Most Americans would prefer their NFL team win the Super Bowl.
• **Football loyalty beats national pride** — In the U.S., the NFL is the stronger emotional attachment for most people because it is local, tribal, and weekly, while the World Cup is seasonal and often feels like a spectator event rather than a personal identity.
• **The Super Bowl is the…
Most Americans would prefer their NFL team win the Super Bowl, but the preference gap is smaller than it was five years ago and is narrowing fastest among younger Americans and recent immigrants.
• **NFL team loyalty runs deeper than national pride in sports** — The Super Bowl is embedded in American culture as the de facto national holiday; half of all…
Most Americans would prefer their NFL team win the Super Bowl over the USA winning the World Cup.
• **NFL deeply rooted in American culture** — American football, and specifically the NFL, has a far longer and deeper history of popularity in the U.S. compared to soccer, which has only recently seen a surge in interest.
• **Super Bowl is a national holiday**…
Most Americans would prefer their NFL team to win the Super Bowl.
• **NFL loyalty runs deeper for most** — Decades of team-specific fandom built around weekly games and regional identity outweigh the occasional national soccer spike during a World Cup hosted on home soil.
• **Super Bowl draws consistent huge numbers** — Half of Americans plan to watch it…