And Houston's MLS franchise's new name is...

[DevilsAdvocate]

Houston 1836

WTF.

 

[robothouse77]

something to do with the alamo or something?

 

[JLGatsby]

No, that's their average attendance.

 

[frankgomez75]

OMG! WTF... that is the most fvckin stupid name EVAR!
Whoever thought of that name should be shot in the fvckin face :|
Damnit... why can't we ever come up with a real damn sport team name...
First the Houston Texans
Now the Houston 1836!!?
Our citys creativity is crap....
I'm actually embarrassed that our city came up with a name like that.....

 

[SaltBoy]

Dallas' football team used to be called the Texans long ago, so that's not necessarily a new mascot name.

But 1836? Wow.

Ahh, who cares? I know I'm not going to any of their games...

 

[cKGunslinger]

MLS == Major League Softball? Soccer?

 

[ggnl]

Kinda like the '76ers I guess.

It's not a bad name. Not especially good either, but not bad.

 

[Juno]

well, look at european teams, they have numbers instead names.

 

[miniMUNCH]

Originally posted by: Juno
well, look at european teams, they have numbers instead names.

Yep.

 

[ElFenix]

ummm k

1836 = texas independence from mexico

 

[OutHouse]

Originally posted by: frankgomez75
OMG! WTF... that is the most fvckin stupid name EVAR!
Whoever thought of that name should be shot in the fvckin face :|
Damnit... why can't we ever come up with a real damn sport team name...
First the Houston Texans
Now the Houston 1836!!?
Our citys creativity is crap....
I'm actually embarrassed that our city came up with a name like that.....

you forgot, Minutemaid Park. :disgust:

 

[MasterAndCommander]

Houston 69'rs FTW!

 

[DaShen]

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Houston 69'rs FTW!

Hahhahaha... GROSS

but really, 1836? wth is that? the year of independance?

 

[MrDingleDangle]

Originally posted by: DaShen

Originally posted by: MasterAndCommander
Houston 69'rs FTW!

Hahhahaha... GROSS

but really, 1836? wth is that? the year of independance?

i believe it was answered above...texas' independence from mexico

Texas was its own country from 1936-1946

im surprised its no the Texas- "You Know We Were Our Own Country"

could be the YKWWOOC for short

because i heard that at least 1000 times in the 6 months i lived in houston

http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/republiccon.htm

 

[hdeck]

man that name is awesome. i wish our football team was named that instead.

 

[DivideBYZero]

What about 'Houston Space Cadets' or 'Houston not-quite-as-exciting-as-Austin-ers'?

 

[Slick5150]

Well, it's not like it's the first. As someone mentioned about, there are the 76ers. San Fran obviously has the 49ers. Houston just needs to refer to themselves as the 36ers and it will make more sense I guess.

Then again, it's soccer, so who cares.

 

[bigrash]

Originally posted by: JLGatsby
No, that's their average attendance.

lol

 

[bigrash]

nothing wrong with that name. it's kinda like the 76ers

 

[SurgicalShark]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
ummm k

1836 = texas independence from mexico

Dude, that was the year Houston was constituted as a city by Sam Houston...not the year of independence.

 

[sjetexas]

Originally posted by: SurgicalShark

Originally posted by: ElFenix
ummm k

1836 = texas independence from mexico

Dude, that was the year Houston was constituted as a city by Sam Houston...not the year of independence.

1836 is the year of Texas independence. Texas was an independent country from 1836 until 1845. It is also the year of the city's birth.

 

[hdeck]

oh snap owned^^

 

[frankgomez75]

Originally posted by: hdeck
oh snap owned^^

:laugh:

 

[EvilYoda]

lol...so what would a city/state do for a team name if the year of importance landed on a decade/century?

The 20er's isn't so catchy...how about the 1900er's. doh

 

[Baked]

So do you say the whole thing out? The one thousand eight hundred thirty sixers?