Comments on: MLS Season Preview: Toronto FC

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 11 Apr 2007 04:38:20 +0000

Well officially the club is called “Toronto FC” but I did read today that a club spokesman has come out and said that the FC does infact stand for Football Club. Perhaps MLSE thought it was soo obvious they didn’t feel the need use Football Club on official paper work.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:24:05 +0000

It seems to me your typical sports fan would be even more confused if they asked what FC stood for, and they were told it meant nothing, and definitely not Football Club.

But, hey, I support a team called Brighton and Hove Albion, so names don’t always have to be crystal clear.

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:21:52 +0000

maybe it means “Frustrates Clint”?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:14:12 +0000

The way I see it, north americans would just get confused if they saw a soccer club labeled as a football club. Still, when “FC” doesn’t mean anything, it sounds pretty stupid.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:11:43 +0000

But if you’re going to be “FC”, which sounds fine to me, why not have it stand for Football Club as it logically does? What does FC mean on its own?

By: Sam

Sam — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 20:08:52 +0000

The reason for the “FC” is a) because they want to sound oh-so-euro, but also they want a meaningful nickname to develop over time instead of attributing some nonsense name such as “Bombers” or “Wildcats”. Gotta say I agree with them on that one.

By: Bob

Bob — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:56:03 +0000

Steve Nash’s brother is actually a decent midfielder with the Vancouver Whitecaps. I have no idea about Nelly Furtado’s playing abilities.

By: Clint

Clint — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:53:22 +0000

I think there were a few NHL expansion teams in Canada that did pretty well ; ) – not as good as traditional hockey hotbeds like Phoenix and Tampa Bay, of course, but still.

Hey, if Toronto FC (and what is up with that? why do teams like DC United Real Salt Lake and Toronto FC have to copy the names of Euro teams without having any of the meaning behind the names involved? it seems tacky as all get out) wants to show its serious, they need to immediately sign Steve Nash! Or at least Nelly Furtado (to play in short-shorts, of course).

By: Peter

Peter — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:39:27 +0000

The Montreal Expos drew big crowds in the beginning but couldn’t draw flies in the end before folding. The baseball and basketball teams in Toronto have lasted. It helps to have 4 million people in a city and with the international makeup of Toronto I think soccer will thrive there.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 17:33:59 +0000

Your first part on expansion teams made me wonder how Canadian expansion teams in other American leagues have fared historically. Weren’t the Memphis Grizzlies once in Vancouver, and it didn’t go very well?