Arsenal through and through since I started watching the premier league in 07/08. Too late to see the invincibles or even see Henry in an Arsenal shirt. Many ups, but mostly downs. Victims of our...
Arsenal through and through since I started watching the premier league in 07/08. Too late to see the invincibles or even see Henry in an Arsenal shirt. Many ups, but mostly downs. Victims of our own expections and being a big club without the resources to wield in order to back that up. Having to watch top player after top player leave to seek greener pastures and trophies... RVP, Cesc, heck even Adebayor sprinting and knee-sliding across the pitch in sky blue haunts my nightmares.
It's been really cathartic to see the team gel and evolve under Mikel Arteta. I truly can't wait for each match day, and seeing the fans, players, and staff really buy into the project is awesome to see. Long may it continue. COYG!
hello my fellow gooner! We have paid our dues this last decade or so. Finally ready for a couple years where I don’t spend every weekend disappointed or mad. Exciting times!
hello my fellow gooner! We have paid our dues this last decade or so. Finally ready for a couple years where I don’t spend every weekend disappointed or mad. Exciting times!
So, ~fans.gunners soon? Alexis got me on the bandwagon when he signed (not a lot of Midwestern Chilean-ness to work with here), but the Chicago Gooners gang at The Globe has made me a lifer.
Alexis got me on the bandwagon when he signed (not a lot of Midwestern Chilean-ness to work with here), but the Chicago Gooners gang at The Globe has made me a lifer.
I started supporting them towards the beginning of last season when a friend of mine invited me to watch them play and I saw just how beautiful their football was. I've since completely caught up...
I started supporting them towards the beginning of last season when a friend of mine invited me to watch them play and I saw just how beautiful their football was. I've since completely caught up on the history as much as I can, and I'm just enamored with all aspects of the club.
Arteta is a genius in my eyes, and I'm so excited for the future of this club.
Sporting Kansas City. Yes, I realize that the US league is where retiring European footballers come to play some easy games before hanging up the cleats, so have pity on us. :) The games are still...
Sporting Kansas City. Yes, I realize that the US league is where retiring European footballers come to play some easy games before hanging up the cleats, so have pity on us. :) The games are still fun to watch though.
Yeah, although I'm not a fan of Messi as a human being, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see him play live, even if that means destroying the SKC defense!
Yeah, although I'm not a fan of Messi as a human being, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see him play live, even if that means destroying the SKC defense!
Aston Villa here. Been a long few years since we've seen real consistent performance in the Premier League but hopefully Emery can keep us well inside the top 10 this season.
Aston Villa here. Been a long few years since we've seen real consistent performance in the Premier League but hopefully Emery can keep us well inside the top 10 this season.
Manchester United here, really stuck in a triumvirate of evil ownership choices. Keeping the glazers, becoming an oil state club with all that entails or some kind of ad hoc ownership model where...
Manchester United here, really stuck in a triumvirate of evil ownership choices. Keeping the glazers, becoming an oil state club with all that entails or some kind of ad hoc ownership model where glazers remain like a bad smell and investment companies hold the reigns for the rest.
United here too since 1990-1991ish. The Glazers and modern football i general have put me off it though more and more. If the club is sold to Quatar, Saudis or the like I’m done. Fuck that. I...
United here too since 1990-1991ish. The Glazers and modern football i general have put me off it though more and more. If the club is sold to Quatar, Saudis or the like I’m done. Fuck that. I didn’t watch a single second of the World Cup and I’m not supporting that shit in United either. Luckily I still have my local team since I was very young and although they went down this season they of course still gets my support.
Same here. I've been a fan since 2000ish. I'd be heartbroken since it's been a huge part of my life but I would not support a Qatar owned club. I've now lived in the city I'm in for 5-6 years now...
Same here. I've been a fan since 2000ish. I'd be heartbroken since it's been a huge part of my life but I would not support a Qatar owned club. I've now lived in the city I'm in for 5-6 years now and have gone to a few matches of my local club so I'm gonna support them instead. And maybe get into rugby a bit more.
Im Man Utd too. Its really depressing that the Qatari's seem like the best option for the viability for the club. What the Glazers did to the club should be criminal, absolute parasites.
Im Man Utd too. Its really depressing that the Qatari's seem like the best option for the viability for the club. What the Glazers did to the club should be criminal, absolute parasites.
