So here's the thing. MLS kicked off last night with Los Angeles away to Seattle. MLS has been around since 1996, and I've never fully embraced it, BUT I WANT TO THIS SEASON. The only thing is, I need a team to support. Help me out here. I've created a small guide.
Teams I cannot support:
Kansas City - They beat United last summer.
Vancouver - Tommy's team, too many Leeds connections.
Seattle - Neon green? No.
Columbus - Same. Yellow.
Houston - Same. Orange.
Los Angeles - I was a Beckham fanboy when he played for United. Not anymore.
Chivas USA - I would if they hadn't sold Sacha Klejstan to Anderlecht.
Portland - They have a cool kit, but Portland is too hip of a town for me.
Philadelphia - Also a cool kit, but I hate Philadelphia.
Real Salt Lake - Stupid name.
Teams I could support:
Chicago - This is my gut instinct. They've had some fantastic players in the past, like Hristo Stoitchkov and Cuauhtemoc Blanco.
New England - My local team. Perhaps the sole inhabitants of Gillette Stadium this year. Have a habit of making cup finals and tanking, and I get that from the Red Sox. Only team in my area that has every game on TV.
New York - The only MLS team I've ever openly cheered for, when I saw them play Manchester City last summer. I also have a Thierry Henry t-shirt, but THEY ARE A NEW YORK CITY TEAM.
Colorado - Defending champs. Don't really know anything about them.
DC United - They kinda seem like a Liverpool/United sort of team, won a lot of titles in the first 10 years of the league. As a plus though, they have two of the best fan groups in the league (Screaming Eagles and Barras Bravas), and Charlie Davies just signed with them.
Toronto - Insane fan base. Canadian, though.
FC Dallas - Red and white hoops. That's all I know about them.
San Jose - The original San Jose team moved to Houston about 10 years ago. This is like a new Cleveland Browns sort of team. Downside: They play on the West Coast, so even if they had local broadcast rights, they'd play at like 11 PM.