RS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 quote:Originally posted by G-Man USL attendance 2006 1 Montreal Impact 156,458/11,176 4 Vancouver Whitecaps 71,202/5,086 10 Toronto Lynx 34,552/2,468 Just the facts...and we'll see how well Montreal does with the MNT's exibition game in september. I'm betting on a sell-out. So somehow USL attendance = international soccer success? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 Toronto Northmen too original? Not from what I remember. There was a Toronto Northmen World Football franchise started by one of the Bassett's back in the 1970s that never got to play here because of its threat to the CFL so Bassett took the franchise to Memphis Tennessee as the Southmen. The whole league didn't last long. Different rules like the offensive linemen wore different coloured pants than the offensive backs so fans could tell them apart. So many football leagues since then that they blur together. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memphis_Southmen http://www.chriscreamer.com/team.php?t=1298 hey MLSE could use Carlton the Bear and keep the logo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi So somehow USL attendance = international soccer success? the point being if you can't support the local pro team, how are you going to beat out places like Madrid or Oldham for the title of "international soccer city of the planet" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted April 5, 2006 Share Posted April 5, 2006 quote:Originally posted by G-Man the point being if you can't support the local pro team, how are you going to beat out places like Madrid or Oldham for the title of "international soccer city of the planet" Who called Toronto that, other than you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Who called Toronto that, other than you? ummm speedmonk42. anyway...so so defensive. Inter-Toronto Sucks TorontoSpor Rules Brings up the point..why is that women who wear Tie Domi shirts usually look like Tie Domi...and generally win more fights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 quote:Originally posted by G-Man ummm speedmonk42. anyway...so so defensive. Having read speedmonk42's post, it had nothing to do with USL team attendances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rudi Having read speedmonk42's post, it had nothing to do with USL team attendances. you have a hard time followng threads don't you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest speedmonk42 Posted April 6, 2006 Share Posted April 6, 2006 the point being if you can't support the local pro team, how are you going to beat out places like Madrid or Oldham for the title of "international soccer city of the planet" --------------------------- It is more complex than that. We don't really have the infrastrcuture to answer these questions yet. In TO we soon will. It is more complex in that I am talking about International games, like T&T playing Greece or something like that. My point is that alot of the smaller teams can still get some attendance because of the strong ethnic groups that exist in the city and surrounding cities. It doesn't mean they will support the Lynx, but they might come out to a unique game, and subsequently start supporting a/the local pro team. It is I think the biggest case for a domestic B team to play some kind of regular event. Now we have the infrastructure coming, now many of the things we have always been asking for can actually start to happen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metro Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by G-Man the point being if you can't support the local pro team, how are you going to beat out places like Madrid or Oldham for the title of "international soccer city of the planet" That's like saying Toronto can't support an NBA team because they didn't support the CBA's Tornados back in the 80's Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Their attendance is heading in that direction. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DoyleG Their attendance is heading in that direction. http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/attendance Their attendance is is 17th in a 30 team league despite having one of the worst teams in the league. If anything yours stats prove that Toronto can support professional teams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Grizzly Their attendance is is 17th in a 30 team league despite having one of the worst teams in the league. If anything yours stats prove that Toronto can support professional teams. Their not when you only have an 85% capacity of their arena. A city like Toronto should have attendance to that of the big boys if they want to claim they support the NBA. No to mention being the worst road draw in the NBA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 85% capacity is fairly decent in any professional sport especially with a poor team like the Raptors are. If the MLS club gets 85% capacity attendance they will be pretty happy. They are the worst road draw because they are a crappy team without a lot of strong rivalries with other teams and no stars to attract fans. The fact that their road attendance has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand certainly doesn't stop you from mentioning it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Grizzly 85% capacity is fairly decent in any professional sport especially with a poor team like the Raptors are. If the MLS club gets 85% capacity attendance they will be pretty happy. They are the worst road draw because they are a crappy team without a lot of strong rivalries with other teams and no stars to attract fans. The fact that their road attendance has absolutely nothing to do with the issue at hand certainly doesn't stop you from mentioning it though. Sad to see you cn't read between the lines. 