Nickname for USA Team (group, names)

[Lucario]

Lots of countries have nicknames for their teams. Some are pedestrian (Azzurri for Italy), some are inspired (Pharoahs for Egypt), and some countries don't have nicknames at all.

What should the USA team's nickname be?

[krudmonk]

"Nats" seems to work fine.

[RjRobb2]

I really dont think we need one. Nats is what I use. It isnt exactly creative but it works.

[Lucario]

Problem with that is the horrible baseball team in DC also uses that name. I don't want that kind of brand creep.

[krudmonk]

Originally Posted by Sunil's Dad

Problem with that is the horrible baseball team in DC also uses that name. I don't want that kind of brand creep.

You mean the team that's a couple years old and can't draw flies to a new stadium? I wouldn't worry about them.

[grmasterb]

Aren't they already referred to as the Yanks? "The Yanks Are Coming" is one of the songs, I believe.

[Lucario]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Aren't they already referred to as the Yanks? "The Yanks Are Coming" is one of the songs, I believe.

That's pretty good, but then again we have that baseball factor.

Sam's Army would be prototypically American, but the cheering section stole that.

[awecelot]

Originally Posted by grmasterb

Aren't they already referred to as the Yanks? "The Yanks Are Coming" is one of the songs, I believe.

Yanks isn't very representative of the country as a whole.

This is going to sound like a strange nickname suggestion to many of you, seeing as how American nicknames tend to be tangible things rather than ideas, but how about:

Glory

After all, our flag is known as "Old Glory."

[grmasterb]

Originally Posted by awecelot

Yanks isn't very representative of the country as a whole.

This is going to sound like a strange nickname suggestion to many of you, seeing as how American nicknames tend to be tangible things rather than ideas, but how about:

Glory

After all, our flag is known as "Old Glory."

Too corny for my tastes. I do think Yanks is representative of the country as a whole. Outside the U.S., we're all viewed as Yanks. It's only within the U.S. that those from a certain region south of the Mason-Dixon use the term in a derisive manner.

[SunGrins]

MUSTANGS -- If we are looking for something American, how about the noble mustang, America's wild horse. Mustangs are untamed and difficult to control but work and run together as a group under a recognized leader. The feral horses inhabit multiple areas of the US in both the western states and along the Atlantic barrier islands.