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15th MLS team will be named SEATTLE SOUNDERS FC

On Monday at noon Pacific Time, the fans’ choice for Seattle’s MLS team name was announced to the world via a live webcast with video presentation and press conference on MLSinSeattle.com  

The team owners were profiled (and they include among them Hollywood producer Joe Roth as majority owner, Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, and comedian Drew Carey),  and there was a review of the history of soccer in Seattle.  It was announced that almost 14,000 season tickets have already been reserved, with fans depositing money over a year in advance without knowing the team’s name.

After the video, news updates were given, and then the unveiling of the name took place.  The winning name was a write-in by fans rather than one of the three choices offered in last week’s five days of online voting.  Seattle fans obviously felt a great connection to the SOUNDERS name, and the USL team with that name won the Division 1 Championship in 2007.   Logos and designs for gear were also revealed, and the executives and investor group representatives then took questions from the media in attendance.

MLS Expansion and Development blog has several stories on this big news…

http://mlsdevelopment.typepad.com/mls_expansion_and_develop/2008/04/exapnsion-news.html

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