 2020 Author Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, DeSmetBilliken said: This would be high on my list as well, though I’d prefer Olympique St. Louis. The frequent use of “City Name United/FC” seems bland, but I’d take that every time over some buzzwordy name made up by a marketing agency because they think it sounds cool and modern. I don’t want a team name like the Kansas City Wiz/Wizards, Dallas Burn, or San Jose Clash, which seemingly were created to sound cool, tough, and edgy, and eventually were changed because those names were stupid. In Europe, they use the City Name United/FC thing, and a nickname for the team has developed over time. Liverpool is nicknamed The Reds, but they’re never labeled as the Liverpool Reds. If they name a nickname, I want it something pretty simple like Stars. Otherwise, I’d want the Olympique St. Louis option, or a derivation on the FC/SC/United option using Gateway or another identifier for the region. I’d be ecstatic with St. Louis Rovers, but I know that’s not happening. Names like Legacy, Confluence, and Rhythm don’t excite me. Count me in the opposite camp. I see no reason to mimic Europe. I love the Fire, Galaxy, Timbers, Revs, Rapids, Crew, etc. We play soccer, not football. We don’t say St Louis Cardinals BC. My personal first choice is also St. Louis Stars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 I still like 1764. billikenfan05, Glorydayzedandconfused, BilliesBy40 and 4 others like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 28 minutes ago, brianstl said: I still like 1764. I forgot about that one on my list. I like it too. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 3 hours ago, DeSmetBilliken said: This would be high on my list as well, though I’d prefer Olympique St. Louis. The frequent use of “City Name United/FC” seems bland, but I’d take that every time over some buzzwordy name made up by a marketing agency because they think it sounds cool and modern. I don’t want a team name like the Kansas City Wiz/Wizards, Dallas Burn, or San Jose Clash, which seemingly were created to sound cool, tough, and edgy, and eventually were changed because those names were stupid. In Europe, they use the City Name United/FC thing, and a nickname for the team has developed over time. Liverpool is nicknamed The Reds, but they’re never labeled as the Liverpool Reds. If they name a nickname, I want it something pretty simple like Stars. Otherwise, I’d want the Olympique St. Louis option, or a derivation on the FC/SC/United option using Gateway or another identifier for the region. I’d be ecstatic with St. Louis Rovers, but I know that’s not happening. Names like Legacy, Confluence, and Rhythm don’t excite me. Most importantly, not the St. Louis Archers. That might be the most important thing to me. A STL Legacy shield was trademarked by Bill McDermott not long ago. Don’t know if that was done on the club’s behalf or if he plans to use it himself in someway. Since I saw it a week ago, I have been hoping it was for his own use. I got the feeling he was used to trademark the name to avoid what happened in Charlotte and Legacy is going to be the name Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brianstl Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 This is shield Mr. Soccer trademarked along with the name Legacy St. L. BilliesBy40 likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BilliesBy40 Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, HoosierPal said: Count me in the opposite camp. I see no reason to mimic Europe. I love the Fire, Galaxy, Timbers, Revs, Rapids, Crew, etc. We play soccer, not football. We don’t say St Louis Cardinals BC. My personal first choice is also St. Louis Stars. *no reason to mimic the rest of the world. Fixed it for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 2 hours ago, HoosierPal said: Count me in the opposite camp. I see no reason to mimic Europe. I love the Fire, Galaxy, Timbers, Revs, Rapids, Crew, etc. We play soccer, not football. We don’t say St Louis Cardinals BC. My personal first choice is also St. Louis Stars. There are some team nicknames in MLS that are good. The ones you mentioned fall in that group. I just don’t want a name like the Montreal Impact or some of the names that have been replaced. Using prior names in St. Louis, I don’t want a name like the Storm, Ambush, or Battlehawks either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeSmetBilliken Posted July 22, 2020 Share Posted July 22, 2020 1 hour ago, brianstl said: A STL Legacy shield was trademarked by Bill McDermott not long ago. Don’t know if that was done on the club’s behalf or if he plans to use it himself in someway. Since I saw it a week ago, I have been hoping it was for his own use. I got the feeling he was used to trademark the name to avoid what happened in Charlotte and Legacy is going to be the name McDermott has been trying to make Legacy happen since the announced the team. For what it’s worth, I think I saw Ben Frederickson of the P-D mention on Twitter that he had heard of a few names that were not the team name, and Legacy was one of those names. Zink, brianstl and Littlebill like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Littlebill Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 17 hours ago, brianstl said: This is shield Mr. Soccer trademarked along with the name Legacy St. L. Thank the lord he has no decision making power. Yikes - that is bad. Like terrible, among some of the worst in the world. The Legacy would be the worst team branding on earth. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slu let the dogs out? Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 17 hours ago, DeSmetBilliken said: McDermott has been trying to make Legacy happen since the announced the team. For what it’s worth, I think I saw Ben Frederickson of the P-D mention on Twitter that he had heard of a few names that were not the team name, and Legacy was one of those names. Correct: <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">I don’t know the team name. I do know some of the names that are not the team name. That’s one of them. <a href="https://t.co/O33q93nNDy">https://t.co/O33q93nNDy</a></p>— Ben Frederickson (@Ben_Fred) <a href="https://twitter.com/Ben_Fred/status/1285283307379462152?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 20, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Box and Won Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 19 hours ago, brianstl said: This is shield Mr. Soccer trademarked along with the name Legacy St. L. brianstl likes this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidnark Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I'll take any variation of a name that can become a symbol and mechanism to invite diversity and regional inclusion. This could be STL United, 1764 STL United, STL Gateway United, STL Confluence, etc. Atlanta United has used this brand for this exact purpose, and the result is truly amazing. I have no desire for another mascot-based team name such as Cardinals, Rams, Steamers, Stars, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnkielBreakers Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 4 hours ago, davidnark said: I'll take any variation of a name that can become a symbol and mechanism to invite diversity and regional inclusion. This could be STL United, 1764 STL United, STL Gateway United, STL Confluence, etc. Atlanta United has used this brand for this exact purpose, and the result is truly amazing. I have no desire for another mascot-based team name such as Cardinals, Rams, Steamers, Stars, etc. Confluence is the best name that I have heard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HoosierPal Posted July 24, 2020 Author Share Posted July 24, 2020 On 7/22/2020 at 4:30 PM, brianstl said: This is shield Mr. Soccer trademarked along with the name Legacy St. L. I like it. Like the Arch and River combined on the crest. Slick. AGB91 and drkelsey55 like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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