2nd Favorite Teams

[Cujo]

NFL #2 - Denver Broncos (raised in Colorado)

MLB #2 - Arizona Diamondbacks (all games broadcast in New Mexico)

NHL #2 - Los Angeles Kings (currently living in SoCal)

The older I get, the more and more I find myself supporting some teams which are a little more local to where I've lived. It's actually starting to feel as if I should've been supporting some of these teams all along. Part of me almost wants to switch alliances because I'm not shy of my local pride, like maybe I once was when I selected my current faves as a teen. I suppose time will tell....

[pluggerplugger1]

1st team (2nd team)

NFL: Vikings (Seahawks)

MLB: Twins (Mariners)

NBA: Wolves (Thunder) (you see the pattern..I love Seattle haha. Extended to OKC)

NHL: Wild (Maple Leafs. It's more of a pity than a liking)

EPL: Liverpool (Man City) (Hate Man U)

[Funky Bunky]

NHL

First team: Anaheim

Second team: probably New Jersey

MLB

First team: Anaheim

Second team: San Francisco

NFL

First team: San Diego

Second team: Arizona

[kiwi_canadian]

NHL:

1. Canucks

2. Jets

CFL:

1. Alouettes

2. Lions

MLS:

1. Whitecaps

2. Impact

Super Rugby:

1. Highlanders

2. Any one of the SA teams

WHL:

1. Royals

2. non so far as I've always wanted a WHL team back in Victoria

[Shumway]

I grew up going to Orioles' games, so if I were to have any "second favorite team", it'd be them.

[Raysfan12]

MLB:

First: Tampa Bay Rays

Second: Cincinnati Reds

NFL:

First: Indianapolis Colts

Second: Tampa Bay Bucs

NBA:

First: Oklahoma City Thunder

Second: Indiana Pacers

NHL:

First: Pittsburgh Penguins

Second: Anaheim Ducks

NCAA:

First: Louisville Cardinals

Second: Alabama Crimson Tide (Football) or Indiana Hoosiers (Basketball)

Soccer (or Football as the rest of the world calls it):

First: Barcelona

Second: Portland Timbers (MLS)

[4_tattoos]

Seeing how I was born in 1985, I feel a slight connection to the Chicago Bears. I generally hope they do well.

[LAWeaver]

NFL: 1. Patriots, 2. Broncos or Seahawks

MLB: 1. Reds, 2. Angels

NBA: 1. Heat, 2. Celtics or Grizzlies

NHL: 1. Red Wings, 2. Predators

NCAAF: 1. Wisconsin, 2. Tennessee

NCAAM: 1. Duke, 2. Ohio State

Not really much of a hockey fan, but I keep track of it once in a while.

[MDGP]

I really don't have second favorites for MLB, NBA, or NFL. I could probably pick one out, but it will likely change over time.

However, in the NHL my second favorite team is the Detroit Red Wings due to Jimmy Howard and Nyquist. The UMaine connection runs strong.

[chtucker189]

NFL: Redskins

MLB: Orioles Nationals

NBA: Wizards Lakers

EPL: Arsenal

NCAA: Maryland

[tigerslionspistonshabs]

I only have a second favorite in the NHL, being the Wings.

I'm a Detroiter born and raised, but when my grandfather first came over from England, the Habs were unstoppable and he fell in love with them, passed it on to my dad, who passed it on to me.

[Rockstar Matt]

NFL

First: Dallas Cowboys

Second: Oakland Raiders

NBA

First: Lakers

Second: Anybody who plays the Celtics and any team that LeBron plays for.

NHL

First: Los Angeles Kings

Second: Toronto Maple Leafs (I don't know why, but I have a strange liking of them)

MLB

First: Los Angeles Dodgers

Second: Anaheim Angels

Soccer

First: Newcastle United

Second: LA Galaxy

[TFet41]

NBA

1. Dallas Mavericks

2. Chicago Bulls

NFL

1. Dallas Cowboys

2. Houston Texans

MLB

1. Texas Rangers

2. Atlanta Braves

NHL

1. Dallas Stars

2. Boston Bruins

MLS

1. FC Dallas

2. Houston Dynamo

College FB

1. Texas A&M Aggies

2. Missouri Tigers (Family that went there)

3. Oregon Ducks (same as 2)

4. Baylor Bears

5. TCU Horned Frogs

6. Oregon State Beavers (same as 3)

[waltere]

Born into being a Mets & Islanders fan, as well as Army football (really got dealt a successful hand there...), have acquired fandom of Liverpool and the Carolina Panthers, those are my teams for life.

