Ansem Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 DrummingInMySleep and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Watchmen Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Atletico Ottawa is an awful name, and people on here should be ashamed for supporting it. Especially after the big stink people made over hating "FC" or "City". You can say that it's part of the Madrid branding, but it's entirely likely that at some point they depart as owners (I'm not even saying that in a negative sense. Ownership changes all the time in all leagues.) At which point you're left with.....Real Salt Lake, a name and colour scheme originally chosen because they were going to be affiliated with Real Madrid. red card, Lofty, ted and 5 others 5 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryker911 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Some articles related to clubs owning multiple teams. Aka MCO, Multi Club Ownership. Consensus seems to be that it generally beneficial for both sides financially, player movement and bringing recognition to smaller team. The downside is for the other teams in the league as one team has a distinct advantage over the others. https://beta.hitc.com/en-gb/2018/07/03/7-football-clubs-that-own-other-clubs/?amp https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/premier-league/the-club-collectors-have-got-their-hands-on-watford-charlton-and-maybe-leeds-the-next-step-as-with-9116168.html%3famp https://www.footballbenchmark.com/library/multi_club_ownership Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozzie_the_parrot Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 4 hours ago, Watchmen said: Atletico Ottawa is an awful name, ... At least the name of the city is in there, which instantly puts it ahead of Pacific, Cavalry, Valour and Forge. If people were asked at random which out of Atletico, Valour, Forge and Fury sounds like a top class professional soccer team, I'm confident most would respond with Atletico. ted, TFC2017 and Shway 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deschamp86 Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Watchmen said: Atletico Ottawa is an awful name, and people on here should be ashamed for supporting it. Team with a terrible name > no team at all Kadenge, Winnipeg Fury, gator and 15 others 14 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MM3/MM2/MM Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Just give me a team...even if it is no name. Winnipeg Fury, dnina10 and Mikmacdo 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IAmPappy Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 hours ago, Watchmen said: Atletico Ottawa is an awful name, and people on here should be ashamed for supporting it. Wow! Dramatic much? Its a name. Get past it. You get a team backed by a global brand that just paid 120 million Euros for a Portuguese kid. Humans have a way to personalizing names. Robert becomes Rob, Bob, and Bubba. Atlético will become Atléti, Athletes, or even the A’s. gator, dnina10, Bbeto and 3 others 5 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Yeah, if they are the parent club, I have no problem whatsoever with them importing their global brand into the CPL. It is a helluva lot better than Ottawa Red Bull. NVsoccer, Ams1984, CANMNT_SUPERFAN and 3 others 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClashCitySoccer Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 1 hour ago, IAmPappy said: Humans have a way to personalizing names. Robert becomes Rob, Bob, and Bubba. Atlético will become Atléti, Athletes, or even the A’s. The Ottawa Eh's johnyb, CDNFootballer and IAmPappy 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrummingInMySleep Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 On 1/16/2020 at 6:55 AM, Ansem said: Atletico Ottawa! AtleticO gator, Kadenge, ted and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ottawafan Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 If they named themselves Atletico Ottawa I’d be more than ok with that. JamboAl, CDNFootballer and T_Bison 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rintaran Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) The Spanish Press is chattering about this now: https://www.palco23.com/clubes/el-atletico-de-madrid-ultima-la-compra-de-una-franquicia-en-la-canadian-premier-league.html https://as.com/futbol/2020/01/17/primera/1579270668_904063.html?id_externo_rsoc=comp_tw Edited January 17, 2020 by Rintaran Added 2nd link johnyb 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamboAl Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 17 minutes ago, Rintaran said: The Spanish Press is chattering about this now: https://www.palco23.com/clubes/el-atletico-de-madrid-ultima-la-compra-de-una-franquicia-en-la-canadian-premier-league.html https://as.com/futbol/2020/01/17/primera/1579270668_904063.html?id_externo_rsoc=comp_tw You know this is big when AS has Ottawa as the 3rd story after Gareth Bale and the new Barca manager. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unnamed Trialist Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) 4 hours ago, deschamp86 said: Team with a terrible name > no team at all I trust what CPL is doing with names of teams. It's s a fairly creative mix. I also think the shirts have come out well. Another thing is if At. Madrid insists on some related branding for the name. The colours would definitely work in the e wider scheme of the league. Reading the news stories out of Spain--this is really huge and now, with that sort of backing, you've got to think it'll push the entire CPL endeavour. Edited January 17, 2020 by Unnamed Trialist Bbeto, youllneverwalkalone, Andrew W and 8 others 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Initial B Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 (edited) Go away for a week... Pardon me if I'm a little wary and gun-shy. I remember how NASL loved Rayo Vallecano being involved with Rayo OKC and that went south very quickly. That said, I still haven't received a refund on my Fury Season Ticket Deposit for 2020, so maybe this has had legs for longer than I thought. I can't imagine JdG *not* being involved in the FO in some form (preferably as an Assistant GM) due to his years spent playing in Spain and could act as a bridge/translator for the several incoming young U-23 players from their Academy (and I'm sure Atletico would parachute in their own GM/Sporting Director and Coach). There are a couple of ex-Fury players still in the area, so they could easily flesh out a team that might not be pretty, but the quality to price ratio of the transplanted Atletico players should shine through. I was just about to put down season tickets for the new Ottawa CEBL team, but if this goes through, that's where I'm putting my money instead. I'll mourn the Fury, but I'm an Ottawa Supporter and that's what I'll do for the new team. And Red and White (hopefully with a little bit of black trim) is very appropriate for the Capital of Canada. Edited January 17, 2020 by Initial B Ams1984, Shway, Rattler280 and 7 others 9 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigers Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Not a huge fan of the name if true. At the very least anglicize to Ottawa Athletic FC or even Ottawa Athletics. Winnipeg Fury 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nfitz Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 9 minutes ago, Tigers said: Not a huge fan of the name if true. At the very least anglicize to Ottawa Athletic FC or even Ottawa Athletics. Not sure what the Ottawa Athletic Supporters would think of that ... ted, dyslexic nam and Lofty 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 Athletic Fury! It's all the rage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Blackdude Posted January 17, 2020 Share Posted January 17, 2020 53 minutes ago, m-g-williams said: It does mention that the team could start in the summer. 👀 Shway 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Initial B Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 2 hours ago, Blackdude said: It does mention that the team could start in the summer. 👀 Hmm, joining for the fall season sounds similar to what Cosmos did when they first joined NASL. How that ended makes this comparison... unsettling to me. Shway and Bbeto 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackdude Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 Reading that Jeff Hunt who stopped investing in the Fury is involved. He's still a member of OSEG. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 (edited) edit: Jeff Hunt news posted. Very odd involvement considering he’s involved and not John Pugh. Edited January 18, 2020 by BuzzAndSting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 https://ottawasun.com/sports/soccer/mls/ottawa-fury-fc/local-hero-jeff-hunt-could-add-ottawa-touch-for-new-pro-soccer-team Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Macksam Posted January 18, 2020 Share Posted January 18, 2020 They will need a champion on the inside to negotiate a good stadium deal with OSEG and Jeff is the man for that. No surprise here. Bbeto, johnyb and Ansem 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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