You know Jose for gifs and Twitter snark, but the Desert Friendlies (where Sounders FC went 0-3) are his chance to be a Sounder in-stadium, in-person.
Fandom is a funny thing. We all have different paths in our lives that led us to our favorite sports teams. A majority of people are fans of teams from their own hometown or nearest major city. Some people follow a particular team because their grandparents took them to a few games when they were a child. There are even some who are fans of a team for the lone reason of "they win a lot.