Scotland’s Tartan Army switches sports for a day in Boston

BOSTON (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 traveling 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 ​traveling to Miami to ​face Brazil on June 24.

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