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          FANS, PLEASE RISE FOR THE SINGING OF THE NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY ELECTRIC GUITARIST AND SONGWRITER TONY BAD. 
          AND NOW PLEASE REMAIN STANDING FOR THE SINGING OF THE MEXICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM PERFORMED BY MARIACHI SENSATION AND FINALIST OF MEXICO'S GOT TALENT. 
          LOPEZ AGAIN, MAKE SOME NOISE FROM HOW WE FEELING TODAY. 
          MY NAME IS DANA COR. 
          I'M HOST OF THE DANA CORTES. 
          I'M SO EXCITED TO BE HERE WITH YOU. 
          ALRIGHT, THIS IS OPENING DAY. 
          WELCOME FIFA THIRD FESTIVAL 2026, HOSTED IN H TOWN. 
          I NEED YOU TO MAKE MORE NOISE THAN THAT. 
          COME ON NOW, THAT'S, THIS DOESN'T HAPPEN OVERNIGHT. 
          OKAY. 
          LOTS OF PEOPLE VOLUNTEERS. 
          OUR STAFF WORKING HARD. 
          SO EXCITED TO BE HERE. 
          MINUTES AWAY FROM TWO AT TWO. 
          HE 
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MINUTES AWAY FROM GOING LIVE ON FOX. 
          SO I NEED MY MEXICO FANS TO GET READY LIVE TV, MINUTES AWAY, H ROUND. 
          ONCE AGAIN. 
          WE'RE GOING LIVE ON FOX IN MINUTES. 
          MEXICO. 
          FEDS. 
          GET READY. 
          WE NEED TO SHOW OFF LIVE TV. 
          MINUTES AWAY FROM RIGHT NOW. 
          ALRIGHT, WE'RE GOING LIVE. 
          WE'RE GOING LIVE. 
          WE'RE GOING LIVE ON TV. 
          ALL I NEED YOU TO PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR MEXICO. 
          WE GOTTA SHOW UP MEXICO FANS. 
          OKAY, I WANT YOU WITH ME. 
          ARE WE READY? ARE WE READY TO GO LIVE? I'M SUPPOSED TO HAVE A CUE HERE ON MY RIGHT SIDE. 
          NOT YET. 
          HOW MANY MINUTES AWAY? TWO MINUTES, ONE MINUTE. 
          IT'S WHENEVER. 
          WE JUST GOTTA BE READY. 
          . 
          MY NAME IS DANA CORTEZ. 
          WELCOME. 
          WHO'S READY FOR THE MATCH AT TWO O'CLOCK. 
          I KNOW YOU'RE AND I'M REALLY, LOOK I, I'M ALL ABOUT ALL THE TEAMS, BUT I'M REALLY HOPING MEXICO WINS TODAY. 
          I REALLY AM. 
          OKAY, SO WE'RE WAITING OUT HERE FOR THE LIVE FOX HIT. 
          ONCE THAT HAPPENS, I'M GONNA GIVE YOU A CUE AND I WANT TO DO A CHANT. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA DO A CHANT. 
          HERE IT IS. 
          MEXICO. 
          HE GO. 
          WE'RE NOW LIVE WITH FOX. 
          LET'S DO IT. 
          GO, GO, GO. 
          PUT YOUR HANDS UP HOUSTON. 
          KEEP IT GOING. 
          YES. 
          MEXICO, EVERYBODY. 
          MEXICO. 
          MEXICO. 
          WE'RE DONE. 
          YOU DONE IT. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          YOU DID IT. 
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OH MY GOSH. 
          THAT WAS AMAZING. 
          THAT WAS AMAZING. 
          ARE WE READY TO GET THIS STARTED? ARE WE READY TO GET THIS STARTED? OKAY, LET'S GET THE FIRST KICK GOING. 
          WHERE IS OUR MAYOR? WELCOME MILLER WINMORE TO THE STAGE. 
          LEMME EXPLAIN TO YOU RIGHT NOW THAT THE FIRST KICK IS ALL PART. 
          Y'ALL WANT SOME GOOD LUCK. 
          YOU BETTER BE GOOD. 
          GET IN WITH US, RIGHT? GET IN. 
          OKAY. 
          OKAY. 
          LOOK, THE FIRST KICK IS VERY IMPORTANT. 
          TODAY THE MAYOR WILL SIGN THE BALL AND HE'S GONNA KICK IT OUT. 
          BUT FIRST MAYOR WHITMEYER WORLD CUP HASN'T BEEN HERE SINCE 1999. 
          IS HOUSTON READY? IS HOUSTON READY? WE'RE READY. 
          HOUSTON READY. 
          NEEVA, MEXICO, NEVA HOUSTON WORLD CUP. 
          LET'S GO. 
          WOO. 
          GO. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          LET'S GIVE HIM THE BALL. 
          LET'S GET HIM THE BALL. 
          ALRIGHT, HE'S GONNA SIGN IT NOW. 
          MAYOR WHITMEYER, YOU HAVE TO WAIT UNTIL WE KICK THE BALL UNTIL I COUNT YOU DOWN RATHER TO KICK THE BALL. 
          OR YOU CAN THROW IT WHICHEVER WAY. 
          OKAY. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THERE YOU GO. 
          THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT. 
          OKAY. 
          ARE WE READY? 3, 2, 1. 
          YEAH. 
          OH, THERE WE GO. 
          THANK YOU SO MUCH. 
          MAYOR WHITMEYER. 
          YES. 
          ALRIGHT. 
          WHO'S HERE FROM MEXICO? HOLD ON, HOLD ON. 
          SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE YOU AT? OKAY. 
          I ALMOST GO TO MEXICO. 
          MEXICO. 
          OKAY. 
          I WANNA THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING OUT. 
          NONE OF THIS HAPPENS WITHOUT A LOT OF HELP. 
          PLEASE BE KIND TO YOUR BARTENDERS, BE KIND TO THE STAFF. 
          LET'S HAVE A REALLY GOOD TIME TONIGHT AND GET READY. 
          ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT ACT? ARE WE READY FOR THE NEXT ACT? ARE WE READY? YES. 
          THUMBS UP SOMEBODY. 
          NOT YET. 
          OKAY. 
          MINUTES AWAY. 
          OH, I JUST HEARD MIKE JONES IS GONNA BE HERE TONIGHT. 
          WHO? SOMEBODY SAID THAT THAT WAS FUNNY. 
          YOU HAVE TO BE FROM HOUSTON TO GET THAT ONE. 
          MIKE JONES PERFORMING TONIGHT. 
          INCREDIBLE LIVE ARTIST. 
          AND OF COURSE THE MATCH OF ALL MATCHES SAN VIVA, MEXICO. 
          SO EXCITED. 
          ARE WE READY? ALRIGHT, LET'S MAKE SOME NOISE. 
          HOUSTON, MY MIND.
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