A recreational league soccer match in Mexico City has ended in tragedy after one of the players was shot dead.

Witnesses told the police that the victim, identified only as Carlos, was sitting alongside his teammates during the championship game's halftime interval, when two male suspects shot him at the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City.

According to Mexican outlet El Grafico, the assailants arrived near the pitch on a red motorbike at approximately 11.30am.

One of the men subsequently withdrew a gun with a silencer to fire multiple shots at Carlos, who was in his 40s, while his accomplice stood by brandishing his weapon.

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A man identified as Carlos (pictured) was shot dead during a soccer match in Mexico City on Sunday before his assailants escaped on a motorcycle

Sunday morning's deadly shooting at a recreational league soccer championship match took place on the site of the old Olympic Park that hosted the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games

The gunman struck Carlos in the head once and four times in the chest, before bystanders and players from both sides came to his aid.

He was declared dead at the scene by paramedics.

The attackers escaped aboard the motorcycle and headed west on the Rio de la Piedad highway.

No arrests have been reported.

The incident took place at a sports complex that was redeveloped after serving as the Olympic Park for the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games.

The site is operated by the Mexican government and continues to serve as a venue for cultural, social, worship and sport events.

Government data for the first eight months of 2010 show that there are at least 150,000 investigations looking into low and high-level crimes.

There have been at least 1,066 homicides reported since January in the Mexican capital city.