That is the name that Houston has chosen for their new MLS team. They are the Houston 1836.

I don’t fucking get it, but… you know, in a way, it’s brilliant. It got some attention. What else is going to get people talking about an MLS team in January… or any other time of the year, for that matter? It is, if nothing else, original. If a team is going to name themselves after a year, it’s usually the last two digits, with “ers” at the end. Not these guys. Sometimes, you have to admire someone to say, “Hey, this makes no sense, but fuck it.”

Attention really had to be the name of the game. And unless you want to call your team the Houston OJ’s, or the Houston Thundercocks, or the Houston Paul Wall’s Teeth, then this is probably a nice way to go.