{"id":443377,"date":"2026-08-25T21:29:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:29:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443377\/"},"modified":"2026-08-25T21:29:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-25T21:29:19","slug":"toddler-wanders-onto-soccer-field-mid-game-in-san-jose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/443377\/","title":{"rendered":"Toddler Wanders Onto Soccer Field Mid-Game In San Jose"},"content":{"rendered":"

An unusual scene unfolded during the Minnesota United-San Jose Earthquakes MLS match on Aug. 22 when a baby wandered onto the field<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The tyke somehow managed to sneak onto the pitch at PayPal Park in San Jose, California, during Minnesota\u2019s 5-1 victory. The moment took place during stoppage time in the second half.<\/p>\n

\"SOCCER:A child walks onto the field during a MLS match between the San Jose Earthquakes and Minnesota United FC.Icon Sportswire \/ Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s a baby on the field,\u201d Apple TV announcer Kyndra de St. Aubin announcers said, as a staffer working the match carried the child onto the sidelines. The person handed off the youngster to the sidelines. <\/p>\n

\u201cHow did they make it all the way out there?\u201d de St. Aubin continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou could hear the noise, and then you\u2019re looking to see what it is. Oh, man, it\u2019s a little bit too early to get a lifetime ban from a stadium,\u201d Minnesota coach Cameron Knowles joked after the game, according to The Athletic<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On X<\/a>, de St. Aubin also mentioned the incident, tweeting alongside game footage, \u201cDefinitely a moment I won\u2019t forget!\u201d<\/p>\n

\"SOCCER:A security member grabs a child who walked onto the field during a MLS match.Icon Sportswire \/ Icon Sportswire via Getty Images<\/p>\n

Minnesota alluded to the incident while celebrating its victory.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike taking money from a baby,\u201d it wrote<\/a> on X.<\/p>\n

While a child on the field of play in a professional sporting event is not something you typically see, it is something that has happened before during an MLS match.<\/p>\n

In June 2025, the D.C. United\u2019s match in Washington, D.C. against the Chicago Fire was interrupted when a toddler got onto the pitch<\/a>. <\/p>\n

In 2021, a mother zipped onto the field<\/a> to bring in her 2-year-old son<\/a> after he made his way there when FC Cincinnati hosted Orlando City FC.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"An unusual scene unfolded during the Minnesota United-San Jose Earthquakes MLS match on Aug. 22 when a baby…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":443378,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[88,90,89],"class_list":["post-443377","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\/443377","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=443377"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/443377\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/443378"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=443377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=443377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=443377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}