Scotland squeezes past Haiti 1-0 to bag first World Cup win in 36 years

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Scotland's John McGinn celebrates on  with his teammates arsenic  they defeated Haiti successful  the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C lucifer  successful  Boston connected  June 13, 2026.

Scotland's John McGinn celebrates on with his teammates arsenic they defeated Haiti successful the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group C lucifer successful Boston connected June 13, 2026. | Photo Credit: Reuters

Scotland battled past ​Haiti 1-0 connected Saturday (June 13, 2026) ‌courtesy of John McGinn's ​deflected first-half ⁠goal to spell apical of World Cup Group C ‌with their archetypal triumph successful the ‌tournament since 1990.

McGinn ‌put ⁠them into the ⁠lead successful the 28th infinitesimal erstwhile his changeable took ​a ‌double deflection to onshore successful the backmost of the Haiti net.

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Scotland, ‌who had deed the ​post earlier with a Scott McTominay ⁠effort, astatine times struggled with the Haitians' ‌pace but the Caribbean team, making their archetypal quality astatine the World Cup since 1974, lacked objective ‌finishing.

Scotland adjacent play Morocco, ​who drew 1-1 with Brazil earlier ⁠on Saturday (June 13, 2026), portion Haiti instrumentality ⁠on the five-time satellite champions, with ‌both games connected June 19.

Published - June 14, 2026 08:49 americium IST

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