I went to a sports club at college and the guy who does the one roof foundation donations was there and talked about the kraken and he said the reason we aren’t a fish team is because one of the owners said that opposing fans can cook fish outside the stadium as an insult. Little fun fact
The Breakers honestly could’ve been really cool, paying homage to the t-birds
Dodged some real bullets there and ended up with the best name in the league.
I was a huge fan of the Seattle Sockeyes.. really wish we picked that name
My dream name for the Kraken when the expansion was announced was the ‘Seattle Seawolves’ , the obvious reasons it wouldn’t have happened was because the Seattle MLR team took that name and Vancouver have an Orca in their logo. The kraken however was the best name of the ones shortlisted so I am happy.
I love the name we ended up with. Everything about the Kraken branding is so quintessentially Seattle in a way that if this were a fantasy novel, the writer would have absolutely achieved conveying everything we need to know about a culture through a small delegation. From the colors to the mascot to the rituals, all very Seattle
Someone did a mockup of the Seattle Grunge uni I loved. Wasn’t a perfect name, but the unis were awesome.
Metropolitans was the only name that it should have been. I know there’s a division named that. So what? Look up how many times division names have changed in the last 50 years. No big deal.
Sockeye would have suuuuccckkkkeeeeeddddddd
One of my sisters friends holds a somewhat important role at CPA. He has said they were dangerously close to being the sockeye.
Man we could’ve been ‘S’!
Kraken was the best choice.
Rain City Bitch Pigeons
Sockeye was my favorite (i love the subtle connotation with hockey fights and the nod to an iconic PNW fish) but there was a trademark dispute with an author who had already branded merch with the same name and didn’t want to part with the mark. I think the Kraken would have prevailed in the end, but the delay and cost of litigation was probably unappealing. In the end, I like what they’ve done with Kraken.
Totems was my choice. I can’t stand kraken. Feels like it was picked to appeal to the growing influx of transplant techies. Which i understand since that’s who they are trying to sell tickets to.
I kind of like Breakers. That would have been cool
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I went to a sports club at college and the guy who does the one roof foundation donations was there and talked about the kraken and he said the reason we aren’t a fish team is because one of the owners said that opposing fans can cook fish outside the stadium as an insult. Little fun fact
The Breakers honestly could’ve been really cool, paying homage to the t-birds
Dodged some real bullets there and ended up with the best name in the league.
I was a huge fan of the Seattle Sockeyes.. really wish we picked that name
My dream name for the Kraken when the expansion was announced was the ‘Seattle Seawolves’ , the obvious reasons it wouldn’t have happened was because the Seattle MLR team took that name and Vancouver have an Orca in their logo. The kraken however was the best name of the ones shortlisted so I am happy.
I love the name we ended up with. Everything about the Kraken branding is so quintessentially Seattle in a way that if this were a fantasy novel, the writer would have absolutely achieved conveying everything we need to know about a culture through a small delegation. From the colors to the mascot to the rituals, all very Seattle
Someone did a mockup of the Seattle Grunge uni I loved. Wasn’t a perfect name, but the unis were awesome.
Metropolitans was the only name that it should have been. I know there’s a division named that. So what? Look up how many times division names have changed in the last 50 years. No big deal.
Sockeye would have suuuuccckkkkeeeeeddddddd
One of my sisters friends holds a somewhat important role at CPA. He has said they were dangerously close to being the sockeye.
Man we could’ve been ‘S’!
Kraken was the best choice.
Rain City Bitch Pigeons
Sockeye was my favorite (i love the subtle connotation with hockey fights and the nod to an iconic PNW fish) but there was a trademark dispute with an author who had already branded merch with the same name and didn’t want to part with the mark. I think the Kraken would have prevailed in the end, but the delay and cost of litigation was probably unappealing. In the end, I like what they’ve done with Kraken.
Totems was my choice. I can’t stand kraken. Feels like it was picked to appeal to the growing influx of transplant techies. Which i understand since that’s who they are trying to sell tickets to.
I kind of like Breakers. That would have been cool