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Originally Posted by Supreme Olajuwon
Most Americans do this. I know I do. I'll be intently following both the US and France. It's one of the neat little peculiarities of living in a country completely made up of immigrants. But it's also a product of the US having limited success on the world stage. You root for America, but when they're eventually knocked out, you can continue to support your heritage. But some people just root for a good team too even if they don't have ancestry there.
But yeah pretty much every American does this except for the Mexican immigrants who never root for America at all.
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yea, this. My great grandfather came though Ellis Island in NY from Czechoslovakia, so I first and foremost root the the USA in every world games, but support the Czech Republic as well. And my other side of the family came over from Ireland, but they usually aren't that good in sports.
I know a lot of my generation has parents, grandparents or certainly great grandparents that came over from Europe and a lot of people celebrate thier heritage here. And I am from NY right outside NYC, so pretty much every kid I grew up with had someone in thier family from Europe.