Jersey Count- the really really late edition

So I got a little lazy and forgot to update the Jersey Count for March. Or April. Or May. In fact, I've already started on my new Jersey Count for this school year since I'm back. So instead of doing each month's update, I'm just going to do the overall year update. These are fairly skewed by the jerseys I wear (I finally saw someone else wearing a USMNT jersey, but only once), so statistically they aren't really that sound because I was technically manipulating the variables myself, but whatever, this is all done in good fun.

USA 20
Arsenal 14
Liverpool 13
Real Madrid 11
AC Milan 10
Barcelona 10
Chelsea 10
Manchester United 10
England 8
Holland 4
Inter Milan 3
Italy 3
Galatasaray 3
Germany 3
Columbus Crew 3
Republic of Ireland 2
Argentina 2
Valencia 1
Marseille 1
Brazil 1
Aston Villa 1
Japan 1
Tottenham 1
Boca Juniors 1
Celtic 1
Sweden 1
Everton 1
France 1
Mexico 1
Bayern Munich 1
New York Red Bulls 1
Spain 1
Czech Republic 1

February Jersey Count

In January, I added another jersey to my collection- the 2008-2009 Columbus Crew jersey! Unfortunately, it wasn't ever warm enough to wear in January once I got it, so it made its debut in February. Also of note: the Ronaldinho Barcelona jersey was spotted playing soccer in the snow on the SAC fields. Pretty cool.

USA 2 (Bradley 1, all me)
Chelsea 2
Liverpool 1
Barcelona 1 (Ronaldinho 1)
AC Milan 1 (Pato 1)
Real Madrid 1 (me)
Columbus Crew 1 (me)
Manchester United 1

January Jersey Count

January was a slow month. I'm going to go ahead and blame the cold weather for that- really, there were only a couple days where it was warm enough to actually wear short sleeves, but I did see other people wearing jerseys so I'm going to actually add to the count this month. February will probably be slow as well, but whatever.

Arsenal 2 (Fabregas 1,me)
Chelsea 1
USA 1 (Bradley, me)
Real Madrid 1 (me)

November Jersey Count

The number of jerseys I'm seeing on campus is kinda dropping off, but I have a feeling it has more to do with the cooler weather and people not wanting to wear short sleeves. Nothing really exciting about the count this month, unfortunately.

USA 3 (Bradley 1, all me)
Liverpool 3 (Torres 1, Gerrard 1)
AC Milan 1
Barcelona 1
Real Madrid 1 (me)
France 1
Mexico 1

I updated my total jersey count through the four months I've been doing this, and if I discarded all of the jerseys I've worn, AC Milan and Liverpool would be tied for most-represented teams with 9 each. I feel like Milan became a popular jersey after the Milan-Club America match at the Georgia Dome, where I think a lot of people bought them. As for Liverpool's high count, I'm going to blame that on the guy with the Fernando Torres jersey who I see eating lunch in the Student Center all the time. All the Torres jerseys have been him (although I can't really say much about wearing the same jersey all the time). But since I'm counting my jerseys, Real Madrid is tied with Milan and Liverpool for second, and the three times a month I wear my USMNT jerseys (usually once each, though I apparently wore my Michael Bradley jersey twice in October?) brings the USMNT up to first place with 12.

Also, since the list was getting sorta crowded on the sidebar, I've split it up to have a teams list and a players list. The players still count towards the overall team count, but with the two it'll be less crowded.

October Jersey Count

I figured since it was almost December I should probably post this. October was a special month- it was the first time I had seen someone at Tech wearing an MLS jersey. Which is the second time ever (outside of the Milan-Club America game) that I'd seen someone wearing an MLS jersey anywhere (guy in a Houston Dynamo jersey at the Palm Beach airport going home from Spring Break in March). So even though it was New York and I don't really like them, it was really exciting. Still no USMNT jerseys, though.

USA 3 (Bradley 2) (all me)
Real Madrid 2 (1 was me)
AC Milan 1
Italy 1 (Totti 1)
Galatasaray 1
Liverpool 1 (Gerrard 1)
Barcelona 1
New York Red Bulls 1
Manchester United 1
Bayern Munich 1

I'll update the cumulative count after I post November's count, it seems stupid to update it twice in such quick succession, especially since I doubt anyone cares anyways.

Jersey Count- September

Some trends I noticed this month were that on Champions League gamedays, many students (like myself) wear jerseys for their Champions League teams. I saw the same guy two days in a row wearing two different Barcelona jerseys- Iniesta the first, Ibrahimovic the second. I have still yet to see anyone else on campus wearing a USMNT jersey.

Real Madrid 5
AC Milan 5
Arsenal 5 (Fabregas 1 (me))
Manchester United 4
Barcelona 4 (Messi 1, Iniesta 1, Ibrahimovic 1, Ronahdinho 1)
USA 3 (Bradley 1) (all me)
Chelsea 3
England 3 (Gerrard 1 (me), Beckham 1)
Holland 2
Italy 2 (Materazzi 1)
Republic of Ireland 2
Liverpool 2 (Torres 1, Gerrard 1)
Inter Milan 2
Tottenham 1
Boca Juniors 1
Celtic 1
Sweden 1
Everton 1
Germany 1

For reference, the cumulative jersey count will be kept on the sidebar.

Jersey Count- August

So last year was my first year of college, and I noticed a ton of people wearing jerseys for various teams. Sometimes it would be the same people over and over again, I think, but it was still fascinating to me to see so many people wearing jerseys since the only people who wore them at my high school were me and this Italian-American kid who cycled through 3 or 4 different jerseys. It's even more exciting when I saw someone wearing a jersey from a team that wouldn't be considered a big club in the US (i.e. I saw a guy wearing a Marseille jersey going to lunch one day and got far more excited than I should have).

So two weeks ago, I started my second year, and in my first class I noticed a guy in the front row wearing a David Villa Valencia jersey. And that was when I had my brilliant idea.

I've been keeping a list of every jersey I see people wearing so I can see which teams are the most popular and/or just keep track of all the cool jerseys I see. I always have my I-touch with me so I just started a note on there and update it every time I see someone in a jersey. If I notice it has a name on the back, I write that down as well so I can see which players are more popular on their teams. I'm posting this here just a way for me to keep up with my count on a monthly basis, in case anyone else out there thinks this is as cool as I think it is.

Valencia 1 (David Villa 1)
Real Madrid 1
Chelsea 2
AC Milan 2 (Gatusso 1)
England 5 (Rooney 3)
Liverpool 3 (Torres 2, Gerrard 1)
USA 3 (Bradley 1) (all me)
Galatasaray
Netherlands 2 (Van der Vaart 1)
Marseille 1
Argentina 1 (Messi 1)
Brazil 1
Aston Villa 1 (Laursen 1)
Japan 1 (Nakamura 1)
Inter Milan 1
Barcelona 1
Arsenal 1 (Nasri 1)
Manchester United 1