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re: Atlanta United Releases $60M Training Ground Info & Renderings
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:21 am to StraightCashHomey21
Posted on 4/20/16 at 9:21 am to StraightCashHomey21
My biggest issue is that there's already a red and black team in MLS called United.
But I like that it's not a goofy mascot or an overboard European prefix or suffix.
But I like that it's not a goofy mascot or an overboard European prefix or suffix.
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Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:31 am to WarSlamEagle
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It's growing on me now, mainly because of all the backlash it's getting from SCH and other soccer snobs
FIFY
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:33 am to cwil177
Nothing snobbish about saying Atlanta United FC sounds strange.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:33 am to WarSlamEagle
True. We could have been Royal Atlanta or Atletico Atlanta.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:34 am to StraightCashHomey21
That's not why you were bashing it though. You were bashing it because it's not united in the exact sense that European clubs adopt the moniker United.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:37 am to cwil177
that's one reason bc it doesn't make sense
and it just doesn't sound right. Almost sounds forced.
and it just doesn't sound right. Almost sounds forced.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:38 am to cwil177
He would have to bash his own club then. SCH is starting good banter because he knows Atlanta United is going to be the Daddy United to his little DC United.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:40 am to LuckyTiger
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He would have to bash his own club then
Um no b/c the Virginia, DC and Maryland region which all support the same teams. So it makes a little more sense.
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SCH is starting good banter because he knows Atlanta United is going to be the Daddy United to his little DC United.
frick no
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 10:41 am
Posted on 4/20/16 at 10:48 am to StraightCashHomey21
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Um no b/c the Virginia, DC and Maryland region which all support the same teams. So it makes a little more sense.
To you, maybe.
Atlanta's name means it wants to unite all the different cultures of fans in the city.
DC's name means it wants to unite the three different geographic areas, which pretty much blend together as the same metro area. (Although I wouldn't be surprised to see if that name meaning got retconned after just picking the one that sounded European.)
ETA: LINK
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During a lunch with his US Soccer partner colleagues, while talking about options for the name, someone in their employ blurted out, “Well, why don’t you just call it United? That’s what all the soccer teams are called.” Though there was certainly more to the team’s branding than this single moment of snark, the group tried out the sound of D.C. United in that moment. Payne added it the list of possible names, and it eventually won out over candidates like Justice, Force, and Spies.
This post was edited on 4/20/16 at 10:51 am
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:12 am to WarSlamEagle
DC justice , force or spies
Holeeeeeee batman
Holeeeeeee batman
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:18 am to StraightCashHomey21
Hard to believe they passed on a great name like the Spies.
Posted on 4/20/16 at 11:29 am to StraightCashHomey21
The dawn of MLS was just one big shrug emoji.
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