Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.Despite their love for baseball, basketball and NFL, a large number of Americans still tune in to watch European “soccer” on a regular basis.According to national data from Nielsen, broadcasters NBC averaged a total audience of 462,000 viewers for every Premier League match during the 2019/20 campaign.It is also believed Spain’s La Liga campaign brought in around 2.8 billion viewers over the course of the same season.But who are America’s favourite footballers?Based on jersey sales from October 1 until November 22, Soccer.com have revealed which player is every American state’s favourite.There is a clear winner, and an understandable one, with Chelsea’s USA star Pulisic the most common shirt sale in 19 of.
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