{"id":252006,"date":"2026-07-08T12:46:44","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:46:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/angel-city-announces-investigation-into-fireworks-malfunction-equalizer-soccer\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T12:46:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T12:46:44","slug":"angel-city-announces-investigation-into-fireworks-malfunction-equalizer-soccer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/08\/angel-city-announces-investigation-into-fireworks-malfunction-equalizer-soccer\/","title":{"rendered":"Angel City announces investigation into \u2018fireworks malfunction\u2019 \u2013 Equalizer Soccer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"mvp-content-main\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div id=\"mvp-post-feat-img\" class=\"left relative\" itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/USATSI_29323099-1000x600.jpg\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"width\" content=\"1000\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"height\" content=\"600\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-post-feat-img--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"mvp-feat-caption\">\u00a9 Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Angel City FC announced that an investigation is underway after a \u201cfireworks malfunction\u201d occurred during a post-match celebration following the July 3 match against the Orlando Pride. No serious injuries were reported, but paramedics were called in after some fireworks wound up in the stands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/weareangelcity\/status\/2074532096689815992\/photo\/1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a statement, Angel City shared:<\/a> \u201cA fireworks malfunction occurred during a post-match celebration on Friday, July 3, at Angel City FC\u2019s match against the Orlando Pride at BMO Stadium. We understand this was a frightening moment for many in attendance, and we are grateful that no severe injuries were reported. We are awaiting the results of an investigation by the pyrotechnics vendor that operated the display. We regret that this incident occurred, as the safety and well-being of our fans, players and staff remain our top priority.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video on social media (taken by @<em>ThisIsJadeRyan<\/em>) captured fireworks blasting into the crowd at BMO Field, which is a open-roof stadium. The post-match fireworks were in honor of the Fourth of July, Independence Day, holiday. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\"\/>\n<p>Furthermore, video also showed smoke filling BMO Field. A fan in attendance shared the video on X (Twitter), saying that a \u201cteen\u201d was hit and had to be \u201crushed away\u201d by paramedics. The fan also shared that it was \u201cso smokey it was really hard to see what was happening\u201d and that paramedics and security began to clear the stands.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-x wp-block-embed-x\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">At least one teen was hit bad enough that they were rushed away by paramedics. It was so smokey it was really hard to see what was happening but there were paramedics and security everywhere and they started clearing the stands <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Xe0bCp5rto\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/Xe0bCp5rto<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Allison \u2764\ufe0f\u200d\ud83d\udd25 (@14llison) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/14llison\/status\/2073467941883134451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\">July 4, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 3 --><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--mvp-post-tags--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!--posts-nav-link--><\/p>\n<div class=\"mvp-org-wrap\" itemprop=\"publisher\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/Organization\">\n<div class=\"mvp-org-logo\" itemprop=\"logo\" itemscope=\"\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"url\" content=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/01\/equalizerWhite-1.png\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-logo--><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Equalizer Soccer\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><!--mvp-org-wrap-->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/equalizersoccer.com\/2026\/07\/08\/angel-city-announces-investigation-into-fireworks-malfunction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a9 Kiyoshi Mio-Imagn Images Angel City FC announced that an investigation is underway after a \u201cfireworks malfunction\u201d occurred during a post-match celebration following the July 3 match against the Orlando Pride. No serious injuries were reported, but paramedics were called in after some fireworks wound up in the stands. In a statement, Angel City shared: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":252007,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6805],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-252006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-womens"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=252006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/252006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/252007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=252006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=252006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sports.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=252006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}