Haití reconoce la cancha en Boston antes de su debut mundialista frente a Escocia

Haiti completed its final walk-through at Boston Stadium with the weight of history hanging over every step. Before meeting Scotland in the Group C opener, Sébastien Migné's players checked the surface, ran through final movements and settled into the quiet routines that preceded a match carrying far more meaning than a single result. For Haiti, this was not just another tournament date in Boston; it was a return to the World Cup stage for the first time since 1974, only the nation's second appearance in the event's history.

The setting underscored that significance. FIFA described Boston Stadium as renovated for the World Cup and built to host seven matches, making the venue part of the tournament's opening-week infrastructure as Haiti took on Scotland at 1:00 on June 14. The Group C assignment is unforgiving, with Brazil and Morocco joining Scotland and Haiti in a section that will test a squad assembled months earlier and now carrying the expectations of Haitian supporters at home and across the diaspora.

Migné named his 26-player roster on May 15 after guiding the full qualifying campaign, and Haiti closed that path with authority. Concacaf recorded a 3-2-1 final-round finish, capped by two straight shutouts that secured the historic berth and turned a long wait into a place on the global stage. Haiti clinched qualification on November 19, 2025, ending a stretch that stretched back to the 1974 World Cup.

Ricardo Ade captured the scale of what the team had already endured. Haiti played its entire qualifying campaign away from home, yet the midfielder said the side still felt the support of the country behind it. That resilience now meets a schedule that includes Brazil and Morocco after Scotland, but the immediate focus was the opener itself: one more stretch of the field, one more look around Boston Stadium, and the start of Haiti's first World Cup campaign in 52 years. The match marked not only a sporting return, but a moment of arrival for a nation rarely centered in global football.