Soccer-Scotland's Tartan Army switches sports for a day in Boston


Soccer Football - FIFA World Cup 2026 - Scotland's Tartan Army march to Boston's Fenway Park baseball stadium - Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. - June 14, 2026 Scotland fans wearing kilts and playing the bagpipes during the march to Fenway Park IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters/Bob Dechiara

BOSTON, June 14 (Reuters) - ⁠Thousands of Scotland supporters who ⁠have descended on Boston for the ‌World Cup took time off from football on Sunday to switch their focus to a different ​sport - baseball.

The Tartan Army of ⁠travelling fans marched ⁠through the city to the strains of ⁠more ‌than a dozen bagpipes to Fenway Park, home to the ⁠Boston Red Sox baseball team, a ​day after ‌watching their team win their first ⁠match at ​a World Cup since 1990 with a 1-0 victory over Haiti.

The Scotland supporters ⁠treated Red Sox fans outside ​and in the stadium - where the Red Sox were hosting the Texas Rangers - to ⁠their typically full-throated renditions of songs including 'Flower of Scotland,' used as an anthem by the national team.

Scotland next play ​Morocco in Boston on ⁠Friday for their second group match before ​travelling to Miami to ‌face Brazil on June ​24.

(Reporting by Gerry Mey, writing by William SchombergEditing by Christian Radnedge)

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