IN CORAL FWABLS, FLORIDA, THIS MORNING. THOSE FANS SEEM STOKED. >> Reporter: THIS IS AN INCREDIBLE ATMOSPHERE, GUYS. GOOD MORNING. OF COURSE, THE AMERICAN TEAM DOES NOT PLAY UNTIL FRIDAY. PEOPLE OUT HERE ARE AWAKE AT 3:30 OR 4:00 IN THE MORNING ON FRIDAY. ONE OF THESE TABLES IS GOING FOR ABOUT $500. [ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ] >> Reporter: THERE YOU GO. THERE IS THE ENTHUSIASM. GERMANY IS ABOUT TO PLAY JAPAN. APPLE STRUDEL, BEER STIENS, BAVARIAN PRETZEL, A FAVORITE HERE'S WHAT'S HAPPENING IN YOUR NECK OF THE WOODS AND THE BEER HOUSE BREAKFAST. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A COUNTRY SO OBSESSED WITH THE TRADITIONS. STERNLY FOOTBALL AT THE TOP OF THE LIST. RIGHT NOW PEOPLE ARE OPEN TO BEING SWEPT UP BY A NEW NOVEMBER ACTIVITY.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT HOLIDAY FOOTBALL, THE LIONS, THE COWBOYS AND THE PIGSKIN ARE PROBABLY YOUR FIRST THOUGHTS. BUT THIS YEAR IT'S ACTUALLY FUTBOL THAT HAS FANS IN THE STREETS AT WASHINGTON'S DUPONT CIRCLE AND PARTYING IN LANCASTER, PA, NOT FAR FROM WHERE CHRISTIAN PULISIC GREW UP. SOCCER'S INFECTIOUS INTERNATIONAL APPEAL. >> WE WERE READY EIGHT YEARS AGO. WE ARE JUST REALLY EXCITED TO BE BACK TO DO THIS. >> Reporter: FINDING A SUDDENLY CAPTIVATED AUDIENCE IN NOVEMBER FOR THE EVENTS HELD IN QATAR, A LOCATION TOO HOT TO PLAY IN SUMMER. THE TIME OF YEAR NO PROBLEM FOR FOUNDERS OF THE AMERICAN OUTLAWS, 20,000 MEMBERS TEAM, ORGANIZING MANY OF THE WATCH PARTIES ERUPTING THROUGHOUT THE STATES. >> I RECOMMEND ANYONE TO TAKE THAT OPPORTUNITY TO WATCH WITH OTHER PEOPLE. YOU EXPERIENCE THOSE MOMENTS OUTSIDE OF JUST YOURSELF AND HOUSE, THAT IS WHAT YOU REMEMBER FOREVER. >> Reporter: FOR THE U.S. AND UPSTART SQUAD, THE SECOND YOUNGEST OF THE 32 TEAMS WITH AN AVERAGE AGE OF 25 YEARS, 214 DAYS OLD, DIVERSITY DRAWING IN NEW VIEWERS.
12 MILLION PEOPLE WATCHING THE U.S./WALES MATCH ON MONDAY. >> IT WILL BE A UNIQUE EXPERIENCE AND BRING A LOT OF DIFFERENT EYES TO THE SPORT. >> Reporter: AT THE SPORTS GRILL IN SOUTH MIAMI A PERFECT SNAPSHOT OF EXCITEMENT FOR THE SPORT WITH A GROUP OF AMERICANS WATCHING THE STUDENTS FROM AUSTRALIA, FRANCE, ITALY, JAPAN AND SPAIN. >> WE TRIED TO, BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THESE RIVALRIES BETWEEN COUNTRIES. SO WE TRY TO. WE'RE FRIENDS. >> Reporter: THE STAKES ARE HIGH EVEN AS RIGHT ACROSS THE BAR PRIORITIES ARE PLACED ON A DIFFERENT SET OF THURSDAY FOOTBALL GAMES. >> I DIDN'T REALIZE THE WORLD CUP WAS ON BECAUSE I WAS SO — I'M SO FOCUSED ON THE NFL FOOTBALL. >> Reporter: ON THANKSGIVING DAY THERE WILL BE THREE NFL GAMES ON AND FOUR WORLD CUP MATCHES. WHICH ONE WILL YOU BE WATCHING? >> SURELY THE WORLD CUP. SOCCER ALL THE WAY. >> SORRY, GUYS. DEFINITELY WATCHING THE WORLD CUP. >> YOU CAN WATCH THEM ALL. SO, SAM, THE U.S. TIED WALES 1-1.
