Justice in Cascadia
Tuesday, 08 April 08, 12:44 AM · Comments (2)
Seattle's MLS team will be called the Sounders, keeping alive almost 35 years of history. 35 years may not seem like much history to people outside of North America, but in the fragile world of soccer on this continent it's an eternity.
Among the honors won by the Sounders are two divisional titles in the old North American Soccer League, four USL First Division championships (including the most recent), and two trips to the US Open Cup semi-finals (including last season's run which included a 5-1 drubbing of the Colorado Rapids).
The Sounders name won 82% of the total vote as a write-in choice, it was not among the three original choices on offer and a write-in option was only added following the outrage of longtime Sounders fans and many across the country. The original three choices were "Seattle FC", "Seattle Alliance", and "Seattle Republic". Of the three only "Seattle FC" is tolerable, I heard someone describe "Seattle Alliance" as "something that sounds like an HMO", and "Seattle Republic" sounds like a newspaper. In the end the people had their say and justice won out.
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Oh yeah... 35 years is indeed an eternity for soccer in the U.S. and it's good to see some tradition being taken in consideration... I just wished we could have another NY Cosmos too. Just the idea of having a team in which Pelé, Beckenbauer, Cruijff, Ginaglia, Carlos Alberto... played for is already cool enough. Great post man!
Thanks :)