In Mexico, can American football tackle ‘futbol’?
A tattooed fitness instructor runs a 40-yard dash on a Mexico City football field. Panting after doing 20 reps with 100-kilo (220-pound) weights, 32-year-old graphic designer Julio Cesar Lujan says he hopes one of the league's six teams will draft him in December. As the NFL returns to Mexico on Monday night for a regular season match-up, the rise of the Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional (LFA) is another sign of the growing passion for the sport in a country where soccer reigns.
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