Reminds me of something my son said when he was very young. I was watching an NHL playoff game and my son asked, “Who’s playing, Dad?” I said “The Toronto Maple Leafs and (some other team).” He asked, “Do you want the ‘make believes’ to win?” I got a good laugh out of it, but it’s not that funny anymore...
I think it’s adorable.
I once “outed” a closet Canadian when he made the offhand remark that he was a Maple Leafs fan.
There ARE NO American fans of that team.