‘Pitch perfect fan fest’published at 12:39 BST
Haiti v Scotland (Sun, 02:00 BST)
Image source, Boston Globe
The Boston Globe reports that “thousands of soccer faithful poured into City Hall Plaza on Friday” to begin a 16-day free World Cup fan festival at the site.
Nearly 150,000 peple have registered for tickets to Boston’s dedicated fan zone, which has a limit of 5,000.
The Globe reported that “scores of Scots in tartan kilts” were among those gathered at the Plaza yesterday.
Chris MacLean, 47, of Edinburgh, was one of those who attended with his eight-year-old son, Lewis. They both have tickets for Scotland’s opener, which kicks off at 02:00 BST on Sunday, 14 June.
Chris told the Globe that his son was shocked to hear Scotland had not been at a World Cup for 28 years and pleaded with his dad to take him to this tournament.
“My son dropped quite the emotional baggage on us that day,” he said. “Now we couldn’t be happier. I could be pushin’ up daisies, you know, waiting another 28 years.”
