Soccer is the third most popular sport in America
The United States has become the largest foreign market for Europe's elite leagues, signaling a massive shift in the country's athletic hierarchy.
For decades, the hierarchy of American sports seemed unshakeable, with football, basketball, and baseball forming a dominant trio. That order has changed as soccer claims the third spot. Data from 2025 shows that ten percent of Americans now identify soccer as their favorite sport, narrowly edging out baseball for the first time in history.
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