Major League Soccer is coming home!

[monkeybard]

That is to say, we'll be getting a major league team once again.  Something we haven't had in a loooong time.  I remember shrieking like some sort of new world bainsidhe the day the North American Soccer League went under and now, at last, we'll be getting a pro team again.  And thanks to jaunthie, I know about the website and, more importantly, the vote.  Why's that the most imporatant part? Because it's a chance to vote for the team name. THIS MATTERS!  The three names they've come up with suck ass to such an extent I wonder if the people were lobotomized before being sent into the brainstorming session.  They are common, boring, and completely UN-Seattle.  Clearly no effort was put in and no local research was done.  So, here's what I'm asking.  Whether you give a damn about soccer in Seattle or not, please please please consider registering simply so you can send a write-in vote to these idiots.  What you want to be writing-in, by the way, is "Sounders".  Just, please, for the love of sport and my childhood, do this for me?  I will send you virtual cookies.  Real ones, even, if I can get the USPS to deliver them to your location.  Thank you.

This has been your PSA and soapbox speech for the day.

Comments

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

The three names they came up with are way lame.

I registered and voted. :D Now, you know my address right? :D *sings...C is for cookies that's good enough for me...

[monkeybard]

Should I mail you some or can you wait until I fly down to SD and you can have them for your b-day? I'm cool either way; it's up to you. :) You like chocoate and mint, right?

[sunkrux.livejournal.com]

I suppose I could wait until you come visit in 2 months. It will be hard to wait that long...but I'm sure it will be well worth the wait. ;)

Yes I like chocolate and mint. :D

[carrot-cake67.livejournal.com]

I have a question - because I am ignorant on all things soccer....But can Seattle have a major league soccer team with the name of "Sounders" when we already have a team (minor league? independent?) that is the "Seattle Sounders"?

[jaunthie.livejournal.com]

In point of fact, yes. According to the article in the paper that I read, the minor league team will get to keep the name "Sounders" too. It's a grandfather provision or something like that. It helps that both teams have some of the same ownership, too.

[carrot-cake67.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the info.

I logged on and voted....boy were those others LAME!!

[monkeybard]

Weren't they totally lame?! Oy! Thanks for voting. :D

[monkeybard]

Thanks for answering that, jaunthie. :)

Done!

[(Anonymous)]

And yay on MLS coming to Seattle!

~K-Bob

Re: Done!

[monkeybard]

Thanks! I'm jazzed about it. :)

[ravenzanne.livejournal.com]

Done as well. Although it is strange - I'm helping name a MLS team. I have season tickets to the Storm. Is this theatre geek slowly transforming into a sports fan?

[monkeybard]

It's okay. One can be both, as evidenced by my uber-love of baseball. :)

[devinam.livejournal.com]

I tried to register, but they never sent the email so i could confirm my registration. :(

[monkeybard]

Have you checked your spam folder? It might've gone there.

[devinam.livejournal.com]

yup, but yahoo has been doing wierd things lately, so i wouldn't be suprised if it's somewhere in the ether...

[devinam.livejournal.com]

ok, finally got the email, all voted and official.

[monkeybard]

Yay!