Liverpool! Started supporting us in 07. Did the sight of Fernando Torres looking like the coolest man to a 10 year old kid play a part? Yes. I still even have blonde highlights! Was I also the...
Liverpool!
Started supporting us in 07. Did the sight of Fernando Torres looking like the coolest man to a 10 year old kid play a part? Yes. I still even have blonde highlights! Was I also the saddest 14 year old when he left? Yes.
Love the club to bits and the people and city of Liverpool. Not to delve too heavily into it, but it makes me even prouder to support a club that holds my political views and stances. The people of Liverpool are good folk.
I also started following Liverpool after we bought Fernando Torres. It's been a wild ride and Klopp is the best thing to have happened to the club in a long time. A little disappointed to have not...
I also started following Liverpool after we bought Fernando Torres. It's been a wild ride and Klopp is the best thing to have happened to the club in a long time. A little disappointed to have not won more in the past 5 years but it is what it is. The future is looking bright with the team finally getting a much needed refresh in the midfield and Trent's new role as a inverted wingback.
we (spurs ) nearly played your lot in the cup this year, but we managed to lose to sheffield utd. that would have been a story to add to the fairytale!
we (spurs ) nearly played your lot in the cup this year, but we managed to lose to sheffield utd. that would have been a story to add to the fairytale!
Also a lifelong Spurs supporter here. I'm cautiously optimistic about next season. I think the start of the season will likely start out rough, but by Christmas I think we'll be flying.
Also a lifelong Spurs supporter here. I'm cautiously optimistic about next season. I think the start of the season will likely start out rough, but by Christmas I think we'll be flying.
So I started supporting the team when King Kenny was player-manager and that team was a dominating unbeatable machine for its era. But they had just come off the back of the Heysel stadium...
So I started supporting the team when King Kenny was player-manager and that team was a dominating unbeatable machine for its era.
But they had just come off the back of the Heysel stadium disaster and then a few years later Hillsborough and it pretty much gutted the team and caused Dalglish to resign as the fallout of Hillsborough (in particular) was more than he could handle.
The teams after that were pretty rubbish to be honest... the odd glimmer when each manager (except Hodgson) took over and brought something new but it never sustained. Hodgson just never played the Liverpool way and Souness (who came after Dalglish) just recruited players who played how he knew to play - bruisers and scrappers but little technical ability apart from the players who came through academy.
Klopp's teams are just remarkable and if it wasn't for the fantasy football buying power or Man City I would say they would probably be the modern equivalent of that 1980's team and would have won most of the league titles in the last 5-6 years.
They are probably actually technically and from a fitness perspective much much better than the 1980s team but that's more to do with modern developments - players are faster, stronger and fitter, more tactically aware and the tactics deployed by teams is way ahead of football 40 years ago, but if one could somehow allow for that when making the comparison I would say they are of a similar quality.
Just my opinion, other long term fans may disagree and fans who have been around long enough to see what Shanks and Paisley did before Dalglish was manager may have even more to say about it.
I've been a Chelsea fan ever since I saw their unlikely victory against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League Final. We've had our ups and downs, with an exceptionally poor last season, but...
I've been a Chelsea fan ever since I saw their unlikely victory against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League Final. We've had our ups and downs, with an exceptionally poor last season, but it's always been fun to support the Blues. Since the past year or so, however, my love for club football has gone down a bit, with all the insane amount of money being spent, owners trying to sport wash their image and the general corruption involved in the game. I hope some changes are brought to the way football clubs are owned, for example the 50+1 rule followed in Germany. Till then, however, I will probably watch the occasional Chelsea game and hope to be entertained.
Real Madrid here, ever since I was a little kid. The only club that can bend reality again and again to the point where, if it were made a TV show, you'd turn Netflix off because you'd find it too...
Real Madrid here, ever since I was a little kid. The only club that can bend reality again and again to the point where, if it were made a TV show, you'd turn Netflix off because you'd find it too unrealistic to be believable.
And all of this while the club is publicly owned by its own fans. No private investors, no external cash injections, nothing. 100% self-sustained through the revenue the club itself generates.
This is one of mine. I played me entire child good at a very competitive level. Several people I played against ended up playing on the national team or going pro. I saw Real when they did a tour...
This is one of mine. I played me entire child good at a very competitive level. Several people I played against ended up playing on the national team or going pro.
