So Long Ugly MLS Cup! Hello Tiff & Co.

[Redcoe15]

Anschutz may well have saved MLS, but he's still a douchebag to me. I will continue to call it the MLS Cup and hope to see Toronto FC hoist it in tthe not too distant future.

[nascarguy]

This is the current Supporters Shield by the way. And like the MLS Cup wasn't a cup, this is no shield.

now this is needs to get replaced next and renamed

[canadian_bhoy]

I don't have photo shop - so I made this with MS Paint.

One day ---- One day soon

[Keystone FC]

I'd still like to win this first:

[James17930]

Now it actually looks a trophy a player would want to raise over their heads, instead of a rip-off of the Superbowl trophy. Maybe that will give them more motivation to actually try and win the thing.

If you want to see a funny moment, watch Extra Time and look at the expression on Garber's face when Greg Lalas says 'and it's actually a cup -- finally!"

[Cashcleaner]

I'd still like to win this first:

It's my preference as well, Keystone.

I do like the new MLS Cup, though a lot of the metaphors in its design (stars, ribbons/stripes, etc.) are obvious and tacky. A casual fan looking at the new trophy wouldn't assume MLS is an international league or even attempting to branch out from just the US. I'm not saying we need to slap on some maple leafs or anything like that, just tone it down on the standard "yankified" design elements.

[James17930]

But even if you thought the old one was bad, check out the very first one:



Now that is just hideous.

[Oldtimer]

I'd still like to win this first:

It may have been relatively cheap to make, but there's a great tradition behind that cup. Too bad Montreal has won it every year of it's existence (that will change in 2009!!!!).

[Cashcleaner]

It may have been relatively cheap to make, but there's a great tradition behind that cup. Too bad Montreal has won it every year of it's existence (that will change in 2009!!!!).

Exactly! It's a Canadian creation that was paid for and presented by Canadian soccer fans. To me, that makes it far more valuable then any Lamar Hunt Trophy or MLS Cup.

And the fact that the Impact's name is written all over it just gives us more initiative to win it next year.

[canadian_bhoy]

Now it actually looks a trophy a player would want to raise over their heads, instead of a rip-off of the Superbowl trophy. Maybe that will give them more motivation to actually try and win the thing.

If you want to see a funny moment, watch Extra Time and look at the expression on Garber's face when Greg Lalas says 'and it's actually a cup -- finally!"

They actually did have it in a giant baby blue box! LOLOLOL!!!!

[Damien]

But even if you thought the old one was bad, check out the very first one:



Now that is just hideous.

Looks like a ball that washed up on the shores of Hamilton.

[flatpicker]

Garber says in the video that there is a map of "the United States" on the bottom with stars representing all the teams.

Well, it's actually a map of North America! Why must they keep forgetting about us up here???!!

[Redcoe15]

I'd still like to win this first:

Oh yah, that would be nice!

[twistedchinaman]

Rothenberg Trophy doesn't have such a great ring to it does it???

Maybe the Alan Cup? Whatever...

The Cup...

I sorta proposed we call it the Alan before, but since it's now switched to Anschultz, I guess we call 'er Phil.

But regardless -- we win it, or nothing matters.

[twistedchinaman]

Looks marginally better than the last two that's for sure...

[graeme117]

i like the new cup... but it really does look like old big ears, and in that sense its still kinda lame... kinda. That said i want it.

On a side i hope that since they've copied the trophy, maybe they'll get rid of those awful trophy presentations and copy the champions league.

[Draracle]

looks a little like this unknown

[graeme117]

looks a little like this unknown

just a little... i really do hope they copy the trophy presentation too

[flatpicker]

I could care less if it looks like such-and-such trophy...

The fact that it looks good is all that matters.

Face it, that UEFA Cup isn't the only fancy spittoon in the awards biz.

[Draracle]

I wish they would make the supporter's shield an actual sheild

[troy1982]

now this is needs to get replaced next and renamed

Well it's not owned by MLS.
The supports shield was bought, designed and owned by the various supports throughout the league in 1998
It belongs, collectively, to the various league supporter's groups, and is awarded by those groups to the team that won it.

[twistedchinaman]

Well it's not owned by MLS.
The supports shield was bought, designed and owned by the various supports throughout the league in 1998
It belongs, collectively, to the various league supporter's groups, and is awarded by those groups to the team that won it.

And I think it's time it needs a little sprucing up. It looks...ick.

[troy1982]

And I think it's time it needs a little sprucing up. It looks...ick.

My point is that it will have to be the supporters that do, not MLS since they don't own it.

[London]

honestly, does it matter what a cup looks like?????

[Cashcleaner]

It's our off-season. What would you rather we talk about?

[Draracle]

It's our off-season. What would you rather we talk about?

we are like kids dreaming about super cars. we have a lot of opinions on things we will never own.

[BigLou]

That's the US open Cup that you're thinking of. The MLS Cup doesn't have a name.

I thought the US open cup was named after Lamaar Hunt

[Oldtimer]

I thought the US open cup was named after Lamaar Hunt

I was already corrected on that...

[Redboy11]

I don't care if what you get for winning the final is a hunk of terd. I just want to win it.

[flatpicker]

^ I believe that would be a "turd"