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http://www.denverpost.com/rapids/ci...pids-sue-ciao-telecom-over-missed-sponsorship

The Rapids are suing their shirt sponsor for not making payments

 

[xbhaskarx]

2 pm ET: Watch as MLS unveils new LA club & ownership group

On Thursday afternoon, the next era for soccer in Los Angeles will officially kick off, when Major League Soccer announces its new Los Angeles club and ownership group.

MLS Commissioner Don Garber is due to be joined by many special guests for the event.

And you can watch it all here on MLSsoccer.com.

Tune in at 2 pm ET / 11 am PT to catch all the action LIVE from Hollywood.

"unveils new LA club" makes me think there will be an actual name and possibly even crest....

 

[Osorio]

Crest would be awesome but I have a feeling it's just the name

LA Stars FC

 

[xbhaskarx]

LA Stars FC

I wouldn't mind a team called the Stars (it made sense up in Minnesota, my second favorite defunct crest after AC St Louis) but that would be a terrible idea when your cross-town rivals are the Galaxy!

Let's just hope it's not one of the crappy crests / generic names that leaked earlier this year:

 

[ActStriker]

Kevin Baxter ‏@kbaxter11 4m4 minutes ago
See? Apparently it will be a large and potentially unwieldy ownership group with as many as 16 people involved

Grant Wahl ‏@GrantWahl 17s18 seconds ago
Looks like new MLS team starting in 2017 will be called Los Angeles Football Club.

LAFC

bleh

 

[B-Dubs]

Well, apparently it is LAFC.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I think two generic "FC" team names in one league is enough... pick a real name!
If I was commissioner I'd set a limit of two on all such generic names, United (DC, Minnesota), City (NY, Orlando), FC (Dallas, Toronto)...

 

[jamesinclair]

Super lame name.

 

[Osorio]

Banal FC

 

[Osorio]

Shit I'll take LA Riots over this nonsense!

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Meh. Utterly generic but not the *worst* thing in the world.

 

[ActStriker]

Simon Evans ‏@sgevans 2m2 minutes ago
"Fans will have a major voice in the official name and logo". So name not decided yet? LAFC a 'working name'?

there's hope?

 

[smokeandmirrors]

So an "Atlanta 2017" thing?

Sounds good to me.

 

[Cornballer]

- Part 2 of Grantland's Donovan doc

 

[ActStriker]

LAFC leadership group

http://partners.lafc.com/#Leadership

 

[Esch]

Nothing wrong with a name like LAFC, but that's where you take the opportunity to be real creative with the crest, logo and any associated symbols, animals etc.

 

[Osorio]

It would be funny if it ends up being another Mexican team like El Tri FC

This league needs more racial tension

Spoiler

I don't actually believe that

 

[Clydefrog]

Meh. Utterly generic but not the *worst* thing in the world.

yeah, my feeling as well. They went the safe route.

At least it's not TSG West LA City SV 2009

 

[smokeandmirrors]

That's a lot of partners, no?

 

[Osorio]

I'd like a brown team this time

Like St. Pauli

 

[Cornballer]

- Galarcep's Gold Cup roster prediction at the end of October:

Brad Guzan, Nick Rimando, Bill Hamid

Fabian Johnson, DeAndre Yedlin, Omar Gonzalez, Jermaine Jones, Matt Besler, Geoff Cameron, Greg Garza, Timmy Chandler

Michael Bradley, Mix Diskerud, Alejandro Bedoya, Julian Green, Wil Trapp, Graham Zusi, Alfredo Morales, Lee Nguyen

Clint Dempsey, Jozy Altidore, Aron Johannsson, Terrence Boyd

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Magic Johnson, Mia Hamm, and Nomar Garciaparra are partners too. Wow.

 

[SuperSonic1305]

Whitecaps got screwed. What a joke league.

 

[xbhaskarx]

I like that of the four leaked ownership names, Henry Nguyen, Peter Guber, and Tom Penn are all on the top row, by themselves. Vincent Tan is listed last out of 22 people. I wonder if that was the case before the media focused on Tan and the negative reaction people had...

 

[Osorio]

So many fucking partners.

Can't like a consortium of NJ/NY people come together and buy us?