I saw Real when they did a tour in the US with Zidane, Beckham, Roberto Carlos etc.
Suwon FC. It's been a great story. Small tema owned by the city, making it to the first division of Korean football, now a generally midtable team beating out the other suwon team owned by...
Suwon FC. It's been a great story. Small tema owned by the city, making it to the first division of Korean football, now a generally midtable team beating out the other suwon team owned by Samsung. I lived in Suwon for quite a few years.
Chattanooga Football Club - my local team playing in the 3rd tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Celebrating their 15th year as a club. They started out as a humble amateur club fielding college...
Chattanooga Football Club - my local team playing in the 3rd tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Celebrating their 15th year as a club. They started out as a humble amateur club fielding college players looking to stay fit during their summer break, and a couple of years ago moved up to the professional ranks.
Truly a grassroots club built from the ground up and supporting the community and city.
Not really into club football. Where I grew up, it is a very loaded question to ask. Basically the person is asking "are you Catholic or Protestant?". I usually dodge this question by just saying...
Not really into club football. Where I grew up, it is a very loaded question to ask. Basically the person is asking "are you Catholic or Protestant?".
I usually dodge this question by just saying I support Scotland.
Glasgow? Oops, talk about going off half-cocked. Was going to say - Rangers v Celtic has been a real divide for 100 years or more. Catholic vs Protestant being one of the clear defining...
Glasgow?
Oops, talk about going off half-cocked. Was going to say - Rangers v Celtic has been a real divide for 100 years or more. Catholic vs Protestant being one of the clear defining differences… shame humans are so tribal.
I support the Colorado Rapids and Arsenal. The Rapids came first; I lived in Colorado and started to get into soccer in the early 2000s. It can be a tough slog as a Rapids fan but we’ll always...
I support the Colorado Rapids and Arsenal. The Rapids came first; I lived in Colorado and started to get into soccer in the early 2000s. It can be a tough slog as a Rapids fan but we’ll always have 2010. Thanks, Kandji.
I became an Arsenal fan in 2008, partly because of their connections to the Rapids when Kroenke started to buy shares in Arsenal. As I recall, for a little while the Rapids used to fire off a cannon at Dick’s. I also loved Arsene Wenger’s philosophy and the way Arsenal played. Why I thought it was a good idea to support another Kroenke-owned team when he already owned almost every other team I support (Rapids, Nuggets, Avs), I don’t know. I live in the US so have spent way more time at pubs drinking on Saturday and Sunday mornings than I care to admit and I’ve made it to quite a few matches at the Emirates (I was there for that Wilshere goal against Norwich) and a few away matches.
Love the Arsenal women’s team too and I get to Meadow Park when I’m in London for a match. Can’t wait for the upcoming season with Viv, Beth, Leah, etc back and the addition of Russo and Lacasse. I’ve never really gotten into an NWSL team since there wasn’t one in Denver but I’ve lived in Houston for a bit and dabble with the Dash.
Really excited for Arsenal’s future and the cohesion that’s been built across the club and fan base in recent years. Wish I could say the same for the Rapids.
RCTID! I love my Timbers, but I just wish our shit stain of an owner was out of the picture. It's been hard to support the organization when the FO has repeatedly shown itself to harbor terrible...
RCTID!
I love my Timbers, but I just wish our shit stain of an owner was out of the picture. It's been hard to support the organization when the FO has repeatedly shown itself to harbor terrible individuals.
The good old Central Coast Mariners, from Australia's A-League. The poorest, smallest market team in a poor, small market league. We won the wooden spoon five times, four of them in a row. But...
The good old Central Coast Mariners, from Australia's A-League. The poorest, smallest market team in a poor, small market league. We won the wooden spoon five times, four of them in a row. But this year, we beat Melbourne City and their oil sheikh (yes, it's that City group) sportwashing money 6-1 in the big dance to lift the trophy. It's sort of David and Goliath stuff, if David had to actually rise from the dead first.
I'm an Atletico Madrid supporter, and have been since 2014. A friend introduced me to them, so I started supporting them. At the time, it felt like supporting the underdogs, so I was swept away by...
I'm an Atletico Madrid supporter, and have been since 2014. A friend introduced me to them, so I started supporting them. At the time, it felt like supporting the underdogs, so I was swept away by that charm. To be honest, I really enjoyed how they completely shut down teams (at least, back in the days with Godin and Miranda around), and watching the opponent start tilting is really entertaining.
