We just signed up for Google Analytics, and it's pretty interesting. Apparently there's people from all over interested in MLS Seattle. So we'd like to give a special shoutout to all our international readers in Canada, Mexico, Ireland, the UK, Portugal, France, Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Russia, Greece, Brazil, Argentina, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Uganda (???), India, Japan, South Korea, Philippines and Australia. You stay classy... Planet Earth.
We'll be back with a real post sometime this afternoon.
Showing posts with label website madness. Show all posts
Showing posts with label website madness. Show all posts
3.27.2008
3.25.2008
And the nominees are...
Seattle's future MLS team will be named either Seattle Alliance, Seattle Republic, Seattle FC, or... something else. Yes, fans will be able to write in a different name if they feel passionate about it. And it doesn't take a genius to figure out why.
It has become apparent that the guys running Seattle MLS would rather go in a new direction as far as the team name. Fair enough, they surely have their reasons. But at least they respect their fans enough to allow the possibility of the Seattle Sounders name to carry over into MLS.
We'd been operating under the assumption that the name would be changed in some way, shape, or form. But now there is potential to keep the Sounders alive, the team that went toe to toe with Pele's New York Cosmos in the 70's - and that was/is a 4-time title winning powerhouse in the USL. And that's changed our minds. So write in your vote for Seattle Sounders. Tell all your friends, family, teammates, even the guitar-playing hobo on the sidewalk that you pass on your way to work. Like reggae legend Jimmy Cliff sang, You can get it if you really want.
Vote Sounders!
It has become apparent that the guys running Seattle MLS would rather go in a new direction as far as the team name. Fair enough, they surely have their reasons. But at least they respect their fans enough to allow the possibility of the Seattle Sounders name to carry over into MLS.
We'd been operating under the assumption that the name would be changed in some way, shape, or form. But now there is potential to keep the Sounders alive, the team that went toe to toe with Pele's New York Cosmos in the 70's - and that was/is a 4-time title winning powerhouse in the USL. And that's changed our minds. So write in your vote for Seattle Sounders. Tell all your friends, family, teammates, even the guitar-playing hobo on the sidewalk that you pass on your way to work. Like reggae legend Jimmy Cliff sang, You can get it if you really want.
Vote Sounders!
3.19.2008
It's up to you!
From March 27 to March 31, the future fans of Seattle MLS will be able to pick from one of three name choices, and cast their vote on what our future soccer team should be called.
Of course, the three choices will have been carefully selected by the ownership, and none of them may appeal to some fans (especially if, as rumored, the traditional 'Seattle Sounders' name is not among the options.) MLS commissioner Don Garber's comments indicate this as well: “While we should celebrate the past, we believe the MLS Seattle team should be about where we are headed tomorrow and help position the club globally.”
Still, at worst, this is a nice little gesture from the people upstairs, and at best it's a sign of how much this organization will care about and listen to the fans. So CAST YOUR VOTE! Unless you're voting for a crappy name. Oh, and as for the choices? Those won't be officially revealed until Tuesday, March 25 - which will allow the buzz to grow around the city. Savvy decision.
However. Here are the three likely choices, all of which have domain names parked. Seattle FC. Seattle Republic. Seattle Alliance. One wonders whether we're building a soccer club or an army... but we'll reserve judgment until Tuesday, when the names are actually announced.
Voting will be on www.MLSinSeattle.com
Of course, the three choices will have been carefully selected by the ownership, and none of them may appeal to some fans (especially if, as rumored, the traditional 'Seattle Sounders' name is not among the options.) MLS commissioner Don Garber's comments indicate this as well: “While we should celebrate the past, we believe the MLS Seattle team should be about where we are headed tomorrow and help position the club globally.”
Still, at worst, this is a nice little gesture from the people upstairs, and at best it's a sign of how much this organization will care about and listen to the fans. So CAST YOUR VOTE! Unless you're voting for a crappy name. Oh, and as for the choices? Those won't be officially revealed until Tuesday, March 25 - which will allow the buzz to grow around the city. Savvy decision.
However. Here are the three likely choices, all of which have domain names parked. Seattle FC. Seattle Republic. Seattle Alliance. One wonders whether we're building a soccer club or an army... but we'll reserve judgment until Tuesday, when the names are actually announced.
Voting will be on www.MLSinSeattle.com
1.05.2008
Site things and notes
Obviously, this site has been updated very infrequently. Our excuse is that it's hard to write a blog for a team that won't exist for like 15 months. But someone's gotta do it. (What? You say that's not true? Well, we say 'shut up.' Heh.)
So here's the deal. We promise to post at LEAST twice weekly* from now until the team name and colors are announced... at which point this site will undergo a DAZZLING new upgrade and become seriously awesome. Our goal is to be the first** - and best - blog/website/internet thingy dedicated solely to whatever the hell our Seattle MLS team is going to be called. Whatever it is, the team will likewise be seriously awesome. Dazzling, even.
We promise interviews. We promise analysis. We promise whatever else you can think of. (Seriously - want us to write about something? Email us to let us know.) This is a slow period, but it only gets better from here, and we promise to take you through it. Get ready, future Seattle MLS fans. It's gonna be awesome.
*Unless we forget or something.
**Turns out we're already the first. So, we win! YES!
***Honestly, we feel sorry for you Alaskans. Consider yourselves cordially invited aboard the good ship USS MLS Seattle.
So here's the deal. We promise to post at LEAST twice weekly* from now until the team name and colors are announced... at which point this site will undergo a DAZZLING new upgrade and become seriously awesome. Our goal is to be the first** - and best - blog/website/internet thingy dedicated solely to whatever the hell our Seattle MLS team is going to be called. Whatever it is, the team will likewise be seriously awesome. Dazzling, even.
We promise interviews. We promise analysis. We promise whatever else you can think of. (Seriously - want us to write about something? Email us to let us know.) This is a slow period, but it only gets better from here, and we promise to take you through it. Get ready, future Seattle MLS fans. It's gonna be awesome.
*Unless we forget or something.
**Turns out we're already the first. So, we win! YES!
***Honestly, we feel sorry for you Alaskans. Consider yourselves cordially invited aboard the good ship USS MLS Seattle.
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