FRIDAY. KAREN TRAVERS, ABC NEWS, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND. ALL RIGHT. SCOTLAND AND HAITI. YOU KNOW THEY KICK THINGS OFF FOR WORLD CUP ACTION IN FOXBOROUGH. BUT NOW TWO NEW TEAMS ARE PREPARING TO TAKE THE FIELD. TEAM NORWAY LANDED AT HANSCOM FIELD JUST MOMENTS AGO. AND TOMORROW NORWAY AND IRAQ WILL FACE OFF IN THE SECOND OF SEVEN GAMES. IN MASSACHUSETTS, IT’S BOTH TEAMS FIRST GAME OF THE TOURNAMENT. THAT GAME WILL KICK OFF IN FOXBORO AT 6:00 TOMORROW NIGHT. AND WE ARE JUST ONE GAME INTO THE WORLD CUP IN FOXBORO WITH SIX LEFT TO GO. WCVB HAS YOU COVERED ON ALL OF THEM FROM WHERE TO WATCH THE GAMES TO ALL THE FAN EXCITEMENT, YOU CAN HEAD TO O
Scotland and Haiti kicked off World Cup action in Foxborough, and now Norway and Iraq are preparing for Boston Stadium’s second match of the tournament.Team Norway landed at Hanscom Field in Bedford on Monday afternoon. Their match against Iraq is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday. Fans of the Iraqi team gathered Sunday near the bandstand on Boston Common, blowing horns and banging drums.The match will be the first of the tournament to be played on a weeknight at Boston Stadium. Scotland won the first match at Boston Stadium 1-0 over Haiti on Saturday night. Boston Stadium scheduleBoston Stadium will host group stage matches on Saturday, June 13; Tuesday, June 16; Friday, June 19; Tuesday, June 23; and Friday, June 26.A Round of 32 match at Gillette is scheduled for Monday, June 29. This will be the first time the World Cup’s knockout stages will feature a Round of 32 because it will be the first edition of the tournament to be played with 48 teams.The final match, a quarter-final, will be on July 9.Match 5 – Saturday, 13 June at 9 p.m. ET, HAI v. SCO (Group C)Match 18 – Tuesday, 16 June at 6 p.m. ET, IRQ v. NOR (Group I)Match 30 – Friday, 19 June at 6 p.m. ET, SCO v. MAR (Group C)Match 25 – Tuesday, 23 June at 4 p.m. ET, ENG v. GHA (Group L)Match 61 – Friday, 26 June at 3 p.m. ET, NOR v. FRA (Group I)Match 74 – Monday, 29 June at 4:30 p.m. ET, Round of 32Match 97 – Thursday, 9 July at 4 p.m. ET, quarter-final
Scotland and Haiti kicked off World Cup action in Foxborough, and now Norway and Iraq are preparing for Boston Stadium’s second match of the tournament.
Team Norway landed at Hanscom Field in Bedford on Monday afternoon. Their match against Iraq is scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday.
Fans of the Iraqi team gathered Sunday near the bandstand on Boston Common, blowing horns and banging drums.
The match will be the first of the tournament to be played on a weeknight at Boston Stadium. Scotland won the first match at Boston Stadium 1-0 over Haiti on Saturday night.
Boston Stadium schedule
Boston Stadium will host group stage matches on Saturday, June 13; Tuesday, June 16; Friday, June 19; Tuesday, June 23; and Friday, June 26.
A Round of 32 match at Gillette is scheduled for Monday, June 29. This will be the first time the World Cup’s knockout stages will feature a Round of 32 because it will be the first edition of the tournament to be played with 48 teams.
The final match, a quarter-final, will be on July 9.
Match 5 – Saturday, 13 June at 9 p.m. ET, HAI v. SCO (Group C)Match 18 – Tuesday, 16 June at 6 p.m. ET, IRQ v. NOR (Group I)Match 30 – Friday, 19 June at 6 p.m. ET, SCO v. MAR (Group C)Match 25 – Tuesday, 23 June at 4 p.m. ET, ENG v. GHA (Group L)Match 61 – Friday, 26 June at 3 p.m. ET, NOR v. FRA (Group I)Match 74 – Monday, 29 June at 4:30 p.m. ET, Round of 32Match 97 – Thursday, 9 July at 4 p.m. ET, quarter-final