'This country's waited so, so long': Scotland shares 'special' World Cup win with fans

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FOXBOROUGH, MA — The Tartan Army invaded Boston Stadium in the hopes of seeing Scotland earn its first World Cup win since 1990.

The Scottish supporters were not disappointed. Scotland beat Haiti in a tightly contested 1-0 match while establishing that the country will have a manufactured home-field advantage as long as it remains in the 2026 World Cup.

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Scotland fans have made their presence in the Boston area known during the early stages of the World Cup. From playing bagpipes at 6:30 a.m. local time to hosting raucous watch parties and traversing the city clad in kilts, they have quickly captured the Boston's heart.

They have done the same with the Scottish players, especially after they made made up a majority of Saturday's sold-out 64,146-person crowd at Boston Stadium (commonly known as Gillette Stadium).

"I didn't realize until we actually stepped out on the pitch just quite how many Scottish people were there," midfielder Lewis Ferguson said after the match. "I could just see this away kit everywhere, which was amazing."

Ferguson went on to explain that the support Scotland receives from its fans was "never in doubt."

"They travel everywhere," the 26-year-old said. "They always have, always will. That's a given."

Even so, he acknowledged that seeing the Scottish fans out in full force around Boston gave Scotland "a little buzz coming into the game."

That only added to the euphoria the collective Tartan Army experienced as the final whistle blew.

"This country's waited so, so long for that moment," Ferguson said. "The feeling at the end was pure relief, and then the moment in the fans, the players and in the end was something that will live with me forever and it was nice just to sort of take it all in."

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