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Dynamo: The long road home makes soccer stadium opening all the sweeter [Shelia Jackson-Lee photo]
Houston Chronicle ^
| May 7, 2012
| Jose de Jesus Ortiz
Posted on 05/07/2012 10:34:14 AM PDT by Cincinatus' Wife
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To: Buckeye McFrog
They are named “Dynamo” after the Houston Dynamos, who played in various leagues in the early 1970s.
The team’s original name was Houston 1836, which was changed after Mexicans protested the name, which was chosen by fans and related to the War of Texas Independence.
“Dynamo”, or “Dinamo”, is used by a number of sports clubs and teams across Eastern Europe.
But nice try.
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:32:19 AM PDT
by
Colonel_Flagg
(Obama vs. Romney: Zero x Zero = Zero.)
To: Charles Henrickson
She couldn’t loose her brain, that was gone long ago. I recently used her as an example of not so intelligent Harvard graduate to slow down a Harvard student who..........wait for it ..... was certain that Harvard students knew everything.
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posted on
05/07/2012 11:45:55 AM PDT
by
W. W. SMITH
(Maybe the horse will learn to sing)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
05/07/2012 12:35:48 PM PDT
by
tumblindice
(Our new, happy lives.)
To: Colonel_Flagg
I know Wikipedia can be unreliable, but here's what they have to say about it.
The choice of Houston 1836, however, soon became a political issue. While their stated intent was to link to the founding year of the city, it raised a furor among some locals of Hispanic descent, a major target audience, who related 1836 with the war for Texas independence. Due to protests from Hispanic fans, MLS opted to choose another nickname, "Dynamo". It refers to Houston's energy-based industrial economy, as well as a previous Houston soccer team, Houston Dynamos who played in the Lone Star Soccer Alliance and United Soccer League. The official reason for the name is that "Dynamo is a word to describe someone who never fatigues, never gives up. The name is symbolic of Houston as an energetic, hard-working, risk-taking kind of town." However, the name "Dynamo" also has precedent in the soccer world, specifically in the former Soviet Union and its allies (FC Dynamo Kyiv, FC Dynamo Minsk, Dinamo Bucureşti, FC Dynamo Moscow, Dinamo Zagreb, KS Dinamo Tirana and Dynamo Dresden among others) where the Dynamo Sports Club and its equivalents like the SV Dynamo were prominent Soviet institutions and notoriously held associations with the secret police forces, like the Soviet KGB and the East German Stasi.[2]
The original name choices in the fan contest were Apollos, Bulls, Eagles, Gatos, Lonestars, Stallions, Toros, Americans, Buffaloes, Generals, Houston 1836, Mustangs, and Stars. Strange they did not pick one of those.
To: tet68
***one of Yall get the twitch, she might bite.***
May have to scotch hobble her and throw her on her side! Meanwhile, I will fire up the coal forge so we can hot-shoe her!
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
05/07/2012 1:20:06 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: dead
LoL!!!!
To the Red planet Shiela!
She’s aiming for the U.S. flag.
To: Cincinatus' Wife
To hell with soccer: this is a football nation!
To: Charles Henrickson; Cincinatus' Wife; martin_fierro; Roscoe Karns; dead; reagan_fanatic; ...
El Franco Lee, Harris County Shouldn't this be in Western PA & supporting a football team?
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posted on
05/07/2012 4:44:17 PM PDT
by
mikrofon
(Welcome, Houston Rockettes!)
To: Cincinatus' Wife
I hope she doesn't accidentally hit Neil Armstrong!
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posted on
05/07/2012 5:46:43 PM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: Charles Henrickson; mikrofon
To: Cincinatus' Wife
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posted on
05/07/2012 7:37:47 PM PDT
by
reagan_fanatic
(2012 isn't an election - it's a restraining order.)
To: reagan_fanatic
LoL.
You have talent!
Love the shoes, and she already had most of the hat (cute flower).
LoL!!
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