{"id":1577,"date":"2026-06-11T16:04:36","date_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1577"},"modified":"2026-06-11T16:04:36","modified_gmt":"2026-06-11T16:04:36","slug":"the-us-is-hosting-the-world-cup-but-nearly-half-of-americans-dont-care","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1577","title":{"rendered":"The US is hosting the World Cup, but nearly half of Americans don\u2019t care"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>Despite the U.S. hosting this year\u2019s World Cup, many Americans aren\u2019t that interested in the world\u2019s best coming stateside.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1575\">Mexico opens 2026 World Cup against South Africa in historic first match<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In a poll of registered voters by Emerson College, 22% said they are very interested and 33% said they are somewhat interested. Forty-five percent said they have no interest.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>Mexico opens 2026 World Cup against South Africa in historic first match<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Interest varied sharply by age. Just 10% of those 70 and older said they are very interested, compared with 43% of those ages 30-39 and 33% of those 18-29. Six in 10 people 70 and older said they have no interest, compared with two in 10 people ages 18-29.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1573\">Three hurt after truck collides head-on with another vehicle near 83rd Avenue and Van Buren Street<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The poll also found a racial divide. White Americans were twice as likely to express no interest in the World Cup compared with Hispanic and Black Americans. Hispanic and Latino respondents were three times more likely than white respondents to say they will closely follow the tournament.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. is jointly hosting the expanded World Cup with Canada and Mexico. Play begins Thursday afternoon with Mexico facing South Africa. The U.S. plays its opener Friday.<\/p>\n<p><b>RELATED STORY | <\/b><b>$20 million in fake goods from Hong Kong seized ahead of World Cup<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/arizonamovinginsider.com\/?p=1571\">Man shot multiple times near 27th Avenue and Indian School Road; police investigating<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Poll finds 45% of Americans have no interest in the World Cup, with younger and Hispanic fans far more likely to follow the tournament.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1576,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1577","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The US is hosting the World Cup, but nearly half of Americans don\u2019t care - 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