A Mexico fan behind home plate turned an Athletics–Dodgers game into a World Cup celebration after El Tri scored against Ecuador, adding fresh embarrassment to a franchise already carrying the weight of years of Oakland anger and a current Sacramento stay. The
When the Oakland Athletics fell 9-3 to the visiting Los Angeles Dodgers on Tuesday at Sutter Health Park, it wasn’t just the scoreline that drew attention.
In the stands, a Team Mexico fan behind home plate looked like he was watching a different match entirely. After ‘El Tri’ scored in Mexico’s 2-0 World Cup win over Ecuador. the man began jumping for joy and repeatedly yelled “Goal!” His outburst cut through the noise of the other 12. 386 fans in attendance.
Dressed in a classic green Mexican soccer jersey, he kept shouting “goal” as his fellow spectators gradually caught the energy. While the moment played out in the middle of an MLB broadcast. the NBC Sports California production stayed tightly focused on the game and refused to acknowledge the fan’s antics.
For the Athletics, the scene landed as a familiar kind of frustration—just pointed in a new direction. The franchise is now in the second year of its three-year Sacramento sabbatical. The move itself was once framed as a break from years of hostility in Oakland. where fans held signs demanding unpopular owner John Fisher sell the franchise.
Those tensions have followed the team out of RingCentral Coliseum and into California’s capital. The Athletics previously played in Philadelphia and Kansas City. and the journey has repeatedly brought backlash on the way out of Oakland—especially after Fisher’s decision to stop spending on free agents. a move that fueled anger from the stands.
Fisher became a central target for those Oakland supporters as the team’s future shifted. In 2024. the Athletics owner announced that the club would leave Oakland. and fans responded by gathering with signs at RingCentral Coliseum to protest the move to Las Vegas and to call for Fisher to sell the team.
The plan moved forward anyway. After several lean years, Fisher convinced MLB and voters and officials in Las Vegas to approve the Athletics’ move to Nevada. The team has not opened its new home in Sin City yet—it will wait until 2028.
Not everyone stayed quiet about what happened in Oakland. Baseball writer Sam Fosberg wrote on X last year: “What John Fisher did to baseball in Oakland is unfathomable. Cut off spending to move out.”
Back on the field this season, the Athletics’ situation still looks stubbornly real. With the team stuck in Sacramento. they have gone 40-46 on the season despite a payroll that ranks 25th out of 30 MLB teams. Second-year slugger Nick Kurtz has been a bright spot. hitting 19 home runs. while leading the American League with 64 RBIs and 75 walks.
On the pitching side, rookie starter Gage Jump has also impressed. Over his first seven big-league starts, he has posted a 2.93 ERA. Jump had been with the Athletics’ Triple-A team in Las Vegas earlier this month and was at Louisiana State as recently as 2024.
For that Mexico fan, though, the standout scoreboard wasn’t MLB. It was international soccer—specifically Tuesday night in Mexico City, where Mexico’s win over Ecuador set up another knockout matchup at Estadio Azteca on Sunday, this time against Team England.
Athletics Dodgers 9-3 Mexico fan World Cup fever El Tri goal Ecuador 2-0 Sutter Health Park John Fisher Nick Kurtz Gage Jump Sacramento sabbatical Las Vegas move 2028 Team Mexico vs England
That’s hilarious, like baseball just turned into World Cup for a minute.
Wait so he was yelling “goal” because Mexico scored? I mean yeah but MLB games aren’t World Cup lol. Also NBC should’ve shown it more.
They’re acting like it’s “fresh embarrassment” for the Dodgers-A’s but the A’s score was literally 9-3 right? Oakland drama, Sacramento drama, John Fisher spending drama… can’t tell what this is even about anymore.
I saw this clip somewhere and I swear the dude yelled goal so loud the Dodgers pitcher lost it. NBC wouldn’t show it on purpose because Mexico fans make everything political. Also Fisher should just sell already, like the signs were right there, so this is just another example of bad ownership ruining everything.