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Move over Spotify wrapped, it's time for the most search sports references in each state to be highlighted. I love when this circulates, because it's always interesting to see what the influence is on some of our favorite players. With soccer taking a massive strive in the US this year, I checked out the list that was published by FBref.
To no surprise, Messi and Ronaldo were the kings of the castle across the US> It's going to be wild when the they move to the MLS and absolutely dominate.
I am surprised though that with the World Cup happening, that Christian Pulisic wasn't on this list or was a frequent search name. But the one that I seriously cannot wrap my head around is my lovely Rhode Island having Maxence Caqueret as their No. 1 search results.
I'll be honest, I have no idea who he is. I know he isn't on the France WC team, so a quick google search informed me that he is a 22 year-old midfielder who plays for Ligue 1 club Lyons. I'll be frank, this is so random. I've spent over an hour trying to find the connection, and I am lost. I don't know if Maxence Caqueret even knows what Rhode Island is?
Oddly enough, with 9,545 speakers in Rhode Island, French comes in third. French speakers represent a bit more than 0.95 percent of the population in the state. 30% of Kenyon Rhode Island (which again, I have no idea where that is), is French speaking. I guess there is a ton of Lyons fans in the Ocean State, I will report back on this one day.
Photo: ZIP-Atlas
In my opinion, the number one search should be Michael Parkhurst. Unbiased opinion, but the Rhody royalty and MLS star is leading the charge with Rhode Island FC.