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In Mexico, soccer is played wherever space permits
- Across Mexico, soccer pitches are laid out on the edges of towns, under highway underpasses and even inside a volcano crater.
- A 14-year-old in Monterrey, Humberto Guadalupe, nicknamed 'Messi,' plays on the community’s only field on weekends.
- The Field of the Gods is a soccer pitch inside the crater of Teoca Volcano, about 2,300 feet above Mexico City.
- In Xochimilco, players use chinampas and canals as a social hub for local matches.
- Matches occur on pitches within a UNESCO World Heritage Site, balancing community life with ecological concerns for species like the axolotl.
- Reuters photographer Raquel Cunha spent months documenting amateur soccer across Mexico City and beyond.
- The article highlights the social and cultural role of informal pitches in fostering community and memory.
- The story notes the ecological trade-offs of preserving pitches within historical landscapes.
- The piece documents diverse venues, from underpasses to mountainous suburbs, illustrating soccer’s reach.
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