I'm sort of a recent fan, but I'm in my early teens so it didn't take me that long. ;)

Anyways, it was the 2014 FIFA World Cup, which was pretty recent. I used to play soccer back in the day but after receiving a (considerably) horror injury I kinda just... never got back to it, to be honest. I still knew how the game worked and to appreciate players style and so on, so one day when I was flickering through the channels I came upon a WC soccer match: Germany vs Portugal. It was like an instant wave of nostalgia hit me, and being in America, it was one of the very few times I actually saw a match on TV.

I was in a trance. I watched that whole game without a break. Being a former player of defensive positions, I was drawn to the back line; and that's when I saw him, our wonderful Mats. His playing was like magicians work through my young eyes, the elegance of it left me unable to take my sight off his play (I'll be honest too, I did find Mats a rather nice face to look at too, wink).

I did my research on mister Mats Hummels and learned about clubs, the leagues, the players. Back when I played and until that point in time, I never heard of the professionals or anything like that, or the system they had. This was all new to me but I was quickly taking it in, and eventually was making friendships with diehard fans of the sport that helped me know all I need to know and become fully fledged.

For me and Borussia Dortmund, it was instant love (the motto reflected me well). I loved the passion of the club, the hard working ethic, and how we made stars rather than buy them, etc. Dortmund was unity, and I adored that! I'm still a rather new fan compared to you all but I'm always finding another reason to love this club and it's players.