The Seattle P-I takes the initial fan feedback approach a day after Seattle MLS announced it would be giving three names for fans to vote on. They didn't announce those names, but they were found out anyway.
Is it a phrase from a "Star Trek" convention? The name of an Eastern bloc country? Did focus groups consisting of a bunch of youth soccer coaches come up with some new moniker?
Those were some of the questions raised by Seattle sports fans Thursday after three possible names for Seattle's Major League Soccer team -- Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic and Seattle FC -- were unofficially revealed. The names have been registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and cover everything from team trading cards to plush toy animals and bendable figurines. "Good Lord these suck," wrote one online Seattle P-I reader, among many upset about the names. "The Seattle Alliance sounds like my health care plan."The Seattle Times is a bit more subdued in a straight-forward news blurb that confirms Alliance, FC and Republic as the choices:
We just felt like it was a new time, new league," said co-owner and general manager Adrian Hanauer, who is also a current Sounders owner.
The future of the Sounders' name and franchise is undefined.
Fans can vote on the names starting midnight Thursday, through the evening of March 31, at mlsinseattle.com. The name will be revealed at 11 a.m. April 7, on the team's Web site.
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