@firefly,
There was a report on the missing a2kers thread.. had health problem, recovering I think.
Apparently I'm one of few against the world - I don't care if my local or country team wins in any sport, I care about the different teams and players and their stories. Ok, I was for the US in the world cup, but I was for many others too, and some of those earlier in the line.
I started out with distaste for my local Los Angeles teams at the time, and move on to reading about others. That was circa late fifties, and before then, my teens, I'd lived in several very different places.
I'm not against people's engagement with their place and teams, I get it, but it's just not me most of the time.