Jacksonville on short list for NASL franchise

[JaxJag]

Thats the bottom of an anchor! Definitely sailor themed.

[blizz01]

Hope that doesn't set up for some bad headlines if/when they have a poor showing - "Dead Weight United".

[Charles Hunter]

The Seamen?

[bencrix]

I thought I heard that it would be "The Armada" ... hope this isn't an instance of me making something up, then forgetting it and thinking I heard it from someone else...

[Charles Hunter]

Listen to those voices in your head ... they can get you into interesting situations ... at least MY voices do!

[edjax]

The Destroyers?

[tufsu1]

folks who put down a deposit on NASL tickets were given an online survey...and a list of about 20 name options were presented

[pierre]

Name/logo being unveiled shortly.

[pierre]

Jacksonville Armada.

Cool logo

[rvrsdediva]

I love it, I'm so excited for Jacksonville to become a soccer town.

[Tacachale]

Pretty tight name and logo. A bit more from jacksonville.com:

http://jacksonville.com/news/metro/2014-02-18/story/jacksonville-soccer-team-be-called-jacksonville-armada-fc

[pierre]

I love it, I'm so excited for Jacksonville to become a soccer town.

I am also. I know we have had soccer teams in town before and none have lasted more than a handful of years. Maybe I am being naive but this feels different. The league commisioner is a local resident. I feel like the team has the backing of local investors interesting in making the team a success. They have front office people in place with MLS and international experience.

The name/logo look great. I am looking forward to eventually hearing what their long terms plans are for a soccer facility.

[I-10east]

I dig the name and logo.

[fsquid]

up the Armada!

[Flash60]

Battle stations ... ramming speed.  Here comes the Jax Armada.