U.S. soccer fans are among the most fanatical about their soccer of any other fans in the world according to a poll recently released by Barclays. Sixty-four percent of the 3,500 that completed the survey said they would watch as many matches as they could.
Some 98 percent of US respondents were big fans of the Barclays Premier League, the top soccer league in England, ahead of the soccer World Cup, which was cited by 93 percent of fans in the U.S., and 36 percent who followed Major League Soccer (the U.S. professional league).
U.S. fans also watch more matches than other global fans -- 48 percent of global fans would watch as many matches as they could versus 64 percent of US fans. Some 32,000 fans from 185 countries around the world took part in the survey.
Barclays is the official global title sponsor of the Premier League in England.
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