Scotland have won a World Cup match. Read that sentence again if you need to, because an entire generation of Scottish football fans never could.
John McGinn’s 28th-minute goal, aided by a deflection off a Haitian defender, was enough to give Scotland a 1-0 victory over Haiti on June 13 at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Massachusetts. It was Scotland’s first World Cup win since they beat Sweden in 1990. It was also, for context, their first World Cup appearance since 1998.
A goal that rewrote the history books
The decisive moment arrived midway through the first half. McGinn, who captains Aston Villa at club level, struck a shot that took a fortunate deflection off a Haitian defender and found its way into the net.
Approximately 64,000 fans packed Gillette Stadium for the occasion. The vast majority of them were wearing navy blue.
