Soccer players Carlos Vela and Ali Riley lose homes in L.A. wildfires

01/09/2025 09:55 PM

Former Mexican national team forward Carlos Vela, who played for Los Angeles FC, has lost his family's home to the Palisades Fire, his wife Saioa Cañibano announced on social media on Thursday. Earlier that day, Ali Riley, who currently plays for the NWSL's Angel City FC, made a similar announcement. “Our beautiful Malibu home burned down yesterday,” Cañibano wrote in Spanish in an Instagram story. “We are still in shock with everything that’s happening.” The fires, which began earlier this week and are not yet contained, cover tens of thousands of acres and...