Depends on the region. By decent I'm a Birmingham Blues fan, though a pretty passive one. Football might as well be religion for my dad and I'm a little bit of a heretic. I grew up going to games...
Depends on the region.
By decent I'm a Birmingham Blues fan, though a pretty passive one. Football might as well be religion for my dad and I'm a little bit of a heretic. I grew up going to games anytime we visited family in England and was decked out in Blues gear from before I could walk.
Growing up I was a big fan of the Clash (now and before the Earthquakes). I wore my clash shirt to every class photo from age 6-10. I used to love going to the games, particularly if we were near Crazy George!
During university I study abroad in Spain and took on the team of a friend of mine, Athletico. I like an underdog and Athletico felt much more like the working man's team.
A.S. Roma! Even if lately I've not been following the matches as I did in my youth, la Roma è sempre nel cuore!(Roma is always in my heart) Grampa used to live above Campo Testaccio, Roma's...
A.S. Roma! Even if lately I've not been following the matches as I did in my youth, la Roma è sempre nel cuore!(Roma is always in my heart)
Grampa used to live above Campo Testaccio, Roma's historic footbal field, so it's basically a family tradition.
Being a fan is a life of suffering, but it makes the (few :P) victories all the sweeter!
Everton since 2010 when Landon Donovan and Tim Howard were both playing for them, coinciding with the world cup. What an emotional roller coaster this last season has been! Wrexham AFC since late...
Everton since 2010 when Landon Donovan and Tim Howard were both playing for them, coinciding with the world cup. What an emotional roller coaster this last season has been!
Wrexham AFC since late 2020, when I caught wind that Rob and Ryan were acquiring the team. As a huge fan of everything Rob Mcelhinney, I'm invested in this team.
USMNT for life, starting with the exhilarating WC run in 2010, followed by another strong showing in 2014, and massive disappointment in 2018. I'm happy with our progress since then and am very optimistic for the depth we seem to have after the CONCACAF Nations League. Even though we lost tonight in the Gold Cup, there were still some highlights from our "B"/"C" team. I'm most excited about:
Gio Reyna: He's our ace in the hole, if him and Berhalter can figure things out.
Balogun: Man, he's just slick with the ball. He's a very polished striker, which we were missing in the 2022 WC.
Weston McKennie: I love his confident/borderline-cocky personality and ability to control the game. When he's on the pitch, he elevates the rest of the team.
Tyler Adams: Just sheer intensity and intelligence.
Puli: I'm glad to see he's going to AC Milan and hopeful that they won't squander him like Chelsea did. The dude has a ton of talent when he's confident.
And controversially, I think Jesus Ferreira is earning his spot as #2 behind Balogun. He's just worked so hard during the Gold Cup, has had some amazing strikes, and has also set up some great runs and through passes. I like Pepi too. It's a good problem to have, having to choose between great strikers...
Basically, back in 2005 São Paulo was doing really well in Soccer, we won the Libertadores in CONMEBOL, the Club world Cup world-wide and the Brasileirão, so when I was born nearing the end of the...
Basically, back in 2005 São Paulo was doing really well in Soccer, we won the Libertadores in CONMEBOL, the Club world Cup world-wide and the Brasileirão, so when I was born nearing the end of the year my parents decided I would follow my father and much of his family in supporting SPFC instead of Palmeiras FC.
I've been following Inter Miami for better or worse (but mostly worse) since Becks redeemed his franchise coupon here. While I don't think Messi will be enough to climb the table and make the...
I've been following Inter Miami for better or worse (but mostly worse) since Becks redeemed his franchise coupon here. While I don't think Messi will be enough to climb the table and make the playoffs, maybe some magic is still to be had in the Open Cup and Leagues Cup. I think 2024 will be promising with another transfer window and a more coherent roster to maximize his playmaking.
In any case, his signing is a massive W for MLS and soccer in North America as a whole. Hopefully we'll reach a point where the league doesn't need such signings to generate interest. I'm looking forward to the sport growing leading up to the 2026 WC and having Messi playing here for the next 2.5 years should be a nice lead-in.
