For many gathering for a watch party of the World Cup game featuring Mexico, it was a moment four decades in the making, while for others just joining the party was reason enough.
A crowd of at least 1,000 crammed the area near and in Zócalo Food Park in Walkers Point on July 5 with one overriding purpose in mind: to mingle among other avid fans and share Team Mexico's effort to return to the international soccer event's quarterfinals for the first time since 1986. And to keep the party going, if the team satiated that goal.
Or perhaps it was just community pride from those who have roots in Mexico but now live thousands of miles from Estadio Azteca, the Mexico City stadium where the July 5 match had been scheduled to take place live at 7 p.m. CDT. (Inclement weather at the stadium delayed the start an hour.)
Standing among a trio of friends dressed in the Mexico national team's green jerseys, with red and white highlights, Jairo Trujillo of Milwaukee called his team's deep push into the World Cup "a pretty big deal."
Notably, Mexico's Sunday match against England – itself facing a decades-long hunt for a World Cup trophy and tasked with facing a challenging opponent blessed with a rare homefield advantage by luck of the draw – itself carried intrigue.
A crowd of at least 1,000 crammed the area near and in Zócalo Food Park in Walkers Point on July 5 with one overriding purpose in mind: to mingle among other avid fans and share Team Mexico's effort to return to the international soccer event's quarterfinals for the first time since 1986. And to keep the party going, if the team satiated that goal.
Or perhaps it was just community pride from those who have roots in Mexico but now live thousands of miles from Estadio Azteca, the Mexico City stadium where the July 5 match had been scheduled to take place live at 7 p.m. CDT. (Inclement weather at the stadium delayed the start an hour.)
Standing among a trio of friends dressed in the Mexico national team's green jerseys, with red and white highlights, Jairo Trujillo of Milwaukee called his team's deep push into the World Cup "a pretty big deal."
Notably, Mexico's Sunday match against England – itself facing a decades-long hunt for a World Cup trophy and tasked with facing a challenging opponent blessed with a rare homefield advantage by luck of the draw – itself carried intrigue.
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