# If you could play for a foreign sports team, which would it be? **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [December 10, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031 "2015-12-10T02:49:56Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Velocity](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/velocity/32/18006_2.png) [@Velocity](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Velocity)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/1 "2015-12-10T02:49:56Z")
“Foreign” meaning any nationality other than your own. I would want to be goalkeeper or striker for Arsenal, or maybe a pro soccer team in China or Japan. ---
**Author:** ![Laggard](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9de053/32.png) [@Laggard](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Laggard)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/2 "2015-12-10T02:55:26Z")
Striker for Barca. ---
**Author:** ![snfaulkner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snfaulkner/32/433_2.png) [@snfaulkner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/snfaulkner)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/3 "2015-12-10T02:55:46Z")
A driver on any F1 team. Ideally being paid millions, not paying millions, to do so. I don’t have my hopes up tho, seeing as I’m too old, fat, poor, and never actually been in any sort of race vehicle on a track. Unless Gran Turismo counts. Which it doesn’t. ---
**Author:** ![cherry\_pez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8491ac/32.png) [@cherry\_pez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cherry_pez)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/4 "2015-12-10T05:18:39Z")
All Blacks. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 5:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/5 "2015-12-10T05:26:46Z")
Mf for Dortmund…then id get some revenge against turncoat Robert Lewandowdki with some rough tackles. ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/6 "2015-12-10T15:08:06Z")
Over the years being the QB for the New England Patriots has been a pretty decent gig. ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Scud](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f08c70/32.png) [@Tom\_Scud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Scud)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/7 "2015-12-10T15:33:29Z")
> [@Laggard](#): > > Striker for Barca. This is clearly the correct answer (assuming this also involves me magically becoming talented enough to hold my own at the position, et cetera.) ---
**Author:** ![Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jimmy\_Chitwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jimmy_Chitwood)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/8 "2015-12-10T20:25:00Z")
No talent, super dirty defensive midfielder for Liverpool. ---
**Author:** ![RickJay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/bb73d2/32.png) [@RickJay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RickJay)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/9 "2015-12-10T20:44:42Z")
Well, 29 out of 30 Major League Baseball teams aren’t in my country, and my best bud lives near San Francisco and it’s a gorgeous area, so I’d like to play for the Giants. Playing for a SoCal team wouldn’t be a kick in the nuts, either. ---
**Author:** ![Wilson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/96bed5/32.png) [@Wilson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wilson)\ **Post date:** [December 10, 2015, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/10 "2015-12-10T22:35:11Z")
I’d like to take Matthew Pavlich’s role at Freemantle when he retires. ---
**Author:** ![Thing\_Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ecb155/32.png) [@Thing\_Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing_Fish)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/11 "2015-12-13T19:34:50Z")
Gryffindor. Failing that I would like to be Harry Kane (striker for Tottenham Hotspur). Playing for Barca would also be acceptable. ---
**Author:** ![Mr\_Shine](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mr_shine/32/464_2.png) [@Mr\_Shine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr_Shine)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/12 "2015-12-13T19:39:32Z")
New York Yankees pitcher. (Rough and ready guess that is the best $$$/risk of injury ratio I’m likely to get) ---
**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/13 "2015-12-13T20:46:48Z")
Midfield for the Hawthorn Aussie Rules football club ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 11:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/14 "2015-12-13T23:04:47Z")
Thuggish penalty-drawing forward for the Montreal Canadiens. ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2015, 11:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/15 "2015-12-13T23:07:21Z")
Point guard for the Toronto Raptors. ---
**Author:** ![jsquire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/ce73a5/32.png) [@jsquire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsquire)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 2:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/16 "2015-12-14T02:08:11Z")
Windsor Spitfires because I could commute to work from my present home. The sport in which I compete, track and field, is a bit more like golf or tennis in that the pros are essentially independent contractors. But if I were a member of an amateur club overseas, I think I’d go with the Clonliffe Harriers in Dublin, Ireland. Their home grounds, Morton Stadium, includes a pub that looks out on the track. ---
**Author:** ![Oredigger77](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/oredigger77/32/3181_2.png) [@Oredigger77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oredigger77)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/17 "2015-12-14T03:45:14Z")
I’ll play lock for the All-blacks. I’m probably too big at 6’6" and 280 lbs but if I was going international that would be the most fun. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 3:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/18 "2015-12-14T03:50:05Z")
Centerback for a La Liga or Bundesliga team. Ideally Barca in the former. I’ve only been to Berlin in Germany and liked it a lot, but Bayern Munich would be more likely to win hardware. ---
**Author:** ![russian\_heel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f05b48/32.png) [@russian\_heel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/russian_heel)\ **Post date:** [December 14, 2015, 8:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/19 "2015-12-14T08:04:12Z")
Scottish Premier League team, just so I could down several post game pints at one of the pubs. ---
**Author:** ![mascaroni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/dc4da7/32.png) [@mascaroni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mascaroni)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2015, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031/20 "2015-12-15T18:14:46Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > Centerback for a La Liga or Bundesliga team. Ideally Barca in the former. I’ve only been to Berlin in Germany and liked it a lot, but Bayern Munich would be more likely to win hardware. Sorry to be snarky **Kong** , but don’t you mean silverware? Unless, of course, Bayern players get showered with power tools and plumbing supplies for winning… [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/if-you-could-play-for-a-foreign-sports-team-which-would-it-be/740031.md?page=2)