Rooting for a team isn’t a rational decision.
I didn’t wake up one day and decide that it would be a good idea for me to root for Sporting Kansas City. I started off as a guy in the Kansas City area who enjoyed sports, someone who liked soccer well enough and even sort of followed the Wizards. Then Sporting Park opened up, and after attending the home opener my family soon became season ticket members. Oh, sure, my wife and I pretended to do the math so that we could conclude that the cost of the tickets was justified by the opportunity to attend home matches with our kids (‘they grow up so fast, so this time is precious,’ we told ourselves).