What sport is Mexico known for?

Mexico is mad for soccer, called fútbol in Spanish. Soccer is by far Mexico's most popular sport, with FIFA estimating that more than eight million Mexicans play the sport as part of approximately 17,000 teams. At the professional level, there are four tiers of clubs at various levels of competition.



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