If the league already has Loons and Lions, how 'bout the Loins?
In northern Minnesota, I have heard the call of the loon.
Or it could have resulted in “Kicky McFootyface.” Fandom is a crap shoot.
I could get behind that.
I live in the Seattle area so I’m obligated to be a Sounder fan, but I’d still root for the Riblets. I love that.
True, but it’s their contest, they could control the outcome.
Maybe the announcer said “Loui-ans” and it sounded like ‘loons’?
But that’s the nature of football (I refuse to call it soccer on religious grounds) team nicknames, they are often even derogatory (created by the team rivals, sometimes) and then taken and used by the fans as a way to deny the other teams the satisfaction of getting angry about them.
So, “The loons” is not so bad, though it still seems to be lacking a narrative to explain it, without it doesn’t look so organic.
My own team has 2 nicknames, one derogatory.
The non-derogatory is “The millionaires” assigned because it was one of the first teams to spend a lot of money purchasing players.
The derogatory one is “The chickens” (!) (see, “The loons” is not so bad 
), assigned (or so the legend tells) because they were winning a game 3 - 0 and ended up losing 4-3.
As you can see, the derogatory name has been embraced:
You can do something like that with “The loons”.
Our classic rival has “Xeneizes” which means “Genoese” in Genoese dialect (assigned because some (most?) of the team founders where from Genoa) and “Bosteros” (something like “Horse/Cow Shit Collector”)
I mean, there’s a city a few hours west with better BBQ and a better soccer team…
Maybe they could go with something that features their “pizza”.
The Provels?
Tread lightly, that kind of talk can get you punched in the nose in St. Louis.
The Toasted Ravilois.
ok, so ravioli is already a plural, but let’s not quibble.
I agree it’s a bit odd, but aren’t there multiple English clubs with the same nickname?
A quick Wikipedia check shows both Bolton and Wolverhampton going by “Wanderers”, although the latter also (or largely?) goes by “Wolves” as well.
For decades, after the merger of two rival leagues, there were two teams in the Canadian Football League (a league with only nine teams) which had nearly identical official nicknames: the Saskatchewan Roughriders and the Ottawa Rough Riders.
Ravioli Boyz was a “jokey” nickname when the team was first awarded. You can still find merchandise with that name on it.
Kinda like the NCSU Wolfpack and the University of Nevada-Reno Wolf Pack, to cite an NCAA example.
Of course, the number of college teams with the same mascots is legion.
Bolton are also known as ‘The Trotters’.
Never mind.
They aren’t booing, they’re saying Loooooou!
A genuine St. Louis thing that dates back 50 years, to Cardinal fans explaining to out-of-towners why the crowd seemed to be booin future Hall of Famer Lou Brock.
They could have been selected by John Oliver to be given a new name, but then they’d be the Moon Mammoths! 
Loon Mammoths
Moon Mammoths is a totally kick-ass name.