Talk:Rochester New York FC

Supporters

Supporters : Stampede has alliance with Polish club MKS Nielba Wagrowiec? Can anyone elaborate? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.238.85 (talk) 01:11, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

It's gone. It never really belonged here, anyway. --Elliskev 01:15, 11 January 2008 (UTC)

Looks like the 2008 season is going to happen after all!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.192.210 (talk) 22:10, 20 March 2008 (UTC)

As of the last rhinos game I saw, there is no more Rochester Stampede? A banner was hung but no people were standing or singing behind it all game? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.92.176.163 (talk) 07:42, 8 August 2010 (UTC)

Change Page Name

Please change page name to "Rochester Rhinos" This is the new name created by new owner Rob Clark. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Dismay007 (talk • contribs) 02:27, 21 March 2008 (UTC)

Attendance

I love this team, but no way 2007 average attendance was 11,200 something, I was at every match and I hate to say it but average attendance was about 1/3 to 1/2 the capactity... 4,000 to 7,000 tops. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.74.192.210 (talk) 00:03, 5 July 2008 (UTC)

Requested move 24 March 2023

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: not moved. No prejudice against another RM if they don't come back. (non-admin closure) {{ping|ClydeFranklin}} (t/c) 23:52, 31 March 2023 (UTC)

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Rochester New York FC → Rochester Rhinos – Now that the club is defunct, the article should be titled with the team's most recognizable name with respect to history. The club was officially known as the Rochester Rhinos from 2008–2021 and was often referred to as simply "the Rhinos" while named Rochester Raging Rhinos from 1996–2007. BLAIXX 16:35, 24 March 2023 (UTC)

References

• Note: This discussion has been included in WikiProject Football's list of association football-related page moves. GiantSnowman 13:46, 26 March 2023 (UTC)
• Oppose this proposal is the opposite of what we usually do, which is to leave the defunct club at their final name. GiantSnowman 13:48, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

  I didn't realize that was a convention but if it is, I this this article should be an exception. The club played 22 season as the Rhinos, won several league titles, won a national title (the U.S. Open Cup) and spent 4 years on hiatus where many articles reported on the future of the Rochester Rhinos. Then the club spent 18 months as RNYFC including a single season of play. Following the article titling policy, the "recognizability" critera points strongly in favour of the proposed title. BLAIXX 14:47, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

  I agree that in this case, the final name would be contrary to WP:RECOGNIZABLE. I don't think that there is a specific policy item addressing this, but I believe that when dealing with something that no longer exists, we should consider the entire existence when determining a common name. 162 etc. (talk) 17:10, 26 March 2023 (UTC)

  Might be worth giving it a little more time since they only went defunct a couple weeks ago. Why they ever changed the name is beyond me, but it might be a bit too soon to make the change back. Jay eyem (talk) 02:15, 27 March 2023 (UTC)

• Oppose for now. At this point, it's not clear that RNY FC is fully dead. The club has only firmly announced that they won't play in 2023 (see their statement). If the club is still lifeless in a few years' time, and reliable sources are preferring to call them the Rhinos instead of RNY FC, then it would probably make sense for us to follow suit. Worth noting that we did not rename Penn FC back to Harrisburg City Islanders, the name they used for the first 14 of their 15 total seasons (though maybe that's another discussion worth having). –IagoQnsi (talk) 02:00, 28 March 2023 (UTC)

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

UPSL team in 2023

Earlier this year, we know they "ceased operations and withdrew" from MLS Next Pro. However, it appears they still have a team in UPSL that started this year. What should we do with the article? RedPatch (talk) 22:00, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

I think we should be clear that the senior men's team is not playing this year. The UPSL press release says that it is a U23 team participating. BLAIXX 22:48, 30 April 2023 (UTC)

Looking further into this, looks like the RNYFC youth team is actually a different youth club that adopted the RNYFC name as a partner Link and appears to be separate (but an affiliate) and the U23 team is actually their team Link not the pro clubs. So maybe it's best to revert this back to the "was a team" format and could include a short blurb in the lead as well as a separate section showing that the youth team is a separate affiliate that uses the name and still operates. RedPatch (talk) 19:22, 2 May 2023 (UTC)

They also do not have any ties to the NPSL team that is listed on the page besides in name only. That is just a re-brand of Empire Academy, but is in no way anything to do with RNY FC besides the name. They are not still functioning as a team, they did not do anything with that team, it was just a rebrand of that academy to have names in line for 2022. SanDimas1988 (talk) 00:44, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Requested split

Rochester Rhinos and Rochester New York FC are two separate clubs. They were announced as a re-brand, however, there is no connection to the prior club besides the owners. They used jersey numbers that were retired by the prior team. They did not ever reference the prior club in any name or promotions. The prior club mascot was not used. They are two different teams. They should be split into two different pages. SanDimas1988 (talk) 00:44, 4 May 2023 (UTC)

Well this source says Vardy bought a share of the Rhinos, then this source and this source has them speficially stating they are re-branding the Rhinos to RNY. RedPatch (talk) 18:06, 15 May 2023 (UTC)

I agree but I don't blame anyone for thinking otherwise. The team went more than 4 years between matches and came back with new colors, a new name, different league, different stadium, etc. BLAIXX 23:34, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

I understand that it was announced as a rebrand. However, the issue is a few things…

Vardy never had anything to do with that club beyond the original announcement in name only as promotion for it and him. The owners, whom the fans hate, only did this to get news. This was a brand new league, so it was not the prior league they had the franchise rights to. No fans care about the rebranded team but they do still care about the history of the original.

While it was absolutely announced as a rebrand, other than the same owners owning a franchise in the same city there was in actuality never any actual connection to the original club. 67.247.182.88 (talk) 23:45, 22 May 2023 (UTC)

Restoring old badge

Can someone put the old Rhinos logo at least on the side of the "History" sections? It has been their logo for their entire existance, except for the last season and it's with that badge that they got famous. Wikidoge04 (talk) 19:26, 9 July 2024 (UTC)