Whitecaps Match.com

by Russell Berrisford on Apr 20, 2011 5:39 PM PDT

Since Ben seems to have gone AWOL (hopefully nothing serious, probably stalking Terry Dunfield) I thought I would throw together a quick poll to see where the Whitecaps stand in your affections. Are you in love with only them, or are you seeing other teams on the side?

How many of you are straying from your first love to follow Vancouver?

Anonymity is assured (and when I say assured I mean not assured at all).

I think that's enough words now to make it a fan post, okay ......now.

Poll

Where do the Whitecaps stand in your soccer affections?

They are my only team.

13 votes

They are my main team but I follow others.

29 votes

I have a main team that is not the Whitecaps but I still follow them.

23 votes

I'm interested in soccer but Whitecaps results don't interest me.

0 votes

Who are the Whitecaps? I am just here to post a link to a site where you can buy cheap shoes.

1 votes

66 votes | Poll has closed

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I’m assuming this is considering soccer only.

by NS_Cix on Apr 20, 2011 8:48 PM PDT reply actions

yes it is

by Russell Berrisford on Apr 21, 2011 7:41 AM PDT up reply actions

Does Ben offten dissapear?

"I am not young enough to know everything." by O. Wilde

by CanadianSteel on Apr 21, 2011 6:27 AM PDT reply actions

Only when I might have to pay child support.

Manager at Vancouver Whitecaps and western Canadian soccer website Eighty Six Forever and infrequently-posting flunky at Edmonton Oilers blog The Copper & Blue.

by Benjamin Massey on Apr 21, 2011 9:26 AM PDT up reply actions

In retrospect

Option 4 was a pretty dumb one (people who are not interested in the Whitecaps but visit a Whitecaps blog is a small demographic I suspect).

by Russell Berrisford on Apr 22, 2011 8:40 AM PDT reply actions

I know there’s at least occasional traffic from some Timbers and Sounders fans, particularly if I drop an Eintracht Frankfurt reference.

Eintracht Frankfurt.

Manager at Vancouver Whitecaps and western Canadian soccer website Eighty Six Forever and infrequently-posting flunky at Edmonton Oilers blog The Copper & Blue.

by Benjamin Massey on Apr 22, 2011 9:07 AM PDT up reply actions

Explanation of what "follow others" means to me.

I picked “main but I follow others” in the sense that I do watch English, Italian, and Euro games on TSN, SN, and The Score. I have a team in most Euro leagues that I hope does well (Aberdeen, Aston Villa, Boavista, Celta Vigo, Nantes, Ajax, IFK Goteborg, Odense BK, Moenchengladbach, Wisla Krakow, Grasshoppers Zurich, Innsbruck, Fiorentina) and a few others that I “like” (colours, history, name, location, logo, etc), but that doesn’t mean I can name anyone on most of them.

The Caps are the main team that I deeply care about, watch every game of, and will actually feel emotional attachment towards. I am emotionally attached to Victoria Highlanders, but to a lesser degree due to the lower level they play at. When and if they get to the NASL, I will have a serious dual-allegiance situation.

by seathanaich on Apr 27, 2011 10:22 AM PDT reply actions