Wicked Games

On a temperate Sunday morning this past March, a few dozen people gathered at an underpass in Mexico City for a pick-up soccer game. After a while, they decided to move out into the middle of bustling Tlalpan Avenue, where they cut off traffic, painted white lines across the road, and continued. This was not just an average street game. In the distance loomed the Estadio Banorte, more commonly known as Estadio Azteca, the enormous arena that will host the opening game of this summer’s FIFA World Cup, and the players—who have dubbed themselves the Anti-World Cup Assembly—were actually protesters.