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Didn't know where else to post this, but 6 of the 20 current MLS crests have a soccer ball in them. This needs to stop moving forward. Everyone should know that MLS is soccer today.

I think PRFC's logo is quite good, actually. A bit generic, but clean.


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First off, I don't nor have I ever had armed thugs at my disposal. Lol

Secondly, there are no pictures of Benjamin Franklin on the Mexican Peso. Lol
It's more surprising that they accepted a bag of pesos..... Everybody accepts Franklins - that's the universal monetary note.
 
I think PRFC's logo is quite good, actually. A bit generic, but clean.


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I must be dyslexic or something because the first thing I saw when I looked at this was KFC. I can't even stand KFC so I don't know why it popped in to my head, but that club is now the defacto chicken-team.
 
The Jets have a football in their logo. So do a ton of European football crests.

It's not a big deal, it just can't be cartoony and look like this:

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i agree if its cartoony then no,
Seven teams have "football" or "soccer" in their names (counting all the FC and SC variants). To me that's more reductive than have an image of a ball in the logo.

I agree partially with the FC....im ok with the SC assuming it means soccer club.
DC United's 1996 logo had THREE soccer balls in it!
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maybe because i was a kid when this was the logo for DC united but i thought it was alright.
 
San Diego is a miserable sports town. Great place to visit. I would never put a soccer team there. Only saving grace is that soccer is a millennial sports and they have a lot of them.

St. Louis is a great soccer town. I would like to see an MLS franchise there.

Las Vegas is a hot place for poor retirees. Awful city for the MLS demo.

When looking at the expansion of MLS, you need to consider what MLS 2.0 is all about - revenue. The new sources of revenue will not be from the gate receipts at a sold out 18,000 Indy Eleven stadium. The new revenue source will be from having new television markets opened up.

That being said, Indy and Sacramento should get teams.
 
San Diego is a miserable sports town. Great place to visit. I would never put a soccer team there. Only saving grace is that soccer is a millennial sports and they have a lot of them.

St. Louis is a great soccer town. I would like to see an MLS franchise there.

Las Vegas is a hot place for poor retirees. Awful city for the MLS demo.

When looking at the expansion of MLS, you need to consider what MLS 2.0 is all about - revenue. The new sources of revenue will not be from the gate receipts at a sold out 18,000 Indy Eleven stadium. The new revenue source will be from having new television markets opened up.

That being said, Indy and Sacramento should get teams.

Don't forget Charlotte and San Antonio they need to be in MLS also
 
Hey, but you can click on the Times today and read all about soccer in Pakistan! The only thing missing out of today's paper are the 3 daily Sepp Blatter articles.

I swear to God, it seems to me NYCFC got more coverage in the Times in the year leading up to out inaugural season than out first season totally.
 
Hey, but you can click on the Times today and read all about soccer in Pakistan! The only thing missing out of today's paper are the 3 daily Sepp Blatter articles.

I swear to God, it seems to me NYCFC got more coverage in the Times in the year leading up to out inaugural season than out first season totally.
Times has always not really covered local sports well but that's not really their thing. I don't even thing we have a local beat writer (even part time) in any paper to be honest.
 
Nobody was worse than Jack Bell. That putz has his head so far up the ass of the North American Soccer League, he doesn't see daylight unless Bill Peterson opens his mouth. When Bell left the Times I thought MLS coverage would get better. Wrong again.......
 
Going to 28 teams is a given now so i think it might look like this at 28. i believe 32 teams will be the end number.

20/24/28 TEAM MLS

WEST

1/Seattle Sounders FC
2/LA Galaxy
3/Portland Timbers
4/Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5/San Jose Earthquakes
6/Real Salt Lake
7/Colorado Rapids
8/Sporting Kansas City
9/Houston Dynamo
10/FC Dallas
11/ Los Angeles FC
12/Minnesota United
13/ Sacramento Republic
14/San Antonio


EAST

1/New York City FC
2/New York Red Bulls
3/Toronto FC
4/Montreal Impact
5/D.C. United
6/New England Revolution
7/Philadelphia Union
8/Orlando City SC
9/Chicago Fire
10/Columbus Crew
11/Atlanta United FC
12/ Miami MLS
13/St Louis
14/Carolina



St Louis & Carolina would have the most work to do, but its two markets I'm sure MLS would want in.
 
