I was 4 years old when I attended my first football match. I could tell you the year, but then I couldn't get away with lying about how old I am... Eh. Oh, well... It was 1976. A family friend took me to see the Fort Lauderdale Strikers of the NASL. Now, I don't recall the particulars (to be blamed on my tender age, and later in life on my beer consumption), but those orange and yellow jerseys flying around the field got me hooked. I was, immediately, a Striker Liker! (And, how I would kill to still have that t-shirt!)