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• The TFA blurb seems to be written in British English and needs to be adjusted to account for the way that American teams are pluralized: The New England Revolution are an American soccer club [...] The club have taken part. Sounder Bruce 09:05, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  Done. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 09:26, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  The blurb is based on the article text, which was written by an American... We now have a blurb and an article that don't match grammatically, which isn't ideal. - SchroCat (talk) 09:33, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  There's an FAQ to the Chicago Manual of Style (on which the Wikipedia MoS is generally based) which is a bit ambivalent: it suggests that most Americans would generally use the plural, even when the team name is singular, but then advises making an exception here. Similarly, this Cambridge blog is ambivalent about the issue but suggests that the singular can be used. Would be interested in more views from American editors but I'm tempted to revert to the singular for now. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 09:46, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  Yes, please revert the change to the blurb and article. Much as I'd prefer to use plural, as a Brit, this is clearly an American topic and We should retain the American style of the original. — Amakuru (talk) 10:01, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  I think the issue here is establishing which one is the AmerE style, but for now I've reverted, since (pace SounderBruce above) I can't see that good American style guides are clearly in favo(u)r of the plural when the team name isn't a plural noun. UndercoverClassicist ^T·C 10:12, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

  There is no doubt on American usage AFAIK, it should always be singular unless the team name itself is plural (e.g. The New England Patriots are...). Treating all teams as plural is a British thing, even Australian doesn't do that. (削除) Sounder Bruce was arguing above that this blurb is actually in British English, I'm not sure why they thought that, but it wouldn't make sense anyway, as the article has clear ties to the U.S. (削除ここまで) Thanks for the revert. Cheers — Amakuru (talk) 10:18, 6 January 2026 (UTC) [reply ]

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