That's the sound of most of the world right now.

The FIFA World Cup soccer's premier tournament is happening in Qatar through mid-December, 32 national teams,

battling each other to be the best squad of them all.

One of them is Mexico. Oh, Mexico.

Mexico! Mexico! Mexico! I'm first-generation American born and raised here in San Diego,

but my heart and passion always roots for all things Mexico related. That's Steve Garcia.

And like him, Mexico is a birthplace of my parents, too.

It's the home to El Trie, the nickname for Mexico's soccer team, named after the country's

tricolored flag.

It's the team and the country that I love to hate and hate to love.

And I'm not alone.

I'm just one of hundreds of thousands of American fans of the Mexican national soccer team.

When the U.S. team plays, I'll put on my jersey and represent the country that I'm from.

But if they're playing in Mexico, they're going to have to take a back seat to El Trie.

El Tris is always good, but just never good enough to have ever won the FIFA World

Cup.

And yet, the team's binaational fan base is all in.

I'm an American-born, Mexican.

My parents are Mexican descent.

I'll root for Mexico, and then I'll continue rooting for Mexico even when they're out, but then usually go for the underdog. But no, I've never struggled between rooting between Mexico and the U.S.

Yeah, there's a lot of pride that El Trie fans have for our team.

And really, we don't really care that much about the ultimate results.

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