Mix Diskerud with 245,000 followers. Nobody else has more than 11k! Playing for Barcelona and Atletico Madrid, Villa is recognized all over the world. Using the Thuzio 360 talent database it is easy to sort through social media information for players, other info includes Instagram followers and Facebook likes. Fun Fact: The official NYCFC Twitter account only has 165,000 followers, it's only their first year, but they have some work to do to catch up to their star player.

How could I not favorite this? You're finally talking about the best sport out there. But I wonder how many followers Lampard will bring when (if) he finally joins the team in July.

I wonder how much press Diskerud got for scoring the first goal of the franchise's history. Would another teammate (besides Villa of course) have gotten those many thousands of subscribers instead?

Mix is also a US national player. None of the other players come close in terms of exposure or prestige. Mix maybe earned an extra couple of hundred followers for his goal. But he was already way out in front of the rest of the team (sans Villa).