Arsenal through and through since I started watching the premier league in 07/08. Too late to see the invincibles or even see Henry in an Arsenal shirt. Many ups, but mostly downs. Victims of our own expections and being a big club without the resources to wield in order to back that up. Having to watch top player after top player leave to seek greener pastures and trophies... RVP, Cesc, heck even Adebayor sprinting and knee-sliding across the pitch in sky blue haunts my nightmares.
It's been really cathartic to see the team gel and evolve under Mikel Arteta. I truly can't wait for each match day, and seeing the fans, players, and staff really buy into the project is awesome to see. Long may it continue. COYG!
The thing about Arsenal is they always try and walk it in.
I’ll still hold (as a rival fan) that goal against Norwich is the most beautiful team goals in the premier league
hello my fellow gooner! We have paid our dues this last decade or so. Finally ready for a couple years where I don’t spend every weekend disappointed or mad. Exciting times!
So, ~fans.gunners soon?
Alexis got me on the bandwagon when he signed (not a lot of Midwestern Chilean-ness to work with here), but the Chicago Gooners gang at The Globe has made me a lifer.
I started supporting them towards the beginning of last season when a friend of mine invited me to watch them play and I saw just how beautiful their football was. I've since completely caught up on the history as much as I can, and I'm just enamored with all aspects of the club.
Arteta is a genius in my eyes, and I'm so excited for the future of this club.
Sporting Kansas City. Yes, I realize that the US league is where retiring European footballers come to play some easy games before hanging up the cleats, so have pity on us. :) The games are still fun to watch though.
Great to have US fans supporting local clubs here!
How do you feel about Messi coming to Miami? Personally I’m very excited (Seattle Sounders fan).
Yeah, although I'm not a fan of Messi as a human being, I'd be lying if I said I didn't want to see him play live, even if that means destroying the SKC defense!
Aston Villa here. Been a long few years since we've seen real consistent performance in the Premier League but hopefully Emery can keep us well inside the top 10 this season.
Good luck with the coming season mate, let the good times continue to come
Manchester United here, really stuck in a triumvirate of evil ownership choices. Keeping the glazers, becoming an oil state club with all that entails or some kind of ad hoc ownership model where glazers remain like a bad smell and investment companies hold the reigns for the rest.
United here too since 1990-1991ish. The Glazers and modern football i general have put me off it though more and more. If the club is sold to Quatar, Saudis or the like I’m done. Fuck that. I didn’t watch a single second of the World Cup and I’m not supporting that shit in United either. Luckily I still have my local team since I was very young and although they went down this season they of course still gets my support.
Same here. I've been a fan since 2000ish. I'd be heartbroken since it's been a huge part of my life but I would not support a Qatar owned club. I've now lived in the city I'm in for 5-6 years now and have gone to a few matches of my local club so I'm gonna support them instead. And maybe get into rugby a bit more.
Im Man Utd too. Its really depressing that the Qatari's seem like the best option for the viability for the club. What the Glazers did to the club should be criminal, absolute parasites.
Liverpool!
Started supporting us in 07. Did the sight of Fernando Torres looking like the coolest man to a 10 year old kid play a part? Yes. I still even have blonde highlights! Was I also the saddest 14 year old when he left? Yes.
Love the club to bits and the people and city of Liverpool. Not to delve too heavily into it, but it makes me even prouder to support a club that holds my political views and stances. The people of Liverpool are good folk.
I also started following Liverpool after we bought Fernando Torres. It's been a wild ride and Klopp is the best thing to have happened to the club in a long time. A little disappointed to have not won more in the past 5 years but it is what it is. The future is looking bright with the team finally getting a much needed refresh in the midfield and Trent's new role as a inverted wingback.
Wrexham AFC
And I am hoping the promotion to the EFL is going to be a change of fortune for us all
we (spurs ) nearly played your lot in the cup this year, but we managed to lose to sheffield utd. that would have been a story to add to the fairytale!
Up the town!
lifelong Spurs here
I only feel like reading the news,
when tottenham win,
and arsenal lose
so never?
thats the joke, yes
Also a lifelong Spurs supporter here. I'm cautiously optimistic about next season. I think the start of the season will likely start out rough, but by Christmas I think we'll be flying.
Arsenal! Got a trip to the UK planned this winter and going to see us play West Ham. Very excited.
Liverpool for 40 years now
How does Klopp’s 17/18/19 era hold up against those other teams of the past 40 years?
So I started supporting the team when King Kenny was player-manager and that team was a dominating unbeatable machine for its era.
