Toronto 'Til I Die?

[prizby]

1. TFC
2. #CanMNT
3. St. Kilda (Australian Rules Football)
4. #CanWNT
5. Borussia Dortmund
6. Polish National Team
7. Canadian Basketball (college hoops/young and up & coming)
8. Irish National Team (fans) (after being at Ireland-Italy game this past summer, how could you not fall in love with that)
9. Whatever team Calipari is coaching (Kentucky basketball)

Hate/Despise:
1. Montreal Impact
2. Columbus Crew
3. Honduras National Team
4. Vancouver Whitecaps
5. #USWNT
6. #USMNT
7. Collingwood (Australian Rules)
8. Manchester United
9. Sydney (Australian Rules)
10. Real Madrid
11. Fremantle (Australian Rules)
12. Liverpool
13. Essendon (Australian Rules)
14. Duke (basketball)


I am sure I have missed some here

[backbeat]

I remember watching Toronto Metros/Metro-Crotia at Varsity and loved it - one of the best stadiums to watch football - they moved to the CNE cement pitch and i stopped following them.

TFC is my # 1 team and football/soccer is my passion - i follow certain football/soccer teams in Europe but more out of interest than passion. i do love EPL matches...i keep an eye on the Leafs, jays and Argos but am neither here nor there as to how they're doing....

[denMAR]

I immigrated with my family to Toronto when I was 3 years old and have been living here ever since.

It's for sure my number one club even though I'm very passionate about some clubs from where my family is from.

[jiforio]

Live and breathe TFC, I've got to the point where I rarely watch any other league or sport...absolutely sucks putting all my eggs in a basket that is rotten to the core. But I mean, we got to get better....eventually...I hope.

[Huyton]

I was born in Liverpool and my Dad took me to my first game when they were still in the 2nd Division. At one point, we lived about a mile from Anfield. I was somewhere in the crowd of a half million people that greeted the team when they won the FA Cup for the first time, and high on the list of great moments in my life was when I stood on the Kop and saw the European Cup there for the very first time.

I honestly never thought I'd feel the same way about any other team, but over the last few years this Toronto team of ours has wormed it's way in to my heart.

Possibly, it has something to do with going to games with my son.

Possibly it has something to do with being involved with the team, and how they come over and applaud the fans, how they appreciate me being there.

Possibly, the emotional connection between the players and supporters has a fertile ground to blossom when the supporters are a crowd: singing, chanting, swaying, but above all: passionate.

I used to enjoy going to see the Blizzard play (I was at the last NASL Soccer Bowl), and the Metros before them. I used to enjoy going to see the Jays play, and was in the 'dome the night they won the World Series for the first time (the game was in Atlanta).

Milltown FC did the same thing to me, although in their case, you got to look the players in the eye when they came off the field, and a loud, booming voice exhorting them on was appreciated by them, and again, the connection could blossom.


So for me? Local Football. In chronological order: Liverpool FC, Toronto FC, Milltown FC.

[TFC Via Buffalo]

1.) New Orleans Saints
2.) Buffalo Sabres/Toronto FC
3.) Liverpool, North Carolina Basketball, Michigan Football, Juventus

Sorry, the Saints have been my team for over 20 years. I'll be buried in my Saints stuff, but I'll be wearing a TFC scarf.

[AjayNI]

In Order:

1. Linfield
2. Glasgow Rangers
3. Northern Ireland
4. TFC
5. Man United
6. Jays
7. Raps
8. Leafs

[dupont]

TFC is my favorite team by far. Second is a tie between Newcastle United and the Leafs

[BS1327]

I grew up in a baseball family before branching out to footy culture on my own. So there's a soft spot in there for the Jays. Although, as mentioned, the Canadian National Team (of any sport) takes top spot when playing. Country first.

1. Jays
2. TFC
3. Bayern Munich
4. Leafs
5. Steelers

Not a huge fan of EPL/Liga, the Bundesliga grew on me after I started following the Germans/Bayern in 2004.

[Initial B]

My Top 5:

1. TFC
2. Raptors
3. Schalke 04
4. Dallas Cowboys
5. CAN-WNT

And count me on the Jays bandwagon this year.

[akoto]

Pre TFC I was an Arsenal supporter, but since they announced the team TFC has become my main club. I still follow and love Arsenal and always will but if the CWC came down to TFC vs Arsenal I without a single doubt would be cheering for Toronto.

