Hi all,
Got interested in soccer/football recently, having attended all of the MLS Sounders games this season. I've always enjoyed watching the EPL and SPL but never followed closely enough to choose a team to support. I didn't want to jump on the Liverpool/ManU/Chelsea/Arsenal band wagon so started digging around about the philosophies of the different teams.
Having read a couple articles about how Everton is using a lot of analytics to build their teams, I immediately knew they were the team for me to support. I'm a software engineer that works largely with statistical models so analytics/statistics is a soft spot for me.
Additionally, I've enjoyed watching Tim Howard play on the USMNT which is how I became aware of Everton at all.
I'm hoping next year I can make it to UK and catch a match.