Regent Sports Recalls Soccer Goal Nets Following Strangulation Death of a Child

Recall Insight

This CPSC action (record #08400) was formally reported on September 16, 2008. It is classified under Moderate severity, with a current status of Active. Regent Sports Corporation, of Hauppauge, N.Y. is listed as the recalling firm. Federal records indicate About 190,000 units units are affected, a scale large enough to require multi-state distribution tracking.

The documented reason for this recall is: The fixed knot flexible openings in the soccer goal net can pose a head and neck entrapment or strangulation hazard to young children. Distribution information was not included in the agency filing, so consumers should assume broad potential exposure until the firm publishes point-of-sale details. The remedy documented by the agency is: Consumers should stop using the recalled soccer goal nets immediately and return them to Regent Sports to receive a free replacement net. — consumers holding this product should act on that instruction rather than relying on general guidance.

To put this record in context, PlainRecalls indexes 83,949 recalls across the FDA, CPSC, NHTSA and USDA FSIS going back to 1995. Within the same product category, the database holds 6 closely related recalls, of which 6 were also issued by CPSC. That clustering is a signal — repeated actions in a narrow category often indicate a systemic quality-control issue, a supplier-wide contamination, or a design defect that has propagated across product lines. This recall is roughly 18 years old; older recalls can remain relevant because many units enter resale, rental, and secondary-market channels where the original warning never reaches the end user. Always cross-check the recall number against the official agency page before relying on any summary.