Cashcleaner
05-23-2009, 04:10 PM
Goal.com's John Mantia recently spoke with Tom Veit, the President of MLS' newest franchise, Philadelphia Union.
With their logo, name and colors leaked on the internet days before the planned naming ceremony, even the worst kept secret of the Philadelphia Union failed to temper the DayGlo-clad Polish-American string band that blared near the City Hall's steps.
Tom Veit was no doubt relieved.
As president for MLS's newest franchise, Veit and his still-assembling front office spent months tweaking and redesigning the aforementioned logo, hoping to craft an identity that best reflected Philadelphia, both past and present.
Amid a slew of delays and false starts, Veit sighs in retrospect, "If you don’t have that live interaction, it’s tough to gauge how they are feeling and what their reactions are. That made it great, to feel that energy in the way we did at city hall. It was a great preview into what we’ll experience once the stadium is open."
Article continues here: http://goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2009/05/22/1280792/goalcom-special-philadelphia-union-president-tom-veit
With their logo, name and colors leaked on the internet days before the planned naming ceremony, even the worst kept secret of the Philadelphia Union failed to temper the DayGlo-clad Polish-American string band that blared near the City Hall's steps.
Tom Veit was no doubt relieved.
As president for MLS's newest franchise, Veit and his still-assembling front office spent months tweaking and redesigning the aforementioned logo, hoping to craft an identity that best reflected Philadelphia, both past and present.
Amid a slew of delays and false starts, Veit sighs in retrospect, "If you don’t have that live interaction, it’s tough to gauge how they are feeling and what their reactions are. That made it great, to feel that energy in the way we did at city hall. It was a great preview into what we’ll experience once the stadium is open."
Article continues here: http://goal.com/en-us/news/1110/major-league-soccer/2009/05/22/1280792/goalcom-special-philadelphia-union-president-tom-veit