The brawl got so big, even people not involved in the game started throwing kicks and punches. The coach of one of the teams said the fight broke out after his team of mostly teens defeated a team of mostly adults.
Bryan Wallace, coach of the Irvine Zeta FC U23 team said his team, made up of mostly teenagers, was beaten by a team made of mostly adults, after his team won over the weekend. The brawl got so big, that people who weren't even involved in the game jumped in. One player, a 16-year-old, suffered a broken nose during what his family said is a key college recruitment period.soccer game Saturday night.
"At the end of the game, emotions got high. A couple of players got in a little bit of a scuffle," he said, adding that he pulled his players away after the first fight. "There’s people that weren’t a part of the game that weren’t on the coaching staff, that came onto the field and started fighting not just our minors, but fighting our fans, our parents," Wallace said. He worried that someone might have a weapon.
The video also showed 16-year-old Matthew Gonzales walking off the field with a badly broken nose. The high school senior plays for Strikers Elite Academy U19 and Zeta FC U23, and is in the middle of a busy college application and recruitment process. His Dad Robert Gonzales said the injury is a big blow.
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