I was there in 2014, in Fortaleza, Brazil. It was awesome. It was like nothing I had ever seen. It was my first World Cup, and as a Mexico fan, the Round of 16 game against the Netherlands was going to be my first ever Mexico World Cup game.
I cannot begin to describe the pregame buildup in the city. It was as if Mexicans had taken over all of Fortaleza. I mean it literally. You went downtown and inside of every hotel window you saw Mexican flags. The pier at night was swarmed with thousands of green shirts all singing Cielito Lindo.