Going to 28 teams is a given now so i think it might look like this at 28. i believe 32 teams will be the end number.

20/24/28 TEAM MLS

WEST

1/Seattle Sounders FC
2/LA Galaxy
3/Portland Timbers
4/Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5/San Jose Earthquakes
6/Real Salt Lake
7/Colorado Rapids
8/Sporting Kansas City
9/Houston Dynamo
10/FC Dallas
11/ Los Angeles FC
12/Minnesota United
13/ Sacramento Republic
14/San Antonio


EAST

1/New York City FC
2/New York Red Bulls
3/Toronto FC
4/Montreal Impact
5/D.C. United
6/New England Revolution
7/Philadelphia Union
8/Orlando City SC
9/Chicago Fire
10/Columbus Crew
11/Atlanta United FC
12/ Miami MLS
13/St Louis
14/Carolina



St Louis & Carolina would have the most work to do, but its two markets I'm sure MLS would want in.
I liked this post for the italic and bold coding alone. Of course, there were other options.
 
Going to 28 teams is a given now so i think it might look like this at 28. i believe 32 teams will be the end number.

20/24/28 TEAM MLS

WEST

1/Seattle Sounders FC
2/LA Galaxy
3/Portland Timbers
4/Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5/San Jose Earthquakes
6/Real Salt Lake
7/Colorado Rapids
8/Sporting Kansas City
9/Houston Dynamo
10/FC Dallas
11/ Los Angeles FC
12/Minnesota United
13/ Sacramento Republic
14/San Antonio


EAST

1/New York City FC
2/New York Red Bulls
3/Toronto FC
4/Montreal Impact
5/D.C. United
6/New England Revolution
7/Philadelphia Union
8/Orlando City SC
9/Chicago Fire
10/Columbus Crew
11/Atlanta United FC
12/ Miami MLS
13/St Louis
14/Carolina



St Louis & Carolina would have the most work to do, but its two markets I'm sure MLS would want in.
Wait.... wait... wait.... but then where will the Cosmos go because without the Cosmos the league won't have a truly epic and marketable team that the entire world respects.... the Cosmos will just have to buy Redbull and rebrand them again.... All kidding aside, replacing RB with the Cosmos would be a much better marketing tool for the league than the underachieving dumpster fire that imploded in the playoffs.
 
Going to 28 teams is a given now so i think it might look like this at 28. i believe 32 teams will be the end number.

20/24/28 TEAM MLS

WEST

1/Seattle Sounders FC
2/LA Galaxy
3/Portland Timbers
4/Vancouver Whitecaps FC
5/San Jose Earthquakes
6/Real Salt Lake
7/Colorado Rapids
8/Sporting Kansas City
9/Houston Dynamo
10/FC Dallas
11/ Los Angeles FC
12/Minnesota United
13/ Sacramento Republic
14/San Antonio


EAST

1/New York City FC
2/New York Red Bulls
3/Toronto FC
4/Montreal Impact
5/D.C. United
6/New England Revolution
7/Philadelphia Union
8/Orlando City SC
9/Chicago Fire
10/Columbus Crew
11/Atlanta United FC
12/ Miami MLS
13/St Louis
14/Carolina



St Louis & Carolina would have the most work to do, but its two markets I'm sure MLS would want in.

Replace Carolina with Cincinnati since I keep reading they are investing a lot.
Wait.... wait... wait.... but then where will the Cosmos go because without the Cosmos the league won't have a truly epic and marketable team that the entire world respects.... the Cosmos will just have to buy Redbull and rebrand them again.... All kidding aside, replacing RB with the Cosmos would be a much better marketing tool for the league than the underachieving dumpster fire that imploded in the playoffs.
Lol but seriously cosmos won't join the "evil empire" of MLS USL PDL because it doesn't represent the "organic" nature of the club
 
Lol but seriously cosmos won't join the "evil empire" of MLS USL PDL because it doesn't represent the "organic" nature of the club
By organic, I assume you mean purchase the name from the former equipment manager and ride the coattails of a club long dead for over three decades while claiming their defunct titles ? Yep, then we're talking about the same two-bit organization.
 
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