Since the World Cup began, fans from all over the world have landed in the U.S. with a bang. Brazil fans flooded the streets of Times Square during their game against Morocco on Saturday; the Netherlands’ Oranje Legioen did the same in Dallas ahead of the country’s match against Japan on Sunday.
The tournament is already minting viral moments. One of the biggest of the past week occurred not at a thousands-strong watch party, but instead on a small street in Wakefield, Mass.
Mike Morrison was doing “suburban dad stuff” in the backyard of his Boston-area home on Thursday morning when he heard the unmistakable—and, for the setting, unusual—sound of bagpipes.
He walked around front to find that a group of six Scottish soccer supporters had arrived at the Airbnb across the street overnight, and were making themselves comfortable. Along with the mood music, the crew—some sporting kilts—had already covered the fence line and several windows in Scottish flags.
“It’s 2026,” Morrison tells Front Office Sports about the experience, “so of course I took a video of it and posted it to [X].” The clip quickly took off, racking up millions of views.
