Major League Soccer: My Story

I have been an avid soccer fan ever since my father took me to my first game. But my Major League Soccer love affair has been slower to bloom. Here is my story.

I have been an avid soccer fan ever since my father took me to my first game, a 1-0Swansea City win against Mansfield Town in October 2004. I was hooked.

I became obsessed. I came to know every player, every fact and every statistic. Thierry Henry became my favourite player, naturally, and I took every opportunity to enjoy a match.

However, my relationship with Major League Soccer (MLS) has been a slow burn. I have close family who relocated to Sugar Land, Texas in 2005, the same year in which the Houston Dynamo moved from San Jose.…