Stars That Do Not Signify Particular Titles
American club Philadelphia Union has 13 stars that represent the 13 original colonies of the United States.
The badge of Peñarol of Uruguay has 11 stars for the 11 players, and a twelfth is to be added for the supporters, the "12th Man".
Manchester City's badge has three stars to give it a "more continental feel". The 3 stars do not represent titles or trophies. Sivasspor of Turkey also has three stars on their badge. They do not represent any championships either.
The badge of Panathinaikos Athens of Greece, has 3 stars, one gold representing the team's presence at the 1971 European Cup Final, and 2 white stars representing the team's participation at the 1985 European Cup semi-finals & the 1996 UEFA Champions League semi-finals respectively. Because none of these stars represent titles or trophies, opposition fans in Greece mock this.
The United States Soccer Federation has 3 stars inside its badge, which is worn by all U.S. national teams, including the senior men's and women's teams. These stars are taken to recall the flag of the United States, and are not intended to symbolize championship titles.
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Famous quotes containing the words stars, signify and/or titles:
“So that’s our new flag. The thing we’ve been fighting for—thirteen stripes for the colonies and thirteen stars in a circle for the union.”
—Lamar Trotti (1898–1952)
“I too but signify at the utmost a little wash’d-up drift,
A few sands and dead leaves to gather,
Gather, and merge myself as part of the sands and drift.”
—Walt Whitman (1819–1892)
“We have to be despised by somebody whom we regard as above us, or we are not happy; we have to have somebody to worship and envy, or we cannot be content. In America we manifest this in all the ancient and customary ways. In public we scoff at titles and hereditary privilege, but privately we hanker after them, and when we get a chance we buy them for cash and a daughter.”
—Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)