\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWorld Cup fever took over downtown Sacramento as thousands of fans packed Cesar Chavez Plaza for a watch party supporting Mexico on Wednesday night, turning the area into a sea of green, white, and red.The free event was put on by Sac Republic FC. KCRA 3 noticed lines before kickoff were wrapped around the block as fans waited to get into the plaza for Mexico\u2019s World Cup match against the Czech Republic.\u201cI\u2019m just a community girly, so I go where there\u2019s people having a good time,\u201d Dalia Robles said.Jennifer Morfin said she arrived around 5 p.m. and still found large crowds.\u201cIt was pretty great that she got here earlier,\u201d Morfin said, referring to her sister, Liza, who helped her get in line sooner.The plaza featured activities beyond the match itself, including soccer-themed games and fan experiences.\u201cThe ‘Mundial’ is really cool,\u201d Robles said. \u201cIt\u2019s a global thing, but it also brings us closer together locally.\u201d Connor Sutton of Sacramento Republic FC said the club wanted to bring the energy of the World Cup directly to the city.\u201cWe really care about this community. We live here. We work here, we play here,\u201d Sutton said. \u201cSo we wanted to bring soccer that\u2019s on the world stage right here to downtown Sacramento.\u201dAs chants echoed through the plaza, fans said the gathering was also a celebration of identity and heritage.\u201cWe\u2019re rooting for the motherland \u2014 Mexico,\u201d Robles said.Liza Morfin said the event offered a chance for people to come together during a difficult time.\u201cWith everything kind of going on, it\u2019s nice that we can all come together and support our home country,\u201d Morfin said.Wilfredo Cruz said the event reflected a broader sense of unity.\u201cWe\u2019re Latinos. Come on, man. We got to unite,\u201d Cruz said.He added that soccer has a way of bringing people together, even strangers.\u201cIt\u2019s just been really cool to see \u2014 over soccer, friends who don\u2019t even know what\u2019s going on, still having a great time and still want to drink and enjoy and celebrate,\u201d Cruz said.Mexico won the match 3-0, prompting cheers across the plaza.Sacramento Republic FC said it will host another block party for the United States\u2019 match against Turkey on Thursday. Organizers said more World Cup watch parties are planned if teams continue to advance, including possible events next week for both the U.S. and Mexico.See more coverage of top California stories here | Download our app | Subscribe to our morning newsletter | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tSACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
World Cup fever took over downtown Sacramento as thousands of fans packed Cesar Chavez Plaza for a watch party supporting Mexico on Wednesday night, turning the area into a sea of green, white, and red.<\/p>\n
The free event was put on by Sac Republic FC. <\/p>\n
KCRA 3 noticed lines before kickoff were wrapped around the block as fans waited to get into the plaza for Mexico\u2019s World Cup match against the Czech Republic.<\/p>\n
\u201cI\u2019m just a community girly, so I go where there\u2019s people having a good time,\u201d Dalia Robles said.<\/p>\n
Jennifer Morfin said she arrived around 5 p.m. and still found large crowds.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt was pretty great that she got here earlier,\u201d Morfin said, referring to her sister, Liza, who helped her get in line sooner.<\/p>\n
The plaza featured activities beyond the match itself, including soccer-themed games and fan experiences.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe ‘Mundial’ is really cool,\u201d Robles said. \u201cIt\u2019s a global thing, but it also brings us closer together locally.\u201d<\/p>\n
Connor Sutton of Sacramento Republic FC said the club wanted to bring the energy of the World Cup directly to the city.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe really care about this community. We live here. We work here, we play here,\u201d Sutton said. \u201cSo we wanted to bring soccer that\u2019s on the world stage right here to downtown Sacramento.\u201d<\/p>\n
As chants echoed through the plaza, fans said the gathering was also a celebration of identity and heritage.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re rooting for the motherland \u2014 Mexico,\u201d Robles said.<\/p>\n
Liza Morfin said the event offered a chance for people to come together during a difficult time.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith everything kind of going on, it\u2019s nice that we can all come together and support our home country,\u201d Morfin said.<\/p>\n
Wilfredo Cruz said the event reflected a broader sense of unity.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re Latinos. Come on, man. We got to unite,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n
He added that soccer has a way of bringing people together, even strangers.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just been really cool to see \u2014 over soccer, friends who don\u2019t even know what\u2019s going on, still having a great time and still want to drink and enjoy and celebrate,\u201d Cruz said.<\/p>\n
Mexico won the match 3-0, prompting cheers across the plaza.<\/p>\n
Sacramento Republic FC said it will host another block party for the United States\u2019 match against Turkey on Thursday. <\/p>\n
Organizers said more World Cup watch parties are planned if teams continue to advance, including possible events next week for both the U.S. and Mexico.<\/p>\n
See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> | Download our app<\/a> | Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> | Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup fever took over downtown Sacramento as thousands of fans packed Cesar Chavez Plaza for a watch…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":374082,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[14852,77010,43055,6787,11190,2457,14642,121,123,122,5393],"class_list":["post-374081","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-andres-valle","tag-cesar-chavez-plaza","tag-czech-republic","tag-downtown-sacramento","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-mexico","tag-sac-republic-fc","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-world-cup"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374081","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=374081"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/374081\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/374082"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=374081"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=374081"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=374081"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}