Leave the Hoops Name to the Team that Started It

Read an article on Matchnight.com today that referred to the Dallas MLS team as "The Hoops." And this caused me great consternation. Okay, it pissed me off.

First, notice I refuse to call the Dallas team by their "team name" - see my post on the Englishization of U.S. Soccer for that.

Second, there is only ONE team that can rightly be called the Hoops - and that is Celtic. No other team, especially one that sold out their original name for a goofy-ass English-type name, should be able to use it. And most especially one that doesn't even HAVE complete hoops on their uniforms!

No, I'm not bitter.