Union Busted

To no one's surprise, Chicago Union was eliminated today in the Chicago WPS Name the Team Sweepstakes. Union managed to break the 1,000 point barrier in the voting, but it came up well short of the fifth place Chicago Blues. The Blues will need a miracle week of its own to stay in the race in the advisory poll, which is helping Chicago WPS choose its team name.

The Wind gained ground on 1871 and put a little distance between itself and Chicago Riot in the race to be in the final group of three over the Sweepstakes' last three weeks (April 28th through May 16th). i'm a little sad, as Union was a very good name. Chicago Union's really the first of the nominated names i could've lived with that has been eliminated.

Thanks for voting. You're welcome to vote again as we head into the sixth of eight stages of balloting.

Here are the numbers for this week.

Cumulative voting through 4/7:

Red Stars………..2800…..25.0%
1871……………...2311…..20.6%
Wind…………….1912…..17.1%
Riot…………….1804…...16.1%
Blues……………1324…...11.8%
Union……………1056…….9.4%..Eliminated 4/7
Stinking Onions.611.......Eliminated 3/31
Massacre.......526.........Eliminated 3/24
Towers.........183.........Eliminated 3/17
Progress.......109.........Eliminated 3/10

Weekly vote: 3/31-4/7:

Red Stars………456…..31.3%
Wind…………….307….21.0%
Riot…………….239…..16.4%
Blues……………195….13.4%
1871…………….166…..11.4%
Union…………….96……6.6%.....Eliminated 4/7