After the World Cup I decided I was gonna give soccer a real try (Not the every four years most Americans do). Since the MLS is not as strong as the European leagues I decided to pick an EPL team. Now I was looking to try, and find my premier team. I could have went with the big clubs like Chelsea or Man U, but that just felt wrong. I did not want to pick a team that would keep losing and maybe be regulated (Sorry Leicester, but congrats for not being regulated). I was left with a handful of teams, but it was down to Everton and Tottenham. As an American coming off of the World Cup it would be very easy to pick Everton with Tim Howard, but then I saw the second commercial of Tad Lasso.
This made me laugh hysterically, and it was decided I am going to be a Tottenham Hotspurs man. Easily, the best pick I have ever done in my sports life. The first game of the season Eric Dier scoring a last minute goal to win, and I was hooked on Spurs.
I got to learn the little things of beings a Spurs, like the Spurs Go Marching In, or COYS (Come On You Spurs), or my immediate hate for Arsenal. I found out I have a friend who is an Arsenal fan (He is now my mortal enemy), but that did not matter as the good guys won 2-1 in glorious fashion over those stupid gunners.
I got to watch the 5-3 win over Chelsea on New Year's Day. I got to watch the emergence of the next British superstar in Harry Kane. I got to experience the highs with the Spurs, and got to see what a Spursy game really meant.
My first year as a real soccer fan I call a success, I am excited for the transfer season, and seeing what the Spurs will do. Top 4 finish next year I am calling it now!
#COYS
P.S. Here is the first Ted Lasso video cause it is so great!
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