Who says that south of the border they don’t like a little American Football? While we won’t be hearing Andres Cantor making any spectacular “GOOOOOOOOOAAAAAALLLLLLLLLLLL” calls in this game, there will certainly be much to cheer about.
The game will be played at Azteca Stadium in Mexico City. It has not hosted an NFL game since 2005, a game in which the Arizona Cardinals defeated the San Francisco 49ers 31-14.
The NFL has become very popular in Mexico in recent years, and has been touted as the largest international market for the NFL.
The league has been playing games in London for quite some time now, and there has been murmurings of perhaps a franchise going to London.