Milwaukee Pro Soccer Announces Fan Vote to Help Name the City’s Professional Soccer Club
MILWAUKEE – Milwaukee Pro Soccer today announced an official Name The Team campaign that will allow fans throughout the city of Milwaukee and beyond to help determine the name and brand colors through an interactive fan vote.
After Milwaukee Pro Soccer announced its affiliation with USL Championship, more than 4,000 team names were submitted by members of the community during the initial phase of the Name the Team process. From there, team officials selected 64 names to have the public vote on. Those 64 names will be voted on throughout the spring and summer, with two matchups being released to the public daily. Those matchups will be voted on via online voting and in-person summer activations throughout the city of Milwaukee.
“We were impressed with how the community turned out to participate in the online name submission process, and we’re eager to get this additional round of input and feedback from supporters from across the state and the region,” Conor Caloia, Big Top Entertainment owner said. “We expect a massive voter turnout for this campaign, and ultimately that input will help inform the team’s identity.”
Through the voting process, the 64 names will be voted down to ten names or less. Milwaukee Pro Soccer will then take those names and concepts and use them to determine the final name and branding for the new Club. “FC” or “SC” in the Club’s name will be determined at a later date by fans and club ownership.
“As an ownership group, we want this club to be an authentic reflection of our great city – past, present, and future,”Jim Kacmarcik, Chairman and CEO of Kacmarcik Enterprises, and owner of Milwaukee Pro Soccer said. “We also want it to represent a community that is diverse, optimistic, progressive, hardworking, creative, and inclusive.”
Milwaukee Pro Soccer’s Name the Team voting is now live, and those interested in participating should visit the Name the Team page on the website .
Milwaukee Pro Soccer is scheduled to start play in 2025 as part of the USL Championship, the second-highest tier of professional soccer in the United States. The club will play its home matches at Iron District Milwaukee, which will also serve as the home pitch for the Marquette University men’s and women’s soccer clubs and Marquette’s men’s and women’s lacrosse teams, in addition to a variety of youth and community programming.
The USL Championship is sanctioned by the U.S. Soccer Federation as the nation’s Division II professional league. The league boasts 27 clubs in major metropolitan markets including Miami, San Diego, Las Vegas, New York City, Los Angeles, Phoenix, Detroit, and Indianapolis. The Championship is the pinnacle of the USL’s comprehensive league ecosystem, which includes three professional leagues, two pre-professional leagues, a developmental academy system, and a nationally-competitive youth network. The organization consists of more than 200 teams, from youth to pro, across the United States.