Houston MLS Teams New Logo & Colors!!

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

Jan. 25, 2006, 2:08PM
City's MLS team is Houston 1836
Paying homage to the city's birth

Copyright 2006 Houston Chronicle
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-->The latest addition to Houston's professional sports landscape finally has a name, and the team is making it official today. 

The city's Major League Soccer team will be known as Houston 1836. The team colors will be white, orange and blue.

The name's main reference is the year Houston was founded by John and Augustus Allen on the banks of Buffalo Bayou. It also marks the year Texas declared its independence from Mexico, the Battle of the Alamo and the defeat of General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna's Mexican army at the hands of General Sam Houston in the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution.
The name first surfaced as one of 13 choices in a "Name the Team Sweepstakes" held through Jan. 6 after franchise owner Anschutz Entertainment Group relocated the team formerly known as the Earthquakes from San Jose, Calif., in early December. European tradition, sort of Most popular in Europe, particularly Germany, the style of naming a team after a year is considered a soccer staple. German teams such as Hannover 96 (1896), Bayer 04 Leverkusen, FC Schalke 04 (both 1904) and FSV Mainz 05 (1905) are among the most popular in Europe. The style migrated to other parts of the world, including Latin America, in the early 1900s

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

finally....a team name that makes sense and has meaning

kudos to that organization for coming up with the idea and sticking with it...i may not be from Houston, but if I was...I would definetly apprecaite it

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

Kinda reminds me of the Astros logo

earl · Jan 25, 2006

hellah10 said:
finally....a team name that makes sense and has meaning

kudos to that organization for coming up with the idea and sticking with it...i may not be from Houston, but if I was...I would definetly apprecaite it

..........ahhhh, you're kidding right!?

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

I like the name...they might want to add AC in front of the name like

AC Houston 1836...nice ring to it

hellah10 · Jan 25, 2006

ahhhhhhhh no

PO69 · Jan 25, 2006

I like the After Christ idea with AC.

Some needs to add AC to their name

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

AC = Athletic Club

At Least thats what I thought it meant

Duckstabber · Jan 25, 2006

I like the logo and te name. I also think that Houston missed a MLS team. With all the Mexicans and other foreigners working in the oil industry the fan base should be large enough.

AC like in After Christ or Associazione Calcio?

Duckstabber · Jan 25, 2006

Or Athletic Club?

zee · Jan 25, 2006

Are you bloody kidding me? In Europe the year after a team is usually the year THE TEAM was founded, not the city. LOL.

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

zee said:
Are you bloody kidding me? In Europe the year after a team is usually the year THE TEAM was founded, not the city. LOL.

This is the United States...We do things our own way..:toast:

Duckstabber · Jan 25, 2006

Houston 2006 doesn't have a good ring to it either... Then they'd have to change the horse into a SUV

zee · Jan 25, 2006

We do things our own way..

Not quiet, the article is trying to draw a comparison between Houston's name and the names of European clubs and the point it makes is: "That's how they do it in European soccer.".
That's what my comment refered to.
They do it this way, but for different reasons. You don't see clubs called "BlaBla 1987"(unless the name BlaBla is already taken). Most clubs that have years behind their names have already celebrated or are close to celebrating their first century and have some history they're proud of.
GL to Houston with their new name, I like it, but don't try to say it's been chosen cause of an existing soccer convention to name teams that way. It will be misleading to anyone who follows soccer closely.

PS: About the misleading part. When I first read the title, I thought :"Shit, how can they have a soccer club that old in the States???"

maxdemo · Jan 25, 2006

Well spoken. I didnt take the article above as trying to copy Euro clubs names and the way they name their clubs.

Hey at least I know when Houston was Born...didnt remeber that fact from Grade School...

ensign_lee · Jan 26, 2006

I voted yes. And I'm from Houston. Wooh! Soccer!

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