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Suspects Sought in Stabbing at Mexico-Qatar Soccer Match at 49ers’ Stadium

An altercation took place in the stands during El Tri’s 1-0 loss on Sunday.

Patrick Andres

Suspects Sought in Stabbing at Mexico-Qatar Soccer Match at 49ers’ Stadium
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Police are looking for two suspects in regard to a stabbing that took place during Qatar’s 1-0 win over Mexico in Group B of the CONCACAF Gold Cup on Sunday evening in Santa Clara, Calif.

At 8:47 p.m. that evening, around the close of the match, Santa Clara police responded to a brawl in the stands “involving multiple attendees,” according to a Tuesday morning report from KPIX-TV in San Francisco. A man eventually was located with a knife wound on his neck.

The suspects, believed to have fled the scene, are “a Hispanic man between 25 and 35 years of age, heavyset with short, dark-colored hair and a thin mustache and beard” and “a heavyset Hispanic woman with dark-colored hair,” per KPIX-TV’s report. Both were last seen in Mexico national team jerseys during the game.

Levi’s Stadium, home of the NFL’s 49ers, hosted the match as the back end of a doubleheader after a 5-0 win for Jamaica over Saint Kitts and Nevis. The venue is scheduled to host matches at the 2026 World Cup, which will be held in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

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Patrick Andres
PATRICK ANDRES

Patrick Andres is a staff writer on the Breaking and Trending News team at Sports Illustrated. He joined SI in December 2022, having worked for The Blade, Athlon Sports, Fear the Sword and Diamond Digest. Andres has covered everything from zero-attendance Big Ten basketball to a seven-overtime college football game. He is a graduate of Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism with a double major in history .

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