As we close in on another #CurvaonTour (it’s normally Caps, but I’ll get into that later) adventure into Portland, or as is sometimes referred to as Lower Cascadia, I always struggle with the question, “Why do you guys (Caps fans) have 3 supporters groups?” As we all know, in Portland, it’s just the Timbers Army whereas Curva Collective, RCB and Vancouver Southsiders make up the supporters landscape in Vancouver.
It’s a tough question to answer without coming across as being anti Southsider or Curva or RCB. At some point, you will, either intentionally or not. My generic response is something like, “well, up there, people have a choice” and I go onto explain the biggest differences between the groups.