hey all, I'm in Arizona and I've been on a long journey trying to find a favorite football team. it started when a friend and I saw Chelsea play AC Milan in Philadelphia in 2004. on the way to the game we wondered if we'd be able to tell a difference in talent between these teams and the MLS teams we had seen before. it took about 10 seconds to realize that yes indeed we could tell. at that time i figured I'd choose Chelsea as my team. unfortunately it wasnt as easy to follow the EPL from the USA at that time. i wish had found the will to because oh what a decade it would have been. During the 2006 World Cup i decided i would definitely have a team by the start of the season. I fell in love with Henry and Arsenal it was!. but again i didnt keep my promise. in 2008 it all started to change. i had much better access to games and a good friend advised me to be a Liverpool fan. watched them for a couple of seasons but it never really stuck. all during this time i kept hearing people tell me that i should not pick a team near the top of the table. that i shouldnt be a bandwagoner. and i shall never never never pick United or Chelsea. so i shied away from those teams. from 2010 to 2012 i tried following several different teams Portsmouth(due to the book Bloody Confused), Tottenham etc...but all during that time I always enjoyed watching Chelsea the most. this was mainly due to Drogba. so i decdided to ignore the nay sayers and starting this season i have decided to follow/support Chelsea. so it has come full circle in a way for me. i know ill probably never be a real fan since i didnt grow up supporting the team but i am reading the history and watching old highlghts in the hopes one day i can enjoy the team just a fraction as much as all of you do. tl;dr after a decade trying to find a team to support ill be supporting Chelsea this year(and on?)
