Twenty-eight years is a long time to wait for anything. For Scottish football fans, the drought finally broke when their team stepped onto a World Cup pitch for the first time since 1998, then proceeded to win their opening match 1-0 against Haiti on June 12, 2026.
The goal that ended a generation of waiting
John McGinn scored the only goal of the match against Haiti. Scotland’s path to this tournament was itself a story worth telling. They punched their ticket to the 2026 World Cup with a 4-2 victory over Denmark, ending a qualification drought that stretched back to 1998.
The team now faces Morocco and Brazil in the remaining Group C matches.
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