{"id":539520,"date":"2026-03-16T05:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539520\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T05:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T05:50:10","slug":"mexico-city-sets-world-record-for-largest-soccer-class-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/539520\/","title":{"rendered":"Mexico City sets world record for largest soccer class"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mexico City set a Guinness World Record Sunday for having held the largest soccer class, with about 9,500 people having taken part in a training session in a public sqaure in the city.<\/p>\n

Participants filled the central plaza, known as Zocalo, for a 40-minute open-air class, practicing drills under instructors as part of a campaign ahead of the FIFA World Cup in June.<\/p>\n

Among those participating were members of the Mexico team that won the unofficial 1971 Women’s World Cup.<\/p>\n

Guinness World Records judge Alfredo Arista confirmed the record during the event. Organizers said the turnout surpassed the previous record of 1,038 participants set in Seattle in June 2025.<\/p>\n

Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada congratulated participants saying, “Today we kick off the World Cup.”<\/p>\n

\"Mexico<\/p>\n

Mexico building momentum as it gears up to co-host the World CupQuetzalli Nicte-Ha\/REUTERS<\/p>\n

What to know about situation in Mexico City more generally<\/p>\n

The World Cup will begin<\/a> on June 11 at Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca.<\/p>\n

Mexico will co-host the tournament along with the US and Canada.<\/p>\n

This will be the third World Cup tournament in Mexico, after the country previously hosted the finals of the 1970 and 1986 tournaments.<\/p>\n

But safety questions linger after authorities killed the nation’s most wanted drug-leader<\/a> last month. That triggered a wave of violence in several parts of the country<\/a>, including Guadalajara, one of Mexico’s three World Cup host cities.<\/p>\n

President Claudia Sheinbaum has sought to assauge those concerns, telling the public that authorities will ensure security<\/a> during the sporting event.<\/p>\n

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