Scotland’s Tartan Army brings World Cup party from Boston to Miami, in photos

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Scotland’s Tartan Army brings World Cup party from Boston to Miami, in photos

2026-06-23 12:14 Last Updated At：13:42

Scotland’s so-called Tartan Army of fans has turned its World Cup stay into a roving celebration, bringing crowds, songs and bagpipes to bars, streets and ballparks from Boston to Miami.

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Scottish fans passing a statue of the revolutionary John Glover, humorously decorated with a traffic cone, in a park in Boston, Mass., ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans drink and sing at a pub in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Scotland fan reacts during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A mother and daughter show support for Scotland in the World Cup with their toenail polish as soccer fans with the Tartan Army gather in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scottish fans celebrate at a park in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Scotland soccer fan dances with a traffic cone as part of the Tartan Army march outside of loanDepot park before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A security dog checks a Scottish soccer fan's bagpipes as the Tartan Army arrives to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland's fans left the Boston landmark "mother mallard & her ducklings" bronze sculpture decorated with Scottish soccer shirts at a park in the center of Boston, Mass., Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A Scotland soccer fan holds a Tartan Army sign as part of the Tartan Army march before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes wear kilts as they wait to enter the stadium for a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game after marching with the Tartan Army, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army play bagpipes, chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes embrace amid confetti after playing together at the Ball and Chain music bar before the Tartan Army marches to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Scottish fans passing a statue of the revolutionary John Glover, humorously decorated with a traffic cone, in a park in Boston, Mass., ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans drink and sing at a pub in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Scotland fan reacts during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A mother and daughter show support for Scotland in the World Cup with their toenail polish as soccer fans with the Tartan Army gather in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scottish fans celebrate at a park in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Scotland soccer fan dances with a traffic cone as part of the Tartan Army march outside of loanDepot park before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A security dog checks a Scottish soccer fan's bagpipes as the Tartan Army arrives to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland's fans left the Boston landmark "mother mallard & her ducklings" bronze sculpture decorated with Scottish soccer shirts at a park in the center of Boston, Mass., Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A Scotland soccer fan holds a Tartan Army sign as part of the Tartan Army march before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes wear kilts as they wait to enter the stadium for a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game after marching with the Tartan Army, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army play bagpipes, chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes embrace amid confetti after playing together at the Ball and Chain music bar before the Tartan Army marches to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Erling Haaland scores 2 more goals and Norway beats Senegal 3-2 to reach World Cup round of 32

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Erling Haaland and Norway rowed their way into the World Cup's round of 32.

Haaland scored twice to raise his World Cup goals total to four, and the Vikings clinched advancement to the knockout rounds with a 3-2 win over Senegal on Monday night that was more of a slog than a sail.

“It’s my specialty to score goals,” Haaland said. “I’m just really good at scoring goals.”

After the final whistle, Norway's players and staff gathered tightly in a 10-row formation just inside the penalty area at MetLife Stadium's north end, facing their red-shirted supporters, Haaland sitting in front as teammate Martin Ødegaard banged on a bongo drum. They alternated with the fans performing the Viking Row — chanting “Ro!” while mimicking oarsmen.

“We’ve all seen it online and it’s been going completely viral, so Martin told me before the game, `What do you think? Should we join in?'" Haaland recalled.

“`If we win, let’s do it. So why not? Let’s go for it,'" Haaland said he responded. "So it was a perfect moment I think to do that."

Back in Norway, parliamentarians did the Viking Row last week in a show of support.

“It was fun,” Norway coach Ståle Solbakken said through an interpreter. “We will not be rowing after the World Cup but this can be a gimmick during the tournament.”

Marcus Pederson put the Vikings ahead in the 43rd minute after replacing an injured teammate, and Haaland kept up his incredible goals streak in the 48th and 58th minutes to build a 3-1 lead.

“He's very efficient,” Senegal coach Pape Thiaw said through an interpreter.

Haaland ran onto Martin Ødegaard's pass and put a left-footed shot past the outstretched left hand of goalkeeper Édouard Mendy, capping an end-to-end counterattack for a 2-0 lead.

For his second goal, Haaland tunneled through the defense and 8 yards out raised his weaker right foot to volley in Patrick Berg’s pass. Haaland raised a hand to an ear to inspire the Norway supporters.

Haaland has 24 goals in his last 12 international games — scoring at least once in every match — and 59 goals in 52 international appearances. The 25-year-old striker joined England's Harry Kane in 2018 as the only players in the last 50 years with two-goal games in both of their first two World Cup appearances.

