Man beaten to death after Union/Club America

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Police are searching for a violent group of soccer hooligans who beat a man to death with a garbage can lid after an argument outside of South Philly’s famous Pat’s King of Steaks early Thursday morning, Philadelphia police said.

A fight broke out around 2 a.m., between two groups, in one of which at least seven had yellow soccer jerseys like those worn by the Mexico City’s Club America team that had defeated the Philadelphia Union just hours earlier in an international match, police said.

“That’s the info we’re getting preliminarily, that these individuals were soccer fans and that’s what may have been the motive of this fight that turned into a homicide,” Chief Inspector Scott Small told ABC 6. Sources told the outlet that at one point in the rumble, someone struck the victim with the garbage can lid.

When he was wrestled to the ground, the assailants began punching and kicking him. He died of his injuries, police said.

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Steve Keeley @KeeleyFox29 UPDATE: Latest from @PhillyPolice on beating homicide of 28 year old man & brutal assault on two other men at Pat’s Steaks 1:56am Fans of Club America now WANTED for murder @FOX29philly

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2/3 @phillypolice say killers were fans of Club America team based in Mexico City&played Philadelphia Union last night. 10 most wearing team’s replica yellow soccer jerseys likely at Pat’s Steaks for post game snack then big fight broke out ending in murder ?@FOX29philly?

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