But they had just come off the back of the Heysel stadium disaster and then a few years later Hillsborough and it pretty much gutted the team and caused Dalglish to resign as the fallout of Hillsborough (in particular) was more than he could handle.
The teams after that were pretty rubbish to be honest... the odd glimmer when each manager (except Hodgson) took over and brought something new but it never sustained. Hodgson just never played the Liverpool way and Souness (who came after Dalglish) just recruited players who played how he knew to play - bruisers and scrappers but little technical ability apart from the players who came through academy.
Klopp's teams are just remarkable and if it wasn't for the fantasy football buying power or Man City I would say they would probably be the modern equivalent of that 1980's team and would have won most of the league titles in the last 5-6 years.
They are probably actually technically and from a fitness perspective much much better than the 1980s team but that's more to do with modern developments - players are faster, stronger and fitter, more tactically aware and the tactics deployed by teams is way ahead of football 40 years ago, but if one could somehow allow for that when making the comparison I would say they are of a similar quality.
Just my opinion, other long term fans may disagree and fans who have been around long enough to see what Shanks and Paisley did before Dalglish was manager may have even more to say about it.
Rangers and Arsenal, depends when you're asking.
So Ange exists to pester you personally, then?
I've been a Chelsea fan ever since I saw their unlikely victory against Bayern Munich in the 2012 Champions League Final. We've had our ups and downs, with an exceptionally poor last season, but it's always been fun to support the Blues. Since the past year or so, however, my love for club football has gone down a bit, with all the insane amount of money being spent, owners trying to sport wash their image and the general corruption involved in the game. I hope some changes are brought to the way football clubs are owned, for example the 50+1 rule followed in Germany. Till then, however, I will probably watch the occasional Chelsea game and hope to be entertained.
Real Madrid here, ever since I was a little kid. The only club that can bend reality again and again to the point where, if it were made a TV show, you'd turn Netflix off because you'd find it too unrealistic to be believable.
And all of this while the club is publicly owned by its own fans. No private investors, no external cash injections, nothing. 100% self-sustained through the revenue the club itself generates.
Real Madrid for life ❤️
This is one of mine. I played me entire child good at a very competitive level. Several people I played against ended up playing on the national team or going pro.
I saw Real when they did a tour in the US with Zidane, Beckham, Roberto Carlos etc.
Suwon FC. It's been a great story. Small tema owned by the city, making it to the first division of Korean football, now a generally midtable team beating out the other suwon team owned by Samsung. I lived in Suwon for quite a few years.
Chattanooga Football Club - my local team playing in the 3rd tier of the American Soccer Pyramid. Celebrating their 15th year as a club. They started out as a humble amateur club fielding college players looking to stay fit during their summer break, and a couple of years ago moved up to the professional ranks.
Truly a grassroots club built from the ground up and supporting the community and city.
Not really into club football. Where I grew up, it is a very loaded question to ask. Basically the person is asking "are you Catholic or Protestant?".
I usually dodge this question by just saying I support Scotland.
Glasgow?
Oops, talk about going off half-cocked. Was going to say - Rangers v Celtic has been a real divide for 100 years or more. Catholic vs Protestant being one of the clear defining differences… shame humans are so tribal.
Is there any chance that Queen's Park becomes the non-sectarian anti-Old Firm club in Glasgow?
I support the Colorado Rapids and Arsenal. The Rapids came first; I lived in Colorado and started to get into soccer in the early 2000s. It can be a tough slog as a Rapids fan but we’ll always have 2010. Thanks, Kandji.
I became an Arsenal fan in 2008, partly because of their connections to the Rapids when Kroenke started to buy shares in Arsenal. As I recall, for a little while the Rapids used to fire off a cannon at Dick’s. I also loved Arsene Wenger’s philosophy and the way Arsenal played. Why I thought it was a good idea to support another Kroenke-owned team when he already owned almost every other team I support (Rapids, Nuggets, Avs), I don’t know. I live in the US so have spent way more time at pubs drinking on Saturday and Sunday mornings than I care to admit and I’ve made it to quite a few matches at the Emirates (I was there for that Wilshere goal against Norwich) and a few away matches.
Love the Arsenal women’s team too and I get to Meadow Park when I’m in London for a match. Can’t wait for the upcoming season with Viv, Beth, Leah, etc back and the addition of Russo and Lacasse. I’ve never really gotten into an NWSL team since there wasn’t one in Denver but I’ve lived in Houston for a bit and dabble with the Dash.
