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Scotland’s fans have a lot to celebrate early in this summer’s World Cup, and they’re doing it in typical American fashion.
On Saturday for the teams’ World Cup opener, Scotland beat Haiti 1-0 at Boston Stadium. Any tournament win is worthy of celebration, but it is particularly notable for Scotland, who not only returned to the World Cup for the first time since 1998, but also earned their first win since 1990.
To put that into perspective, the last time Scotland won a World Cup match, the original “Home Alone” was the No. 1 film that year.
So yes, the Tartan Army has been waiting for this moment. Fans in Boston have been having fun, but after Saturday’s Game 1 win, their celebrations included renditions of two iconic songs: John Denver’s “Take Me Home, Country Roads” and Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline.”
Gotta love a widespread sports moment where Scotland fans came together in Boston while giving a beautiful ode to West Virginia.
As we noted in our analysis of Scotland’s win over Haiti on Saturday, Scotland have a two-point lead at the top of Group C with three points on aggregate so far. The team’s next game is against Morocco on Friday, June 19 in Boston.
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