[sdcfan18]

1. San Diego Chargers
2. TFC
3. Arsenal
4. Leafs
5. Jays

[liv4evr]

1.Leicester City FC
2.Toronto FC
3.Leafs
4.Jays
5.Buffalo Bills

[Brooker]

1. Leafs
2. TFC (Very close)
3. Blue Jays
4. Stoke
5. Raps

[ensco]

1. Leafs
2. TFC (Very close)
3. Raps

It's why I have a lot of bitterness towards MLSE. Jays could get back in the mix, but only if they ever do something.

[Stress]

1. Scotland National Team - I'll never forget seeing my Dad cry during the national anthem of their opening game of the 1998 WC
2. TFC - I'll never forget crying when Dunfield got that winning header (jk)
3. Glasgow Rangers - would have been higher but this D3 stuff is taking it's toll on me
4. CMNT - climbing the list but the Honduras game set them back a bit
5. Blackhaws/Bucaneers

[Justin10000]

1. Arsenal
2. TFC
3. Canada
4. Blue Jays

Arsenal will always be my first love, nothing will change that.

[Dreadlocks]

1. Any Toronto team with TFC being the priority
2. Arsenal
3. AC Milan
4. Real Madrid
5. Florida State University (NCAA Football)
5a. Miami Dolphins
6. Seton Hall (NCAA Basketball)
6a. St John's University (NCAA basketball)

**Note - Any Canadian national team, regardless of sport, falls in behind any Toronto team.

[Gilberto9]

1. Manchester City
2. Nashville Predators
3. Toronto FC

[Yagbod]

1. TFC/CMNT
2. Liverpool
3. Toronto Rock
4. Maple Laffs
5. Real Madrid (lived there for awhile and it's where I learned to love Footy)

[liv4evr]

1. Any Toronto team with TFC being the priority
2. Arsenal
3. AC Milan
4. Real Madrid
5. Florida State University (NCAA Football)
5a. Miami Dolphins
6. Seton Hall (NCAA Basketball)
6a. St John's University (NCAA basketball)

**Note - Any Canadian national team, regardless of sport, falls in behind any Toronto team.

Nice! Florida Sate! Not too many of us in these parts.

[tfcocd]

TFC at the top since day 1. Still completely fascinated with premier league and English football leagues in general and have a club I follow over there. But if TFC faced them in some very unlikely matchup i would cheer for the reds.

[barticusz]

Never would I have thought that TFC would surpass hockey for me but it sure has. I've grown to not care nearly as much for hockey over the last 6 years.

1. TFC
2. Poland/Canada NT
3. Borussia Dortmund
4. Leafs

[ryan]

1. San Jose Sharks
2. CMNT
3. TFC
4. Hamilton Tiger Cats
5. New England Patriots
6. Toronto Blue Jays
7. Norwich City


Being Canadian, hockey always comes first to me and SJ has been my team for 20 years now (fuck I feel old).

Footie has found a nice foothold behind that, knocking out Handegg, which still is a big deal to me. I'm really a sports nut, I love all my clubs to death, just happen to be willing to go a little bit further for the ones at the top.

I travel to the US for the Gold Cup, or would (and will someday) travel to a World Cup for Canada.
I've been all over Ontario/Quebec/Northeast US, to see the Sharks play. California for a home game will happen soon too.

The other teams, I don't have that urge to commit on that level. Basically what decides how I ranked them.

[kodiakTFC]

Never would I have thought that TFC would surpass hockey for me but it sure has. I've grown to not care nearly as much for hockey over the last 6 years.

1. TFC
2. Poland/Canada NT
3. Borussia Dortmund
4. Leafs

I'm in the same boat. I can't remember the last time I watched a full game. Now I just check the standings from time to time.

[Canary_canuck]

Why Norwich , Ryan? They don't look like a fit with the rest of your list.
1. Norwich City
2. Manchester City
3. Wales ( especially Rugby )
4. All Canadian national teams.
5. England cricket.

[bigredone]

1. Arsenal
2. TFC
3. Canada
4. Blue Jays

Arsenal will always be my first love, nothing will change that.

Did you hear RVP wrote a book on his memories from Arsenal?


Sadly, though, it had no title.