“We all support Erling Haaland,” said Marie, an American woman who attended a Norwegian celebration in Miami, Florida.

“We have all fallen in love with him,” he told BBC Mundo. “It’s stupid and it’s a beast.”

“I am fascinated by Mr. Haaland,” Robert, a Miami resident, told BBC Mundo. “That guy is a machine. Terminator, step aside.”

Robert organized a Norwegian-style “brawl” with 10 of his pickleball friends in Miami Beach on Friday morning, inspired by clips of the Norwegian team on social media.

“For us Americans who don’t know much about soccer… it’s wonderful, he’s incredible.”

The Norwegian striker also seems quite found in America.

“People are very friendly here,” Haaland said in one of her vlogs. “They’re very positive. I don’t know what it is, they just enjoy life.”

“I will definitely come back here,” he added.

At a recent press conference, Haaland was asked about her new American fans.

“I like the Americans, I think they’re a bit funny too,” he said. “They’re fun, I like how they are.”

Haaland also interacts directly with her fans, much to their delight.

An Instagram user posted a video of a green onion with the caption: “Am I going crazy or does this green onion look like Haaland?”

The footballer’s comment (a gif of a dog in a car, raising its eyebrows while opening the car window) has almost 1.5 million likes.

Comparisons to chives have gained traction in unexpected corners of the Internet.

Florida Congresswoman Anna Paulina Luna asked her X fans if they would support Norway or England in Saturday’s quarterfinals.

She then posted the chive video, writing, “So everyone knows where I stand,” along with a Norwegian flag emoji.