Haaland is second in the Golden Boot race, one behind Argentina's Lionel Messi and tied with France's Kylian Mbappé. Haaland nearly got another in first-half stoppage time, hitting a post after Mendy lost control of the ball.

“He did miss an open goal. He could have scored even four,” Solbakken said. “He is the best striker — he is not playing for France or Argentina. He scores for Norway.”

Ismaïla Sarr got both goals for the Lions of Teranga, in the 53rd minute and in the third minute of second-half stoppage time.

“If we had just played slightly worse, then we would be in trouble,” Solbakken said.

Making its first World Cup appearance since 1998, Norway (2-0) is assured of advancing from Group I along with France. The Vikings need to beat Les Bleus on Friday for first place and what would appear to be an easier path in the knockout bracket.

Senegal is 0-2 in a World Cup for the first time and needs a win over Iraq (0-2) to have any chance of advancing as a third-place team.

“We've got everything left to play for,” Thaw said.

Pederson entered in the 13th minute for his World Cup debut after Julian Ryerson couldn't play through what Solbakken said was a nagging injury, and Pederson put the Vikings ahead with the help of mistakes by Senegal captain Kalidou Koulibaly and Mendy.

Ødegaard made a centering pass that Koulibaly cleared straight to Pedersen at the top of the arc. Pederson took two touches and sent a savable shot inside the near post that glanced off Mendy’s left hand and into the goal.

Mendy left in the 63rd minute because of an injury.

While there had been storm warnings, a downpour stopped more than 3 1/2 hours before kickoff. The skies opened again after the final whistle, causing announcements for fans to leave the stadium bowl for sheltered space.

“Let’s be happy,” Haaland said, “every single Norwegian on the planet today.”

AP World Cup: https://apnews.com/fifa-world-cup

Scotland’s Tartan Army brings World Cup party from Boston to Miami, in photos

Scotland’s Tartan Army brings World Cup party from Boston to Miami, in photos

Scottish fans passing a statue of the revolutionary John Glover, humorously decorated with a traffic cone, in a park in Boston, Mass., ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans drink and sing at a pub in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Scotland fan reacts during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans celebrate at a park in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Scotland soccer fan dances with a traffic cone as part of the Tartan Army march outside of loanDepot park before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A security dog checks a Scottish soccer fan's bagpipes as the Tartan Army arrives to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland's fans left the Boston landmark "mother mallard & her ducklings" bronze sculpture decorated with Scottish soccer shirts at a park in the center of Boston, Mass., Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A Scotland soccer fan holds a Tartan Army sign as part of the Tartan Army march before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes wear kilts as they wait to enter the stadium for a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game after marching with the Tartan Army, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army play bagpipes, chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes embrace amid confetti after playing together at the Ball and Chain music bar before the Tartan Army marches to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scottish fans passing a statue of the revolutionary John Glover, humorously decorated with a traffic cone, in a park in Boston, Mass., ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Scotland and Morocco, Friday, June 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans drink and sing at a pub in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A Scotland fan reacts during the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Mass., near Boston, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scottish fans celebrate at a park in central Boston, Mass,, ahead of the World Cup Group C soccer match between Haiti and Scotland in Foxborough, Saturday, June 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A Scotland soccer fan dances with a traffic cone as part of the Tartan Army march outside of loanDepot park before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A security dog checks a Scottish soccer fan's bagpipes as the Tartan Army arrives to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland's fans left the Boston landmark "mother mallard & her ducklings" bronze sculpture decorated with Scottish soccer shirts at a park in the center of Boston, Mass., Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

A Scotland soccer fan holds a Tartan Army sign as part of the Tartan Army march before a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes wear kilts as they wait to enter the stadium for a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game after marching with the Tartan Army, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army play bagpipes, chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with bagpipes embrace amid confetti after playing together at the Ball and Chain music bar before the Tartan Army marches to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game in Miami, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army chant and dance in the Ball and Chain music bar in Miami before marching to a Miami Marlins against the Texas Rangers baseball game Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

A bagpipe band marches in the outfield as Scotland soccer fans with the Tartan Army attend a baseball game between the Miami Marlins and the Texas Rangers, Monday, June 22, 2026, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky)

Scotland soccer fans march with the Tartan Army from Miami's Little Havana neighborhood on their way to watch a Miami Marlins baseball game, Monday, June 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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