{"id":441100,"date":"2026-08-23T08:24:51","date_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:24:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441100\/"},"modified":"2026-08-23T08:24:51","modified_gmt":"2026-08-23T08:24:51","slug":"adorable-interruption-baby-pitch-invader-crashes-san-jose-minnesota-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/441100\/","title":{"rendered":"Adorable interruption! Baby pitch invader crashes San Jose-Minnesota"},"content":{"rendered":"

By MLSsoccer staff<\/p>\n

We may have found the breakout performer of MLS Matchday 22.<\/p>\n

Play was briefly paused during second-half stoppage time of Saturday’s Western Conference showdown between the San Jose Earthquakes<\/a> and Minnesota United FC<\/a> at PayPal Park, when a pint-sized pitch invader made their way onto the field.<\/p>\n

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WATCH: Oh baby! Toddler pitch invader at PayPal Park!<\/a><\/p>\n

The youngster was quickly escorted off, but not before joining an illustrious group of unexpected MLS pitch invaders, from last year’s baby cameo<\/a> in D.C. to the legendary Raccinho<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Unfortunately for San Jose, the surprise substitute couldn’t spark a late comeback, with Minnesota<\/a> seeing out a 5-1 victory<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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HIGHLIGHTS: San Jose Earthquakes vs. Minnesota United | August 22, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By MLSsoccer staff We may have found the breakout performer of MLS Matchday 22. Play was briefly paused…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":441024,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[32885,11203,174773,3137,88,1084,90,89],"class_list":["post-441100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-jose","tag-minnesota-united-fc","tag-mls","tag-pitch-invader","tag-san","tag-san-jose","tag-san-jose-earthquakes","tag-san-jose-headlines","tag-san-jose-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441100","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=441100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/441100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/441024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=441100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=441100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=441100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}