Overview
- Mayor Clara Brugada launched the preparatory phase, setting March 1, 2026 for a mass participation soccer class aimed at a Guinness World Record.
- INDEPORTE notes the benchmark is Seattle’s 1,038 people over 30 minutes, and proposes a 35‑minute session in seven segments to surpass both duration and turnout.
- Weekly training will run across schools, PILARES centers, neighborhoods and public spaces in all 16 boroughs, with a touring signed “Great Ball” to spur enrollment.
- Grassroots efforts include the activation of 500 pitches citywide and a feeder youth competition of about 700 teams and roughly 7,000 participants.
- The initiative is paired with mobility and urban works such as the modernized Tren Ligero “El Ajolote,” a Tlalpan bikeway, a Chabacano–Tlaxcoaque walkway, improved access near Estadio Ciudad de México, new lighting and upgrades in Xochimilco.