What do you think the Bay Area should name their team?

Bay Area has officially been added to the WPS roster for an April 2009 launch. But they are nameless...

Let's help.

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Permalink Reply by Chris on September 15, 2008 at 9:29am: San Jose FC :)

Okay, while that's not likely, it had better not be anywhere near as corny as the name "CyberRays". It was a great team but honestly that name just stank to high heaven. Whatever it is, I hope it's either traditional or aggressive, but the last thing WPS needs is teams with names that are chosen by some well-meaning but misguided marketer to be cute.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by emptywalis on September 19, 2008 at 2:01pm: I say Bay Area Aftershock; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MARDELLE on September 19, 2008 at 2:35pm: Great name Emptywalis's I like it a lot. :)
emptywalis said:
I say Bay Area Aftershock; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Maria12 on September 19, 2008 at 4:59pm: oh my gosh that is such a good question! I don't know but maybe if there are a bunch of good ideas people could vote for it online. That would be cool; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by MARDELLE on September 19, 2008 at 5:25pm: I saw another suggested name of "Bay Area Storm" it good as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on September 22, 2008 at 4:53pm: Nah, we don't get enough storms in the Bay Area for it to make much sense. It should be something that ties in with the region. San Jose Blue Coats maybe in deference to the NeSmith's fortune maker.

MARDELLE said:
I saw another suggested name of "Bay Area Storm" it good as well.; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by scooter on September 24, 2008 at 7:51pm: emptywalis said:
I say Bay Area Aftershock

Bay Area Aftershock sounds very cool. It's aggressive, exciting, and, as a bonus, isn't horribly cheesy. The only problem i see with it is kinda related to marketability and the fact that it sounds... secondary. By that i mean it sounds almost like it could be an afterthought. Aftershocks come after an earthquake. Who wants a team that comes after something powerful when it could come in first instead?

I'm probably not making any sense right now. My point is that even though i like it, it's not perfect (then again, what is?).

Another option is to choose something that sounds a little more neutral, like "Wind" or "Rush". Though they're not as geographically fitting, i suppose...; ▶ Reply to This

Permalink Reply by Dan on September 25, 2008 at 11:21am: No I get your point on it. Aftershock's are smaller than Earthquakes and do come after. So from that perspective it doesn't make much sense. I suspect they'll go with something that's not geologically related just to differentiate from the Quakes. Perhaps they'll go with something completely off the wall like NJ did and be the Loma Prieta SC or somthing like that.

scooter said:
emptywalis said:
I say Bay Area Aftershock

Bay Area Aftershock sounds very cool. It's aggressive, exciting, and, as a bonus, isn't horribly cheesy. The only problem i see with it is kinda related to marketability and the fact that it sounds... secondary. By that i mean it sounds almost like it could be an afterthought. Aftershocks come after an earthquake. Who wants a team that comes after something powerful when it could come in first instead?

I'm probably not making any sense right now. My point is that even though i like it, it's not perfect (then again, what is?).

Another option is to choose something that sounds a little more neutral, like "Wind" or "Rush". Though they're not as geographically fitting, i suppose...; ▶ Reply to This