In honor of LucyFearsTheMorningStar's post below, I thought it might be a good idea to see who list your favorite NWSL teams from most liked to least liked or from favorite to hated. My top 10: FC KC (became a fan because of Cheyney-Holiday; Vlatko kept the love-fest going for me) Sky Blue (lots of my favorite players) Chicago (love their "build from the draft" mentality) NC Courage (young team, which is exciting to watch) Seattle (I was a big Little fan) Houston (something about the coaching I don't like; they always seem to under perform) Washington (was higher, but they'll take a few years to dig themselves out of the hole) Orlando (taking over the Breakers role of being Portland's farm team) Boston (too many times played the role of Portland's farm team) Portland (the evil galactic empire)
Dash is the only team I root for in the NWSL. Beyond that there r favorite players I support so I wish their teams well.
Oh, I thought you had said Thursday. Too bad, I could've gotten behind that. But Tuesdays just won't work for me.
1. CRS - duh and blue team 2. BOS - blue team 3. NJ - blue team 4. WAS - blue team 5. SEA - blue team 6. PDX - blue team ---------------------- 10. NC - red team 10. Orlando - red team 10. KC - red team 10. HOU - red team
Even better yet, who are the most evil teams in all 3 leagues combined? 1.) Los Angeles Sol (those evil bastards) 2.) Portland Thorns 3.) MagicJack (that guy is gonna run his league into the ground, but he does pay for Abby's relatives) 4.) Seattle Reign 5.) San Jose (Bay Area) Cyber Rays (the WUSA was too teeny to appear evil, but the Cyber Rays weren't too friendly) 6.) Atlanta Beat (they were quite physical in WUSA, and a lot of people didn't like when they became Atlantica) 7.) WNY Flash (those darn meatheads from Sahlen) 8.) FC Gold Pride (that logo was intimidating alone, it scares us all) 9.) Houston Dash (dem damn Texans) 10.) St. Louis Athletica (how dare we have a "green" team in an American women's professional soccer league?) WPS was the most evil league NWSL is the 2nd most evil WUSA was the least evil
1. Thorns 2. Red Stars (MRAD12 influcence) 3. FCKC 4. Reign 5. North Carolina (Riley notwithstanding) 6. Sky Blue 7. Dash (Waldram notwithstanding) 8. Pride (although they get points for taking Alex off Portland's hands) 9. Boston 10. Washington (I'm with the departing players on this one) I don't hate any of the teams. I find some of the coaches too narcissistic and one owner inappropriate for a women's soccer team.
Since I'm in the OP, I guess I could expand. 1. Houston: My Team. Has remained my team despite my initial favorite players leaving. 2. SB/Bos tie: my relatively local teams that I can attend games of. I have love/hate relationships with because I don't like aspects of the SB organization or Boston's awful trade history in previous years. Both teams have now collected several players I like, they're underdogs and, again, somewhat local. I have history with Boston in the WUSA despite hating all other Boston/NE sports teams. Will root for them above any team further down. 4 NC: Used to be in my triangle with SB/Bos. They remain up high until further notice as I like several players. 5. KC: I like a lot of players and Vlatko. 6. Chicago: don't really care either way 7. Orlando: technically Houston's 'rival'. More to do with annoying segments of fans which may compound this year even more so. 8. Seattle: this is probably the only team where I actively do not like some of their players. 9. Portland: duh. Afflicted with same issue as Orlando but with an added in pinch of holier than thou & insistent whining from another group. 10. Washington: meh. Ownership was already questionable on some things and I think last season/this off season was really revealing for the club. Spirit Squadron is awesome and I wish for them a better owner. And yes, I can be petty. I've had a single fan manage to make me completely hate a team in another sport that I had otherwise not cared one way or another about previously. None of the groups that cause me to dislike some teams are among posters here that I am aware of.
The only team I dislike was a Paul Riley coached Portland Thorns squad. They were a bad mix, but now they are separate I like the Thorns and a Paul Riley coached WNY / NC team. Favorite Teams: Obviously my hometown team FCKC. 2nd would be the Chicago Red Stars bc of being a midwest girl. Red Stars also drafted my fav players in the 2014 and 2015 (Johnston and Coloprico)
1. Carolina- duh. 2. Houston- Hard for me to root against any team with Lloyd. 3. Boston- Are they turning things around finally? 4. Kansas City- Not much, if anything, to dislike about KC (unless you're a Reign fan). 5. SkyBlue- Just kind of.... there. 6. Orlando- Digging themselves a hole, but I don't hate them. 7. Chicago- Used to be at the bottom, but dumping Thugcredi took them off it. 8. Seattle- The love affair fans have with a coach who has proven to be suspect tactically is a big turn-off. 9. Washington- Middle of the pack until the offseason shenanigans. 10. Portland- Jerk owner, players acting like whiny brats when in a Thorns kit, a large portion of the fanbase who come off as entitled. So much to dislike about this franchise.
Gotta love this: The owner, who voluntarily (so far as any of us know) subsidizes the other teams, who asks for high standards for what the teams deliver to the fans but recognizes that getting to universally high standards will take time since some teams have more economic resources than others, is a "jerk." Actually, re-read your own post. Your tone sounds like exactly what you say you don't like.