Panthers official registers potential Charlotte MLS team names as announcement looms

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With an official Major League Soccer announcement expected soon, eight trademarks for potential Charlotte soccer team names have been filed with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office by a top Panthers official.

Billionaire Panthers owner David Tepper has been leading an aggressive drive to land an MLS soccer team in the city.

The names are: Charlotte FC, Charlotte Crown FC, Charlotte Fortune FC, Charlotte Monarchs FC, Charlotte Athletic FC, Charlotte Town FC, Carolina Gliders FC and All Carolina FC.

https://www.charlotteobserver.com/sports/article238269958.html

[chknwing]

Those are terrible names

[Car123]

Royal Charlotte FC

[BudFox]

Were these suggested by Clippy in his old version of Microsoft Word?  "I see you're trying to name an MLS team worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Might I suggest Charlotte Football Club?"

[joeyxfresco]

All Carolina FC is nice 

[LinvilleGorge]

With Tepper's whole "two states, one team" push with the Panthers I'm really surprised there's a bunch of Charlotte names on the list with only two Carolina names.

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4 minutes ago, LinvilleGorge said:

With Tepper's whole "two states, one team" push with the Panthers I'm really surprised there's a bunch of Charlotte names on the list with only two Carolina names.

I had the same reaction - but maybe it's different with soccer.  

[Go DJ that's my DJ]

Carolina gliders is cool. an ode to the first in flight.

[Mr. Scot]

Granted, I'm not a soccer guy so I don't really know all the conventions, but I can't really say I find any of those names exactly awe inspiring.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Carolina Reapers. We burn your ass.

[Move the Panthers to Raleigh]

Carolina Transplants FC

[Happy Panther]

36 minutes ago, Go DJ that's my DJ said:

Carolina gliders is cool. an ode to the first in flight.

When the bobcats were introduced one of the names on the final list was the flight. It was denied because it was to abstract. Gliders might have the same issue.

What is the logo?

[Happy Panther]

Monarchs is OK. Charlotte Town is OK. Not excited about any of them.

I'm hoping Tepper had a beer with his college buddies to come up with this list. As opposed to paying McKinsey $100k. Which would be his prerogative.

[SmokinwithWilly]

Just from a marketing standpoint, Carolina Reapers would be so easy. Without much effort 

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