you are right, because the US is now awash with illegals.
For most young white American males, soccer is a sport you play because you are smaller and suck at baseball/football/basketball. I’d add hockey, but in the US, if you want to play hockey you need some money and parents willing to sell their lives to the sport.
Guess what else is “trending down” here in the old US. The concept of a republic. What is “trending up”. Crime, the acceptance of criminal govt, and barrios. Yeah US trends.
Asked this on another thread: why the explosion in interest in the NFL? Blame illegals, too?