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    American football is all the rage in Mexico

    by Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times Nov 18, 2017 4 minutes

    MEXICO CITY - The quarterback spied an open player in the end zone and hurled the ball downfield. Touchdown.

    Or, as they shout here in Mexico: Gooooooool!

    At this stadium on the northern edge of Mexico City and others like it across the country, the National Football League is waging a war on soccer.

    Every weekend, thousands of young people converge on soccer fields converted to gridirons to play in a flag football league sponsored by the NFL. The aim is to create more football fans in Mexico - one of the league's fastest growing international markets - and to start them young.

    For a long time, the most

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