{"id":111708,"date":"2026-03-06T04:58:56","date_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:58:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/sin-categoria\/sheinbaum-launches-contest-to-choose-youth-to-represent-mexico-in-2026-world-cup\/"},"modified":"2026-03-06T04:58:56","modified_gmt":"2026-03-06T08:58:56","slug":"sheinbaum-launches-contest-to-choose-youth-to-represent-mexico-in-2026-world-cup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/nationals\/sheinbaum-launches-contest-to-choose-youth-to-represent-mexico-in-2026-world-cup\/","title":{"rendered":"Sheinbaum launches contest to choose youth to represent Mexico in 2026 World Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Sheinbaum Announces Contest to Choose Representative at the 2026 World Cup Inauguration<\/h2>\n\nThe President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has revealed an exciting initiative aimed at young soccer players. The contest, called &#8216;Represent Mexico at the World Cup Opening&#8217;, will select the person who will represent the country at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World Cup.\n\nThe president will follow the event from the Z\u00f3calo in Mexico City, sharing the experience with the Mexican people.\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n\n<p>\u201cThe contest is called \u2018Represent Mexico at the World Cup inauguration.\u2019 With what ticket? With the president&#8217;s ticket. It&#8217;s this ticket. 00001. I will be here in the Z\u00f3calo with the people watching the inauguration. While a young woman will represent me at the inauguration,\u201d she affirmed.<\/p>\n\n<cite>Claudia Sheinbaum, President of Mexico<\/cite>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\nThe contest is open to women between 16 and 25 years old. Participants must demonstrate their skills with the ball by sending a video where they perform keepie uppies for one minute.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/alofokedep.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/Sheinbaum-Futbol.jpg\" alt=\"Claudia Sheinbaum en conferencia de prensa.\" title=\"\"><\/figure>\n\n\nThe choice of the representative seeks to highlight the role of women in football and promote equality in the sport. Sheinbaum emphasized the importance of giving visibility to women&#8217;s football, recalling that historically it was considered a sport exclusive to men.\n\nThe jury will be composed of prominent figures from soccer and sports journalism in Mexico. Among them are referee Katia Itzel Garc\u00eda, soccer player Charlyn Corral, and sports journalist Gabriela Fern\u00e1ndez.\n\nThe opening match of the World Cup, which will take place on June 11 at the Azteca Stadium, will pit the national teams of Mexico and South Africa against each other.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheinbaum Announces Contest to Choose Representative at the 2026 World Cup Inauguration The President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has revealed an exciting initiative aimed at young soccer players. The contest, called &#8216;Represent Mexico at the World Cup Opening&#8217;, will select the person who will represent the country at the opening ceremony of the 2026 World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":111709,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[997],"tags":[12087,2123,1183,1215],"class_list":{"0":"post-111708","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nationals","8":"tag-claudia-sheinbaum","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-mexico","11":"tag-world-cup-2026"},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111708","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=111708"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/111708\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/111709"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=111708"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=111708"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alofokedeportes.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=111708"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}