Really excited for Arsenal’s future and the cohesion that’s been built across the club and fan base in recent years. Wish I could say the same for the Rapids.
Portland Timbers! Love the traditions behind my team!
RCTID!
I love my Timbers, but I just wish our shit stain of an owner was out of the picture. It's been hard to support the organization when the FO has repeatedly shown itself to harbor terrible individuals.
The good old Central Coast Mariners, from Australia's A-League. The poorest, smallest market team in a poor, small market league. We won the wooden spoon five times, four of them in a row. But this year, we beat Melbourne City and their oil sheikh (yes, it's that City group) sportwashing money 6-1 in the big dance to lift the trophy. It's sort of David and Goliath stuff, if David had to actually rise from the dead first.
I've been a Everton fan for about 10 years now, it's been a rollercoaster the past couple seasons..
I'm an Atletico Madrid supporter, and have been since 2014. A friend introduced me to them, so I started supporting them. At the time, it felt like supporting the underdogs, so I was swept away by that charm. To be honest, I really enjoyed how they completely shut down teams (at least, back in the days with Godin and Miranda around), and watching the opponent start tilting is really entertaining.
Depends on the region.
By decent I'm a Birmingham Blues fan, though a pretty passive one. Football might as well be religion for my dad and I'm a little bit of a heretic. I grew up going to games anytime we visited family in England and was decked out in Blues gear from before I could walk.
Growing up I was a big fan of the Clash (now and before the Earthquakes). I wore my clash shirt to every class photo from age 6-10. I used to love going to the games, particularly if we were near Crazy George!
During university I study abroad in Spain and took on the team of a friend of mine, Athletico. I like an underdog and Athletico felt much more like the working man's team.
A.S. Roma! Even if lately I've not been following the matches as I did in my youth, la Roma è sempre nel cuore!(Roma is always in my heart)
Grampa used to live above Campo Testaccio, Roma's historic footbal field, so it's basically a family tradition.
Being a fan is a life of suffering, but it makes the (few :P) victories all the sweeter!
Portsmouth FC.
Everton since 2010 when Landon Donovan and Tim Howard were both playing for them, coinciding with the world cup. What an emotional roller coaster this last season has been!
Wrexham AFC since late 2020, when I caught wind that Rob and Ryan were acquiring the team. As a huge fan of everything Rob Mcelhinney, I'm invested in this team.
USMNT for life, starting with the exhilarating WC run in 2010, followed by another strong showing in 2014, and massive disappointment in 2018. I'm happy with our progress since then and am very optimistic for the depth we seem to have after the CONCACAF Nations League. Even though we lost tonight in the Gold Cup, there were still some highlights from our "B"/"C" team. I'm most excited about:
And controversially, I think Jesus Ferreira is earning his spot as #2 behind Balogun. He's just worked so hard during the Gold Cup, has had some amazing strikes, and has also set up some great runs and through passes. I like Pepi too. It's a good problem to have, having to choose between great strikers...
Real Madrid since 2005. The first 6 years were pretty rough (Pep's Barca), but the past decade has been just perfect.
Basically, back in 2005 São Paulo was doing really well in Soccer, we won the Libertadores in CONMEBOL, the Club world Cup world-wide and the Brasileirão, so when I was born nearing the end of the year my parents decided I would follow my father and much of his family in supporting SPFC instead of Palmeiras FC.
Sounders til I die!
I've been following Inter Miami for better or worse (but mostly worse) since Becks redeemed his franchise coupon here. While I don't think Messi will be enough to climb the table and make the playoffs, maybe some magic is still to be had in the Open Cup and Leagues Cup. I think 2024 will be promising with another transfer window and a more coherent roster to maximize his playmaking.
In any case, his signing is a massive W for MLS and soccer in North America as a whole. Hopefully we'll reach a point where the league doesn't need such signings to generate interest. I'm looking forward to the sport growing leading up to the 2026 WC and having Messi playing here for the next 2.5 years should be a nice lead-in.
Chicago Red Stars, though I'll watch any NWSL game and pick a team to root for.
Liverpool FC since the mid 80's
The 49ers ?
is that a dutch second division team?
To clarify any confusion:
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So, Leeds?