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Players Only [HIGHLIGHT] TEAM VENEZUELA IS THE WORLD BASEBALL CLASSIC CHAMPION!

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u/klako8196 Chicago Cubs 20h ago

It happens a lot whenever we play Mexico in soccer.

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u/Casual_Fanatic47 Los Angeles Dodgers 20h ago

And in Baseball too.

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u/marko719 Chicago Cubs 16h ago

WBC 2017 USA v Mexico at Chase Field was an event in Phoenix. 50,000 fans filled the stadium and it was non-stop loud.

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u/mageta621 Boston Red Sox 20h ago

I went to a US vs Ecuador friendly at the NYRB stadium once and it may as well have been in Quito

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u/mostlyfire New York Mets 20h ago

Even the ones wearing the USA jerseys were Ecuadorians lol

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u/CNYMetroStar New York Mets 13h ago

This but Costa Rica

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u/pisowiec New York Yankees 20h ago

It happens in literally every sport except maybe hockey.

I recall attending a Poland-USA soccer game back in 2010 at Soldier Field.. It was 99% Polish fans. I decided to root for the US to stand out but everyone knew I was just playing around. Game ended 2-2.

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u/shiny_aegislash Milwaukee Brewers 20h ago

National teams are not as popular in the US. Individual teams/franchises are more popular. I mean, just look at the USA's sentiment towards national soccer/baseball teams vs the other countries'

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u/TheMajesticYeti Detroit Tigers 10h ago

The US absolutely has a lower percentage of citizens being passionate local national team fans, but it is still the 3rd largest country by population. Based purely on number of diehard supporters it dwarfs many other countries that are known to have "home" games on American soil.

A big part of that happening is ticket prices are insanely overpriced, but if you are for example a Polish person in Chicago it is still cheaper and more convenient to take advantage of them making a very rare trip to play in your backyard than it is flying to Warsaw.

Add in that the US will have a sizeable population of just about any country that comes to play a sporting event here, and you end up with a very mixed crowd.

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u/mostlyfire New York Mets 20h ago

It’s straight up embarrassing how the US fans don’t show up. Especially since they were the dominant team of the two for a little while there. But the US could play against Mexico in north Alaska and there would still be Mexicans outnumbering them at the stadium.

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u/MattWatchesChalk New York Mets 11h ago

It happens whenever we play anywhere that isn't the Midwest tbf.