Islander Ben Pecora sent in an announcement that Kitsap’s new pro
soccer team is now selling season tickets.
Pecora has been involved for years in the Bainbridge Island Youth Soccer Club and is now serving as executive director of the Kitsap Pumas, which used to be the Seattle Sounders until Drew Carey named his team Seattle Sounders FC and hired Sweden’s David Beckham and sent the old Sounders off to Bremerton where they became the Kitsap Pumas.
The Kitsap Pumas?
If you’re going to name a team after this particular cat, the sky’s the limit on name variations. Why settle for pumas? According to the BBC (a national news service for a nation without pumas), the puma holds the mammalian world record for most names.
There’s 40 names in all, maybe more.
So, Mr. Pecora, here’s my shortlist of possible team names in case Drew Carey decides he fancies pumas more than sounders:
The Kitsap…..
Mexican Lions
Mountain Lions
Cougars
Deer Tigers
Florida Panthers
Painters
Catamounts
Panthers
Silver Lions
Devil Cats
Indian Devils
Indian Ghosts
Mountain Screamers
King Cats
Mountain Devils
Red Tigers
Deercats
Fire Cats
Catawampus
Plain Lions
Grey Lions
Caracajous
Klandagis
Quinquajous
Long Tails
Swamp Lions
…and my favorite, the Kitsap Sneak Cats.
As for Pecora’s announcement about season tickets, check out the Kitsap Puma’s website.
