Haiti national – The Haiti men’s national team checked into a hotel in Quincy Thursday ahead of its 2026 World Cup opener against Scotland. The match will be Haiti’s first World Cup appearance in 52 years, after qualifying for the 1974 tournament in West Germany.
Thursday afternoon in Quincy, Massachusetts, Haiti’s men’s national team rolled into its tournament base with the kind of welcome you only see when history has been waiting.
Players and staff checked into the Marriott Hotel. where large crowds of fans lined the building—wearing jerseys. waving flags. and cheering as the team arrived. The gathering was one of several World Cup-related events taking place across Greater Boston. including watch parties and fan festivals. turning a quiet stretch of the city into a homecoming.
This World Cup opener against Scotland—set for Saturday night at 9 p.m. at Boston Stadium in Foxboro—will be Haiti’s first World Cup appearance in 52 years. Haiti last qualified for the tournament in 1974, when it participated in West Germany.
Before reaching Quincy, the team made a stop at its base camp at Stockton University in New Jersey, another step in a road that ends at the same question supporters have carried for decades: can this moment finally become more than a return?
For local Haitian fans watching the team settle in. the answer feels close already—not because the matches are over. but because the journey is. In Quincy. the players were met like people who belonged there for a long time. and the celebration didn’t fade as soon as the doors closed. It held steady. day after day’s worth of anticipation building toward a kickoff in the Boston area that will mark a milestone Haiti has not reached for half a century.
The Haitian national team will remain in Quincy as its home base throughout the tournament.
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