You'll all have to help me out here, but let's compare Pigeons to other MLS teams.
Impact
Revolution
Union (DC and Philly)
red Bulls
Reds (Toronto)
Lions (Orlando)
Fire
Crew
(Dallas- do they have a nickname?)
Rapids
RSL (claret and cobalt?)
Galaxy
SKC (nickname?)
Whitecaps
Timbers
Earthquakes
Sounders
Dynamo
Horrendous category:
Red Bulls - most embarrasing moniker in the entire world of sports
unoriginal:
Union, FC dallas, SKC, RSL
1990s sounding
Galaxy, Revolution, Crew, Impact, Dynamo
boring, not immediately identifiable with soccer team
reds, Lions, rapids
Original, and immediate team recognition
Fire, Whitecaps, Timbers, Quakes, Sounders, Pigeons
in the original group, I like the timbers, fire and the quakes. Sounders and whitecaps are pretty relaxing names.
I'm fine with Pigeons, you can make them look mean in artwork, they are ubiquitous in cities and THE city, super smart and cool animals, Palomas sounds cool for my latin hermanas y hermanos, piccione for the italians.