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This team adopted their name from other top-flight clubs that played near this body of water in Seattle
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Seattle Sounders
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This team's president dropped its French title for this English word because he wanted the team to affect this Canadian city and the local soccer community
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Montreal Impact
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After relocating from San Jose, this team's president believed this new name matched the its city's residents as "energetic, hard-working, risk-taking."
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Houston Dynamo FC
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This team's name serves as a homage to the region's significant involvement during the American War for Independence
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New England Revolution
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This 2009 expansion team is this Pacific Northwest city's fourth team to by this name that is a reference to the this city's history in the logging industry
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Portland Timbers
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This 2017 expansion team's name was chosen based on a survey of the team's supporters
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Atlanta United FC
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This team's name was derived by this city being known as "Home to the Stars"
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Los Angeles Galaxy
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This team's name serves as a homage to its city history of manufacturing
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Columbus Crew SC
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This team's name is a reference to the 13 colonies coming together and this city serving as first capital of the United States
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Philadelphia Union
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This team is named in memory of this urban conflagration that destroyed nearly 3.5 square miles of this city and killing roughly 300 residents
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Chicago Fire FC
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Initially called the Burn as a reference to the state's vast oil fields and hot temperature, in 2005, this club changed it's name to "FC" to coincide playing games at a new soccer-specific stadium
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FC Dallas
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This club was initially know as the Wizards, but changed its name in 2010 to keep with trend of using European titles, though this club's use of the title came with some controversy
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Sporting Kansas City
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In 2006, this original team was named after its new owners, an energy drink company
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New York Red Bulls
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This team revived the name of a former NASL team that played in the San Francisco Bay Area and acknowledged its stadium sits on a fault line
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San Jose Earthquakes
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Joining the MLS in 2015, this Central Florida team found inspiration from a club in Stoke-on-Trent in the United Kingdom
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Orlando City SC
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This original team's name found inspiration from English clubs and serves the setting of this country's federal district
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DC United
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The owner of this 2014 expansion team wanted his team's name to be "timeless"
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Los Angeles Football Club
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This South Florida club's name is a Spanish homage to the city's ethnically diverse population
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Inter Miami CF
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To the dismay of locals, this Carolina club relied on the European tradition as recognition that soccer is a global game
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Charlotte FC
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This team's name is a reference to the snow-packed North Shore Mountains in this Pacific Northwest city
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Vancouver Whitecaps FC
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In 2004, this owner gave his team a royal title in hopes to form a partnership with a top La Liga team from Madrid
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Real Salt Lake
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The ownership group of this Ohio-based expansion team settled on a name that would take hold regionally and globally
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FC Cincinnati
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This original team's name is a reference to the vast waterways found throughout the Rocky Mountains and river basin
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Colorado Rapids
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The ownership group of this 2007 Canadian expansion team chose this name due to overwhelming fan support for the European conventional initialism
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Toronto FC
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This team's name is inspired by its goal to bring these twin cities together
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Minnesota United FC
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This capital club got its name as ownership determined that initials pay respect to the sport that is enjoyed across the globe
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Austin FC
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This club was named by its ownership group as a homage their English Premier League team in Manchester
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New York City FC
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This 2017 expansion team got its name from fan survey that supported keeping the European conventional name
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Nashville SC
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