Soccer fans turn violent outside Avaya Stadium

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An estimated 90 San Jose Police Department officers responded to a violent skirmish that erupted Sunday afternoon outside of Avaya Stadium between fans of two Mexican soccer clubs set to play a match there.

Fans of Club America and Monarcas Morelia “were involved in an altercation that became violent,” San Jose Police said in a statement detailing the incident, after they began hurling rocks and bottles at one another.

A stadium fence was torn down in the ensuing skirmish, but those involved dispersed when officers arrived on the scene and defused the situation, police said.

Reports of skirmish breaking out near Avaya Stadium before friendly soccer match between two clubs from Mexico. https://t.co/64iyA8S9Hx pic.twitter.com/wypoYZ16u5 — NBC Bay Area (@nbcbayarea) March 26, 2017

Officer Albert Morales, a spokesman for the San Jose Police Department, said that 40 officers were assigned to work security at the stadium for the match but that approximately 50 others were called in to respond to the altercation.

No injuries were reported and no fighting fans were arrested.

Match-goers entered the stadium without further incident and police planned to monitor the situation throughout the evening.

Dominic Fracassa is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: dfracassa@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @dominicfracassa