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WAYNE PARTELLO

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Soccer Is Catching Baseball and Basketball in America

Soccer isn’t just growing in America. It’s starting to reshape the hierarchy of American sports.

Soccer isn’t just growing in America. It’s starting to reshape the hierarchy of American sports.

Gallup data shows soccer has grown from just 2% of Americans naming it their favorite sport to watch in 2001 to 9% today, nearly even with baseball at 10% and basketball at 11%.

But the bigger story is generational. Younger Americans are spreading their attention across more sports, leagues and athletes than previous generations, and soccer is one of the biggest beneficiaries.

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