Down Under football star posts heartbreaking photo after losing her home in the Los Angeles fires: 'How is this real?'
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Kiwi soccer star Ali Riley has revealed shocking photos and video of her Los Angeles home after it was burnt to the ground in the wildfires that have devastated the city. Riley, who captains the New Zealand national team and has been playing for LA's Angel City Football Club since 2022, posted the footage and images to Instagram on Thursday after suffering the horror loss.
![[What used to be Riley's home is pictured in this shattering photo that shows the incredible scale of the damage the blazes have done to the City of Angels]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93937303-14268635-image-a-109_1736466362884.jpg)
'Our entire neighborhood is gone. We are all safe. Holding onto that with my whole heart while we figure out what to do next,' she captioned a video taken from a car travelling through an area of the city where only a few houses have been left standing after the blazes.
![[The 37-year-old also shared video footage that showed barely any homes escaped the infernos that have left the world shocked]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93937313-14268635-image-a-110_1736466417496.jpg)
Riley then posted an aerial image of her burnt-out neighbourhood with an arrow pointing to what was once her house. 'I keep looking at this to make myself understand that it is real,' she wrote. 'I was there Monday night eating dinner. Hanging with Mom and Dad. Watched the sunset. And now it's gone forever. This rubble was our home.'.
![[Riley (pictured playing for New Zealand) was born in Los Angeles]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/09/23/93937305-14268635-image-a-111_1736466448285.jpg)
New Zealand national skipper Ali Riley (pictured) posted this happy photo just four days ago. Now she's homeless and devastated due to the Los Angeles wildfires. What used to be Riley's home is pictured in this shattering photo that shows the incredible scale of the damage the blazes have done to the City of Angels.
