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B I from Toronto, Canada writes: "The Major League Soccer team from Columbus has a nickname: the Crew. The Los Angeles team has one, too: the Galaxy. So do most of the other clubs in the 14-team league. But not Toronto FC. What's up with that? Why is this poor team deprived of a nickname? (No, FC does not count.) TFC is having a decent second season (3-2-1) and surely has earned the right to be called something besides TFC, which reminds us too much of KFC."
Whoever wrote this, presumably Jeff Brooke, is an idiot. How many of the teams in the #7 thing to watch, FA Cup, have manufactured and forced "nicknames" derived from a marketing department? Not very many, in any at all. Toronto FC, though a franchise, is intended to be a club and thus its called Toronto Football Club. Its season seat holders are also called "club members" and don't need some cosmic nickname to feel good about themselves. Perhaps if Jeff Brooke went to a game and noticed that most fans are authentic soccer fans from countries with a background in the sport, maybe he wouldn't write something so assinine.- Posted 17/05/08 at 11:36 AM EST | Alert an Editor | Link to Comment
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