{"id":310779,"date":"2026-06-17T18:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310779\/"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:59:08","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T18:59:08","slug":"tartan-army-to-take-over-loandepot-park-for-marlins-v-rangers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/310779\/","title":{"rendered":"Tartan Army to take over loanDepot Park for Marlins v Rangers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>World Cup fever will take over loanDepot park, and the decibel level may reach new heights, on Monday night as the Tartan Army of traveling Scottish fans has already sold out several sections of the stadium, with more fans still buying tickets, for the Marlins\u2019 game against the Texas Rangers.<\/p>\n<p>More than 20,000 Scottish supporters traveled to the Boston area for the team\u2019s first two games, a 1-0 win against Haiti last Saturday and the upcoming match against Morocco on Friday. They begin migrating to South Florida over the weekend ahead of next Wednesday\u2019s match against Brazil at Hard Rock Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday night, the Red Sox hosted Scotland Day at Fenway Park, giving away specially themed Tartan jerseys. The Tartan Army showed up en masse, marching through the streets to the stadium in kilts, playing bagpipes and singing.<\/p>\n<p>The party continued inside Fenway Park, where the Red Sox hosted (coincidentally) the Texas Rangers. The Scottish supporters\u2019 passionate and ear-piercing rendition of \u2018Flower of Scotland,\u2019 the national soccer team\u2019s anthem, went viral on social media. They also treated baseball fans to Scottish tunes \u201c500 Miles\u201d by the Proclaimers, \u201cYes Sir, I Can Boogie\u201d by Baccara, and belted out \u201cTake Me Out to the Ballgame.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Tartan Army continued its MLB takeover Tuesday night, making a side-trip to Yankee Stadium during the six-day break between World Cup games.<\/p>\n<p>David Steedman, a Scottish fan from Miramar who is helping organize local activities for the Tartan Army, was a guest on the Herald\u2019s <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"Follow nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/sports\/fifa-world-cup\/article316161885.html\">Inside Inter Miami podcast<\/a> on Wednesday. He urged fans to join them at the Marlins game.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you want to see the Miami Marlins stadium packed, as if it was a World Series, then I strongly suggest you book your tickets for Monday night\u2019s game against, ironically, the Texas Rangers, the team they met up at Fenway Park, so the Texas Rangers are becoming very familiar with the Scottish fans.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re going to take over loanDepot park, the more the merrier. Like some other fans, I\u2019m not going to the [World Cup] game on Wednesday, the ticket prices are ridiculous, so for many of us, this is as close as we\u2019re going to get as an army at the Marlins\u2019 stadium, so we\u2019re looking forward to it very much.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>        Related Stories from  Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644770\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n                        <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"author-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1781722748_893_Michelle Kaufman.jpeg\" width=\"400\" height=\"400\" alt=\"Profile Image of Michelle Kaufman\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><br \/>\n                    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                <a class=\"author-name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.miamiherald.com\/profile\/218644770\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Michelle Kaufman<\/a><\/p>\n<p>                    Miami Herald<\/p>\n<p>            Miami Herald sportswriter Michelle Kaufman has covered 14 Olympics, six World Cups, Wimbledon, U.S. Open, NCAA Basketball Tournaments, NBA Playoffs, Super Bowls and has been the soccer writer and University of Miami basketball beat writer for 25 years. She was born in Frederick, Md., and grew up in Miami.\n            <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"World Cup fever will take over loanDepot park, and the decibel level may reach new heights, on Monday&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":310780,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-310779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-miami","tag-miami","tag-miami-headlines","tag-miami-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=310779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/310779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/310780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=310779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=310779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=310779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}