Rochester Raging Rhinos

A concept for my favorite team growing up, the Raging Rhinos. Back in the late 90's, they were THE team in Rochester. They dominated their league and in '99 became the first and still only non-major team to win the US Open Cup, a tournament including all professional soccer teams in America (represented by a star above the crest here).

Sadly the team has gone through lots of ownership and financial issues, as well as a typically-American crisis of identity. They dropped the "Raging" from the name in 2008, then completely rebranded in 2017 as Rochester NYFC under a new ownership group led by Premier League player Jamie Vardy, effectively killing the Rhinos for good.

But I love the cheesy alliterative name, and took inspiration from their classic ball-in-horn logo for my own version.