America More Popular Than Chivas

Mexican Soccer team America, where Paraguayan striker Salvador Cabanas playes, exceeded in popularity Guadalajara Chivas as revealed in a survey of soccer fans in Mexico.

22.3 percent said they had America as their favorite team, while 21.2 percent acknowledged a preference for the Chivas , said the survey results was made to 1,000 people from 27 to 31 January past.

Cruz Azul with 14.8 percent, and the UNAM Pumas, with 8.4, followed in popularity by America and Chivas, well ahead of teams like the Santos (4.1%), Toluca (3.9%), Monterrey (1.9%) and Tigres (1.85%).

Compared with the study of 2009, America has lost 2.3 percent of their followers, Chivas lost 0.7 percent, compared with Cruz Azul, who won 1.7 percent, and the Pumas that rose 2.8 percent.

According to the Consulta Mitofsky poll, America is simultaneously the most hated team by the Mexican fans with 41 percent, well above the 16 percent who received rejection and the Far Chivas six percent of Pumas and Cruz Azul.

Soccer is also strengthened as the sport with more fans in Mexico (61.8 percent), well ahead of boxing in the past year it grew in popularity to reach 39.8 received in this survey.