Mexico's First Women's Blind Football Team Faces Hurdles Beyond the Game

Mexico's first women's blind football team, from Chilangas FC, will compete in the 2026 IBSA American championship. Players face many obstacles: families worry about daughters playing contact sports, facilities for blind athletes are limited, and Mexican women spend 39.7 weekly hours on housework — over double men's. Team member Hernandez says the toughest barriers are "presumptions about what blind women can and cannot do."