Why is MLS club FC Dallas called "Hoops" now?
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Hoops is a nickname that I believe evolved out of Celtic FC of Glasgow Scotland.  Celtic are nicknamed the Hoops because of the "hoop" or rings around the jersey. FC Dallas has a similiar looking jersey to Celtic other then the color.  ( FC Dallas has red and Celtic has green)  One might say the look like stripes but the stripe actually is a "hoop" around the jersey.  The Hoops is an unofficial team nickname much like people say the Bucs referring the Pittsburgh Pirates or the Birds when referencing the Baltimore Orioles or Toronto Blue Jays.
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that meka chick above me is an idiot\n\nstevie wonder could see u were being "funny" by saying he was their best player.\n\njust another dumb broad who is mad dallas got served on their own court\n\nGo Heat!
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Dai makes a good point on MLS players making the transfer to Europe.  The only American that I have seen make the transfer and you hear of when watching the nightly reports on Europes games is Brian McBride.  Though he has been with many clubs in Europe since 2000, he is still playing good.
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>>>Rob L is correct!!!\nSport Organisation for Collective Contributions and Equal Rights (SOCCER) is anacronym created in South Africa and it has NOTHING to do with the origin of soccer (the game).\nSee this pages:\n\nhttp://www.country-data.com/cgi-bin/query/r-12175.html\nhttp://electionresources.org/za/provinces.php?election=1994\n\n and search for the word "soccer".
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As it is confusing if there are people on the same team with two names or two different teams with same name players. They also do that to carry family pride.
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normally... if the city have two or more clubs, they should use name different name for their team. Sometime.. the team dont use their city name\n\nAnyway.. if you are talking about special characteristic of the team, ... some teams have their own special name. eg:\n1. Manchester United FC = The Red Devils\n2. Arsenal FC = The Gunners\n3. Liverpool FC = The Mighty Reds\n4. Chelsea FC = The Blues\n5. Southampton = The Saint\n6. ......
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man you guys are nuts ...guess you are use to lesser talent....Dallas is not concerned...ask me again when The Mavs are holding up the trophy hahahaha
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James Naismith was a soccer coach and he wanted to develop an indoor exercise that would keep his team in shape during the off season. So he nailed up wooden fruit baskets on the walls and had his team run around throwing the soccer balls into the fruit baskets. He eventually developed this into basketball as we know it today. If you get a chance, visit the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield Massachusetts.\n\nCenturies ago, the Aztecs of Mexico are supposed to have had a basketball-like game, where the two teams tried to kick or throw a heavy rubber ball through an elevated hole in the wall, but we don't consider this to be related to modern basketball.  The losing team was made into human sacrifices; that was their version of 'sudden death overtime'.
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It's because earlier goals were made of stretched out onion bags. Its as simple as that. The bags had a netting similar to that of a goal, so goals are called onion bags.
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why break the chain???\n\nDetroit been hosting the game since 1934\nand dallas since 1966
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its traditional name is football....the americans have renamed it as soccer for their own convenience.everywhere else in the world its football
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because football and basketball are most played in the united states and because the first soccer leage/team was aston villa witch is in the f.a. priamer league did you know aston villa was made by a shopkeeper
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Of course the other first division leagues are better.  Those teams have been around for a hundred years.  The MLS is only 10 years old.  Give it time before you start trying to compare it to the EPL.  It may not be as pretty as the games from other countries, but it is still soccer and still great to watch.  It is also helping move the game along and make the US a more competitive national team. No complaints about it here.
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He is a soccer player for the United States. He is a forward who plays for Los Angeles Galaxy. He used to play for San Jose Earthquakes and then Bayer Leverkusen of Germany.
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DAvid Beckham is currently playing for Real Madrid. in the spanish league namely laliga . laliga is the top league in spain .contarary to other post from my understanding of media coverage David Beckham is to return to the premier league in england this summer the team he will goto is disputed and will only be answered when he signs a contract. the teams linked with his move are Arsenal football club and chelsea football club . sorry just to add some people know our leuge in england as EPL. chelsea fc have the advantage of having more money to spend but arsenal fc have the advantage of having victoria beckham as a fan (wink). i do know that the beckhams cannot stay in spain too long as they have broken the law there by naming there child cruz who is a boy and cruz in spain is a girls name and you cannot have same sex names in spain . cruz translates to cross. ( i must have too much time on my hands :)  .
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nothing has been announced yet. in 2007 it will be i Las Vegas, this year will be in Houston. usually the NBA switches from east coast to west coast every year, but are gonna make an exception for next year because it is gonna be in Vegas for the first time.
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I watched them play Houston Dynamo last night and it appeared to me that their midfield and fullbacks were too physical and gave up too many fouls in their defensive third of the field. \nTheir attack depended too much on fast break straight up the middle if the defense is is able to break it down they can't be successful. They had no set play opportunities so they had to depend on being able to break down the defense....Sorry to say but, its going to be a long season in Salt Lake.