Soccer-Scotland’s Tartan Army Switches Sports for a Day in Boston

BOSTON, June 14 – 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.

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