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Cast your minds back to April 2016.

The world seemed a simpler place, when Leicester(!) weren't champions and your average new polar research ship was being called Boaty McBoatface.

OK, they ended up calling it something completely different - but it still managed to capture the public's imagination.

Now, almost a year on, history could be about to repeat itself courtesy of internet comedians over in the US of A.

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Football (sorry, we mean soccer) fans in San Diego have been tasked with naming the city's new potential MLS expansion team via a Facebook knockout poll.

And, quite brilliantly, Footy McFooty Face is almost leading the charge.

At the time of writing, the suggestion is just SIX votes away from taking top spot - just behind San Diego Surf (sweet dude!) and in front of San Diego FC (boring) and San Diego Bad Hombres (ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT).

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There is actually 50 names in the running which have been whittled down from over 1,000 suggestions - but these are definitely the best.

The proposed team is part of the £800m "Soccer City" plan to create a new sports complex - which includes a 30,000 seat stadium, housing, offices, hotels, shops and green spaces - which former USA international Landon Donovan is part of.

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Speaking about the naming process, Donovan said: "There's quite a few names. Mission is one, Athletic San Diego is one, San Diego Surf is a popular one.

"The fun part is that people actually get to be part of this from day one. [It's] not ownership up here making decisions, it's the people who get to decide this.

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"So we want to be inclusive and we want people to be a part of this."

And part of this they very much are. If you want to make Footy McFooty Face a reality, you can head over to Soccer City's Facebook page to cast your vote.

If this comes off, we think it'd be safe to say we'll all have a new favourite MLS team, eh?