Why do Mexican like soccer?

Answer 1

It's not just Mexicans. It's everyone but Americans.

It's the most popular sport in the whole world. Almost every country in the world has a FIFA soccer team. Every four years, 32 of these teams are chosen to compete against each other with the victor being crowned as the champion of the biggest sport in the world. Such is the event that it rivals the Olympics. If you don't like soccer, you're a minority as far as the world is concerned.

edit: in fact soccer doesn't get respect in Australia, New Zealand, Canada plus it's ignored or dwarfed by another sport in many other countries e.g. by basketball in Greece, in the Baltic countries, in the former Yugoslavia... simply put soccer is the way you perceive it only in countries of Latin descent and a few other European countries (notably Russia, Germany and Great Britain) +/- Asia which "imports" anything when it comes to sports.

And to answer the question we need to look at the violent version of soccer mixed with rugby that was played in Europe in the Middle Ages. This was turned into two sports: soccer (banning the use of hands and contact) and rugby (because some didn't like the non-contact rules). In Western Europe, including Spain, soccer caught on (mainly because rugby appeared as a response to soccer, therefore, later than soccer), and although Mexico (and, in fact, Latin America) was no longer a colony of Spain, it was still tied to Spain in numerous way. This is why Mexicans like soccer.

Answer 2

It helps them get in shape so they can be able to run away from Immigration.