San Diego's NASL team name is NOT an 'Anchorman' reference - unless it is

By Alex Reid
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Discovered by the Germans in 1904, they named it...

The new San Diego NASL team has released its name: 1904 FC.

This is apparently a tip of the cap to locals, though it feels like a bit of a reach and could definitely be seen as trying too hard.

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Alex Reid
Alex Reid

Alex Reid is a freelance journalist and the former digital features editor at FourFourTwo. He has also written for the Guardian, talkSPORT, Boxing News and Sport magazine. Like most Londoners, he is a lifelong supporter of Aberdeen FC. He is deceptively bad in the air for a big man. He has never been a cage fighter.