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What's in a name?

As the possibility of a Vegas-based Major League Soccer team inches closer to reality, it's never too soon to pre-think the vital issue of what to call it. Let's not unthinkingly brand the squad after some cliche feature of Las Vegas or some derivative idea of what the city "means," however accurate those concepts might be. Some names to avoid:

 

Aces

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Gamblers

Snake Eyes

The Shuffle

The Craps

The Sheldon

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The Dry Heat

The Less Dry Than It Used to Be Heat

The Sunday

The Loosest Slots

The Girls Direct to You

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The Tense Standoffs

The Constables

Dotty’s

Bighorn: The Team

Disgraced Educators’ Inappropriate Touching Brigade

The Evil Clown Dentists

The Master-Planned Communities

The Fremont East Irregulars

The Mulroys

Life is Soccerful

The Gentrification

The Downtown Smell

 

Scott Dickensheets is a Las Vegas writer and editor whose trenchant observations about local culture have graced the pages of publications nationwide.
As a longtime journalist in Southern Nevada, native Las Vegan Andrew Kiraly has served as a reporter covering topics as diverse as health, sports, politics, the gaming industry and conservation. He joined Desert Companion in 2010, where he has helped steward the magazine to become a vibrant monthly publication that has won numerous honors for its journalism, photography and design, including several Maggie Awards.