The relationship between sports teams and local community has garnered the interest of a large number of researchers in recent years. Sports teams are a symbol of the local community, and based on the social identity theory, it is believed that those who internalize the identity of a local of the community to which they belong also show a tendency to identify more strongly with the local sports team. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the relationship between the emotional attachment fans have towards their local area and identification with their home sports team. For the purpose of this study, we conducted an analysis using spectators of games played by the University of Illinois baseball team in the state of Illinois, America as the sample population. Based on the results of research into identification with the local community using a multiple indicator model to show the relationship between psychological home and team identity, it was revealed that the model showed some goodness of fit and that identification with the local community had a positive impact on team identity. Future studies are still required in order to identify factors other than emotional attachment to the local community that impact on team identity and to further verify these findings in Japan through the use of new data.