85% capacity is piss poor for a city claiming to support the NBA. Stop denying it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DoyleG Sad to see you cn't read between the lines. 85% capacity is piss poor for a city claiming to support the NBA. Stop denying it. They're still ahead of 13 other NBA teams, all (except Memphis) with longer stand NBA traditions and most with much better teams. If 85% is "piss poor", then MLB must be the worst run league in the world: http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/attendance?sort=home_pct&year=2005&seasonType=2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grizzly Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by DoyleG Sad to see you cn't read between the lines. I can read between the lines quite well. What I have difficulty accomplishing is drawing illogical conclusions from data that supports the position of my opponents. Luckily for this board you are here to specialize in this form of reasoning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 Happy to accept your surrender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fetajr Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 in spanish Real=Royal. Therefore Royal Madrid, in a country which still had/has its fair share of royalty, makes a hell of a lot of sense, But where the hell is the Royalty in Salt Lake???.. as stated before, the worse rip off i've ever seen. Inter-Toronto ranks second, only because Toronto actually is a cultural jungle. At first i hated the idea of the format "[City Name] [Mascot Name]" template north american teams usually name themselves, but now after this retarded 'Inter-Toronto' rip off name, i'd rather be called the "Toronto Beavers" or something equally as dumb, but not a rip off. I can just picture the IDIOTS at MLSE in the board room trying to figure this name out, a bunch of IDIOTS with no knowledge of soccer and no shame of lack of originality. DEFINETLY TORONTO FC is the best one by far., I'd even like to bring back TORONTO BLIZZARD, that was a cool name, but since theres global warming we dont have blizzards anymore. how about these original names for the team that reflect the nature of T.O -CLUB GTA / GTA CLUB -TORONTO SMOG -TORONTO TRAFFIC -TORONTO JANE'N'FINCHERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fetajr Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 in spanish Real=Royal. Therefore Royal Madrid, in a country which still had/has its fair share of royalty, makes a hell of a lot of sense, But where the hell is the Royalty in Salt Lake???.. as stated before, the worse rip off i've ever seen. Inter-Toronto ranks second, only because Toronto actually is a cultural jungle. At first i hated the idea of the format "[City Name] [Mascot Name]" template north american teams usually name themselves, but now after this retarded 'Inter-Toronto' rip off name, i'd rather be called the "Toronto Beavers" or something equally as dumb, but not a rip off. I can just picture the IDIOTS at MLSE in the board room trying to figure this name out, a bunch of IDIOTS with no knowledge of soccer and no shame of lack of originality. DEFINETLY TORONTO FC is the best one by far., I'd even like to bring back TORONTO BLIZZARD, that was a cool name, but since theres global warming we dont have blizzards anymore. how about these original names for the team that reflect the nature of T.O -CLUB GTA / GTA CLUB -TORONTO SMOG -TORONTO TRAFFIC -TORONTO JANE'N'FINCHERS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I still think Toronto Exhibitionists is the best name. Think of all the cross promotions we can have with the Brass Rail and Wiskey-A-Go-Go's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 I still think Toronto Exhibitionists is the best name. Think of all the cross promotions we can have with the Brass Rail and Wiskey-A-Go-Go's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 And I still think Toronto Rush is the best name but won't give you a punch line. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DoyleG Posted April 7, 2006 Share Posted April 7, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Rocket Robin And I still think Toronto Rush is the best name but won't give you a punch line. We own that name already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 different sport--Lacrosse. Even the Lynx name is used by the WNBA franchise in Minnesota where they drafted a Canadian for their ladies basketball team. And Toronto has this band... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOareaFan Posted April 8, 2006 Share Posted April 8, 2006 quote:Originally posted by Massive Attack I still think Toronto Exhibitionists is the best name. Think of all the cross promotions we can have with the Brass Rail and Wiskey-A-Go-Go's. And BNL doing the national anthem before the games. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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