Two people were stabbed and multiple others were arrested after a World Cup watch party in downtown San Jose where thousands gathered to watch Mexico defeat Ecuador 2-0 and advance to the Round of 16 of the 2026 FIFA World Cup, police said.<\/p>\n
Excitement had overflowed in San Pedro Square as Mexico achieved a historic victory at Mexico City Stadium.<\/p>\n
“I feel very proud… my country… the people… I have no words,” one fan said.<\/p>\n
Another fan said, “Feels amazing. We’re the underdogs right now… we’re making history.”<\/p>\n
Organizers said about 30,000 fans packed San Pedro Square, where four giant screens were set up for the World Cup matches.<\/p>\n
The celebration became rowdy after the game ended. Just before midnight, San Jose police ordered people to disperse outside San Pedro Square.<\/p>\n
Video shot near Santa Clara Street and Market Street showed officers in riot gear lining the streets. Police said multiple people were arrested and booked into the Santa Clara County Main Jail on various charges.<\/p>\n
In a statement, San Jose police said the overwhelming majority of attendees celebrated responsibly, but numerous people engaged in disorderly and dangerous behavior as the night went on.<\/p>\n
Officers responded to multiple fights, fireworks being set off in crowded areas and other incidents.<\/p>\n
Police said two separate altercations resulted in stabbings. The victims suffered injuries that were not considered life-threatening.<\/p>\n
Police also said officers responded after a crowd surrounded an ambulance and several people climbed onto the vehicle, interfering with emergency responders. Authorities said members of the crowd threw bottles at officers as they worked to restore order.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Two people were stabbed and multiple others were arrested after a World Cup watch party in downtown San…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":382189,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-382188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=382188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/382188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/382189"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=382188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=382188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=382188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}