The newest MLS franchise will use one of the oldest name templates in the books.
At Thursday’s official unveiling of San Diego as the league’s 30th team, club CEO Tom Penn said that it would either be named FC San Diego or San Diego FC.
“We want to be either be San Diego Football Club, so San Diego FC, or should we put the football first? Should it be Football Club of San Diego, like FC San Diego?” Penn told reporters.
“So we had to pick one to start, and we’ll see which way it goes. But that’s the fundamental question right out of the block: Should we put the football first or put San Diego first? We’re going to listen to everybody on that. And then we’ll come up with our crest and our colors. And I would say sometime summer or early fall, we’ll do another big announcement to show our real brand.”
For those wondering what the team name will be for San Diego’s new @MLS squad. CEO Tom Penn let us know early!
The team will either be “San Diego Football Club” or “Football Club of San Diego”@CBS8 | #MLSSanDiego #MLS pic.twitter.com/KpuDHUdVzP
— Jake Garegnani (@JakeGaregnani) May 18, 2023
The naming convention would put San Diego alongside eight current teams whose names are a variation of their city plus the “FC” abbrevation: Charlotte FC, FC Cincinnati, New York City FC, Toronto FC, Austin FC, FC Dallas, and Los Angeles FC.
In other words, when San Diego enters MLS in 2025, those teams will make up nearly one-third of the league.
The club could have really gone on a limb if it just tweaked one letter: Nashville SC is the only MLS team to use the aforementioned naming convention, but with a SC instead of an FC.
We’ll just give Cozmo the last word here.
"It's Called Soccer!"
LA Galaxy mascot Cozmo baits Jose Mourinho with some fun soccer banter #LAGalaxy #ThisIsLA https://t.co/ksJlW3EJC7 pic.twitter.com/WxcsJiXWFN— Guys In Shorts Pod (@GuysInShortsPod) July 18, 2017
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