Ugh. Will Another MLS Team Succumb to Acute Poseritus?
BigSoccer is aflame with a previously password-protected website staging ground being released into the wild. The talking point? That yet another MLS team will change its name from a Not Very Bad American Sport Name to a Shameless Cry For Acceptance By The Kool Euro Kidz.
No confirmation of the truth of these rumors, but for the moment, one can see the damage at http://www.coloradoarsenal.com/. The first page has a nice animated logo saying Colorado Rapids, in the new team colors (shown to hardcore fans at a supporter's summit earlier this year), but click further into the site, and the logo changes to the one above. Please let this be a hoax.
UPDATE: well, that was quick. the site's been pulled once again. The news item declaring "Colorado Rapids Unveil New Team Identity" was future dated Feb. 23rd, 2007. Might have to wait until then for the bad news.
Interestingly, their new stadium is located on a former...yes...arsenal:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rocky_Mountain_Arsenal
And actually I think this would be a little better than the Real Salt Lake poserdom, in that there are a bunch of Arsenals in different countries, including two in the former Soviet Union: