To understand soccer in Mexico, first you have to understand why it is so popular. It’s the cheapest thing to play. All you need is balled up towel, a coconut, a skull, a variety of numbers of old balls, and you have your soccer ball. This so important for why soccer is the world’s most popular sport. Having said this, you also have to take a look at soccer in Mexico. Mexico can be broken up into four separate cultural areas in a very broad way. The north, central Mexico, Mexico City, and the south. The more south you go, the more prevalent soccer is. The more north you go, the more prevalent baseball and basketball are. In fact Tijuana, the fifth largest city in the country barely got a soccer team just recently, and it wasn’t even Division 1. It’s kind of like if NYC or LA never had a football team until a while ago, and it was arena football. (by the way it stinks how LA doesn’t have a football team right now, it’s been like ten years man!)
So this kind of goes to show you where soccer is important and why it is important.
Also when you see how people get all crazy about it, think about how Americans get when the Cowboys play the Giants, or the Chargers play the Broncos, or Green Bay plays the Bears. They get all crazed up because they have a history following the sport and the rivalries, just as is the case in Mexico. Hope this helps, I’d appreciate ten points if you think this is the best answer. Thanks