Mexico’s Growing Infatuation with Football - American Football

Mexico hosted three preseason NFL matches during the 1990s before the NFL Mexico office opened its doors in 1998. Since that time, the popularity of American football in Mexico has grown exponentially and is second only to (you guessed it) soccer, aka “football.” Currently, the NFL enjoys more than 20 million devout Mexican fans; in fact, Mexico boasts the largest NFL fanbase outside of the United States.