Get Shaq as the celebrity face behind it and boom

 

[xbhaskarx]

Executive Chairman: Henry Nguyen (VC/Entrepreneur)
President: Tom Penn (ESPN NBA Analyst, former VP of Basketball Operations of Portland Trailblazers)
Managing Partner: Peter Guber (Entrepreneur, co-owner of the Golden State Warriors and Dodgers)

Allen Shapiro (CEO of Dick Clark Productions)
Anthony Robbins (Self-help author and motivational speaker)
Bennet Rosenthal (Equity firm CEO)
Brandon Schneider (VP of Ticket Sales and Services for Golden State Warriors)
Chad Hurley (Co-founder and ex-CEO of YouTube)
Harry Tsao (VC/Entrepreneur)
Irwin Raij (Partner & business lawyer focused on sports)
Jason Sugarman (unknown)
Kirk Lacob (Assistant GM, Golden State Warriors)
Larry Berg (VC)
Magic Johnson (NBA legend)
Mia Hamm Garciaparra (Women's soccer legend)
Mike Mahan (President, Dick Clark Productions)
Mark Leschly (VC)
Nomar Garciaparra (former baseball player, ESPN analyst)
Paul Schaeffer (Vice-chairman, Mandalay Pictures)
Rick Welts (President and COO, Golden State Warriors)
Ruben Gnanaligam (Malaysian Businessman)
Vincent Tan (Malaysian Businessman, owner of Cardiff City)

 

[Osorio]

Neil Everett always gave back-handed disses about soccer

Surprised he's the host

 

[Clydefrog]

- Galarcep's Gold Cup roster prediction at the end of October:

Me gusta

 

[Meier]

I either totally forgot or had no idea that Nomar and Mia Hamm were married.

 

[Cornballer]

I either totally forgot or had no idea that Nomar and Mia Hamm were married.

You gotta keep up - they were the great hope for conceiving future national team players for a while since he was also a very talented soccer player when he was younger.

 

[Meier]

You gotta keep up - they were the great hope for conceiving future national team players for a while since he was also a very talented soccer player when he was younger.

At least they finally had a boy 2 years ago apparently. We're pretty set on female players, so their initial twins are a little less exciting.

 

[Cornballer]

At least they finally had a boy 2 years ago apparently. We're pretty set on female players, so their initial twins are a little less exciting.

Exactly. There was much relief when their son was born.

 

[Osorio]

Exactly. There was much relief when their son was born.

Hamm-Garciaparra is gonna be tough to fit on a jersey

 

[Cystm]

NOMAAAAAAH and Magic?

Tony fucking Robins?

Is this real life?

 

[Osorio]

Nervous about tonight.

We're such a bipolar team I never know who to expect on the field.

I can see Henry coming off the bench, and that's fine if we stick to the gameplan we had on Sunday.

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Peter Guber?

The "Yiddish/Hoodish" dude?

Couldn't have come at a better time lmao

 

[Cystm]

I think two generic "FC" team names in one league is enough... pick a real name!
If I was commissioner I'd set a limit of two on all such generic names, United (DC, Minnesota), City (NY, Orlando), FC (Dallas, Toronto)...

I completely disagree with all of you on this. FC/SC is preferable to DYNAMO! or NATURAL DISASTER!!!

 

[jamesinclair]

Nervous about tonight.

We're such a bipolar team I never know who to expect on the field.

I can see Henry coming off the bench, and that's fine if we stick to the gameplan we had on Sunday.

You going to the game?

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

I completely disagree with all of you on this. FC/SC is preferable to DYNAMO! or NATURAL DISASTER!!!

Not a true league until you get a CSKA.

 

[smokeandmirrors]

Ah yes. CSKA LA rolls right off the tongue

 

[Hasphat'sAnts]

Ah yes. CSKA LA rolls right off the tongue

Lokomotiv Chicago.

Red Star Berkeley

This ish writes itself.

 

[Cornballer]

Lokomotiv Chicago.

Red Star Berkeley

This ish writes itself.

This has been a long standing MLS Agenda joke on GAF. See: Lokomotiv El Paso

 

[xbhaskarx]

I completely disagree with all of you on this. FC/SC is preferable to DYNAMO! or NATURAL DISASTER!!!

Natural disaster team names are a thing US sports, from the Hurricanes to the Avalanche... plus MLS only has two of those (Fire and Earthquakes).
No American team names in other sports are just "Boston HC" (as in hockey) because there are too many big sports leagues and too many teams in most cities.

 

[xbhaskarx]

CONCACAF U-20 groups:

Group A: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Panama, USA, Guatemala

Group B: Haiti, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, El Salvador

 

[Osorio]

You going to the game?

I was but something work related came up.

Gave my ticket to my dad.

 

[Osorio]

CONCACAF U-20 groups:

Group A: Jamaica, Trinidad & Tobago, Aruba, Panama, USA, Guatemala

Group B: Haiti, Canada, Mexico, Cuba, Honduras, El Salvador

Where is this taking place?

 

[Cornballer]

Where is this taking place?

Jamaica

 

[fakefaker]

After the final Whistle.

VC players felt like their whole season was taken away from one call. I can't say that I blame them, and would like to have seen a better call.

That is easy for me to say though, sitting here in my comfy chair.

Yeah I was pretty choked as a Caps fan, but Waston has a rep so I can see why the ref called it the way he did. Oh well, next year.

 

[Osorio]

I just noticed no Canadian teams have made it past the wild card stage of the playoffs

 

[ActStriker]

I just noticed no Canadian teams have made it past the wild card stage of the playoffs

No Canadian team has won a playoff game