The 2026 World Cup opens today with Mexico vs South Africa.

Sergio Esparza knew a sort of flu may be coming this week for his construction company’s 50 or so workers, nearly all of whom are Mexicans making a living in and around Vancouver.

With a capacity crowd of 80,824 watching at the iconic Azteca Stadium, co-host Mexico started the largest World Cup tournament in history by getting goals in each half while three red cards were shown...