TSome moments stay in the game, and others forever.
What happened before the match between Mexico’s women’s national team and Puerto Rico’s women’s national team on April 18 at Estadio Nemesio Diez appears to fall into that second group.
During the national anthem, the players began covering the children accompanying them amid heavy rain and hail. Not as part of a protocol, but as an immediate reaction to what’s going on. Among them, Alice Soto and Scarlett Campbellos were the ones who emphasized their presence by protecting with their bodies and hands.
It was a short gesture, but it was enough.
Because for the kids who were there, that moment probably had nothing to do with the scoreboard or what happened next, but how it felt in the moment.
After that, the match went on as it should.
Mexico ultimately won 6-0 in the crucial Concacaf W qualifying match, securing their spot to the next stage and keeping their path to the World Cup and Olympics.
However, even if there is a result, there is something that remains before that.
Because not everything important happens during the course of the game.
