“Mexico’s national team jersey is the best-selling shirt of this World Cup cycle. I don’t want to get too sociological about it, but the jersey is, above all else, a symbol. The green of our flag — which stands for hope — the sun, the graphics nodding to the Piedra del Sol (the cosmogonic centerpiece of Mexica civilization), and the eagle that recalls both our flag and the founding myth that gave Mexico its name. It’s national pride translated into performance fabric. After decades of being told to ponte la verde, the jersey became shorthand for Mexican solidarity itself.”