Global football, written sharply
Hours before Mexico’s biggest match of the tournament, someone else showed up at the Azteca first. On the evening of July 4, residents of Santa Úrsula Coapa, the neighborhood pressed against the stadium’s southern flank, staged a blockade near the ground while Mexico City police looked on. Their banners didn’t mention England, altitude, or the … Read more
World Cup 2026 Mexico City Celebration Deaths Expose FIFA’s Perimeter Blind Spot Three people suffocated on a downtown Mexico City street early Wednesday morning, in a crowd that had nothing to do with a stadium. The World Cup 2026 Mexico City celebration deaths came hours after El Tri beat Ecuador 2-0 to reach the round … Read more
Teachers’ strikes and public tension cloud Mexico City’s World Cup opener preparations. What the Zócalo buzz masks about the mood on the ground.
For a month we have written the same warning about how to get to Estadio Ciudad de México for the World Cup 2026 opener as we have for every other venue: in North America, the stadium is the easy part and the last mile is where the plan breaks. Mexico City breaks the pattern. When … Read more
