Why do Americans support a second World Cup team?
23%
23% gave this reason for supporting a second team: wanting Team USA’s rivals to lose.
n = 1,006 Americans · Fielded July 2026 · Cherry Data Signals
Breakdown
Response categories are reproduced as reported; some source breakdowns are partial, and rounded totals may differ from 100%. Survey findings only are listed. The Census-based Diaspora Support Index and population counts are not survey measures and are excluded. Question bases for second-team reasons are not separately stated.
Methodology
- Sample
- 1,006
- Population
- Americans
- Country
- United States
- Fielded
- July 2026
- Research by
- Cherry Data Signals
- Study
- How Americans Choose a Second World Cup Team
Cite this statistic
Cherry Data Signals (July 2026). "Why do Americans support a second World Cup team?" Survey of 1,006 Americans, United States. https://cherrysignals.com/statistics/why-do-americans-support-a-second-world-cup-team
Free to reproduce with attribution to Cherry Data Signals and a link to this page.
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