Don't have such a thing as a true 'second team' behind them really, I'll have other teams I feel favourably inclined to for whatever reason, be it where favourite players are playing, what makes 'a good story' or things like who my created players are playing for in career mode, but none of them ever stick long enough to truly affect the way I'd describe myself in fan terms.

[Arts11]

I'm not a "fan" of any teams but my own (Mets/Jets/Rangers), though of course there are teams I don't mind being successful and would always root for against any other opponent than my own allegiance.

For instance, I used to live in San Diego, so sure, go Padres. But if they face the Mets, not quite. That sort of thing.

ditto. I have my favorites, and then there are teams I have rooting interests in, that I'd personally hesitate to claim fanship for partially because my interest in them are pretty transitory and conditional.

[FiddySicks]

MLB:

1. Giants (Mom's favorite team, mine as well. My favorite team in any sport)

2. Cardinals (My dad's favorite team)

3. A's (Local team, I worked for them)

4. Diamondbacks (I live in AZ now and have season tickets. It's still only a casual liking though. Even though they're a great team and really fun to watch, I just can't bring myself to fully like a team that's in the same division as the Giants. It's kinda tough living in a town that's home to a division rival. It's hard not to get swept up in the fandom, but it's hard to give 100% enthusiasm as well)

NFL:

1. Buccaneers (I picked them when I was really young because their uniforms reminded me of my favorite college team and have been a fan ever since)

2. Niners/Raiders (Local teams. They were all I had to watch growing up, so I had to like them somewhat)

NHL:

1. Sharks (Thanks Puckguy, ICS. Local team as well)

2. Flyers (Dunno why, but I've always loved them. I picked them as a young kid and just ran with it)

NBA:

1. Lockout

2. Anyone Lebron plays for (unless he ever goes to the Lakers)

2. Warriors/Kings (Local teams. Hardly care about them though)

NCAA:

1. Arizona State (Current school, and the school I'll be graduating from... If it kills me)

2. Tennessee (thanks to my dad's side of the family, I've been a Vols fan longer than I've been a fan of any team, and always will be)

3. Nevada, Reno (Former school, local school)

[AJpackers]

NBA

1. Dallas Mavericks

2. Chicago Bulls

NFL

1. Dallas Cowboys

2. Houston Texans

MLB

1. Texas Rangers

2. Atlanta Braves

NHL

1. Dallas Stars

2. Boston Bruins

MLS

1. FC Dallas

2. Houston Dynamo

College FB

1. Texas A&M Aggies

2. Missouri Tigers (Family that went there)

3. Oregon Ducks (same as 2)

4. Baylor Bears

5. TCU Horned Frogs

6. Oregon State Beavers (same as 3)

You have a sixth favorite team?

[bosrs1]

League: 1st (2nd)

MLB: Padres (A's) - For 25 years the A's were my only team but in the last 5 years the Padres became second, then equal and now first usurping the position due to proximity, ballpark, and just being more fun to follow overall due in no small part to not being subject of a neverending relocation saga.

NBA: Kings (Clippers) - started following the Clippers the last 2 years during the Kings Anaheim/Seattle relocation fiasco courtesy of the Maloofs.

NHL: Sharks (no second team)

NFL: Patriots (no second team)

Soccer: San Jose Earthquakes (Club Tijuana Xolos) - grew up with one, follow the other locally today.

As you can tell second teams for me come for either me relocating or the team threatening to relocate or some combination of the two.

[TFet41]

NBA

1. Dallas Mavericks

2. Chicago Bulls

NFL

1. Dallas Cowboys

2. Houston Texans

MLB

1. Texas Rangers

2. Atlanta Braves

NHL

1. Dallas Stars

2. Boston Bruins

MLS

1. FC Dallas

2. Houston Dynamo

College FB

1. Texas A&M Aggies

2. Missouri Tigers (Family that went there)

3. Oregon Ducks (same as 2)

4. Baylor Bears

5. TCU Horned Frogs

6. Oregon State Beavers (same as 3)

You have a sixth favorite team?

Just for college sports, I well root for A&M even if they play the other 5 college teams I like, the some goes for all of my 1st favorite teams

[JTernup]

MLB

1)Rockies

2)A's

NFL

1)Chiefs

Way too passionate about KC to have a second.

NBA

1)Nuggets

I root for Kobe, LeBron, KD and Kyrie Irving more than other teams so I do like to see their teams succeed.

NHL

1)Sharks

2)Avs