home team
Not the visitors
The home team is the team playing on its own field or in its own venue, as opposed to the visiting or away team.
Home teams typically enjoy advantages: familiar surroundings, supportive crowds, no travel fatigue.
In sports listings, the home team is conventionally listed second: The Yankees host the Red Sox tonight—Red Sox at Yankees.
Figuratively, any group with territorial advantage: We're the home team here.
- stadiumLarge venue for spectators
- supportersPeople who back something
- local heroesAdmired people nearby
- fansArdent admirers or coolers
- arenaVenue for contests
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- teamssquad, sports teams, club teams, professional teams, local teams
- home advantagefans, cheering, familiarity, fortress, homestand
- team designationsfirst string, second string, varsity, junior varsity, starting lineup
- fan loyaltiesloyalty, bandwagon
- sports fandomfans, fan chants, foam finger, jersey, fan clubs
- sports idiomsdrop the ball, throw in the towel, slam dunk, out of left field, level playing field
home teamaway team
Opponents on foreign ground
visiting team · road team · visitors · traveling team · road warriors
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