{"id":315551,"date":"2026-06-22T12:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315551\/"},"modified":"2026-06-22T12:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:46:10","slug":"top-2026-world-cup-stories-from-the-weekend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/315551\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 2026 World Cup stories from the weekend"},"content":{"rendered":"

The 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered standout moments, including record-setting goalkeeping to historic firsts. And get ready for the Tartan Army invasion in Miami.<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s a roundup of the top stories:<\/p>\n

\"Cape Cape Verde forward Ryan Mendes (20) works to control the ball against Uruguay in the second half of their World Cup Group H soccer match at Hard Rock Stadium on Sunday, June 21, 2026, in Miami Gardens. Matias J. Ocner mocner@miamiherald.com Tartan Army descends on South Florida: About 20,000 kilt-clad Scotland supporters are arriving in South Florida for Wednesday\u2019s match against Brazil at Hard Rock Stadium, following a Boston-area stay where they donated nearly $30,000 to local charities. The group has already purchased more than 8,000 tickets for Monday night\u2019s Marlins game, with a parade planned from Ball and Chain to loanDepot Park<\/a> led by bagpipers.Cape Verde, Uruguay battle to 2-2 thriller: Cape Verde and Uruguay played to a 2-2 tie<\/a> before 64,000 fans in Miami on Sunday, with Kevin Pina\u2019s 21st-minute free kick marking the African nation\u2019s first-ever World Cup goal. Coach Bubista said advancing to the knockout stage is a realistic goal after the team also held European champion Spain to a scoreless draw in its opener.Eloy Room sets World Cup saves record: Miami FC goalkeeper Eloy Room set a World Cup record with 15 saves for Curacao in a 0-0 tie against Ecuador, earning the tiny Caribbean island its first ever point<\/a> in tournament history. The mark fell one short of Tim Howard\u2019s all-time tournament record of 16 saves set in 2014.Haiti falls 3-0 to Brazil in historic match: Haiti lost 3-0 to five-time world champion Brazil at Philadelphia Stadium on Friday, becoming the first team eliminated from the 48-country tournament after also losing to Scotland. Fans called the game historic regardless of the result<\/a>, marking Haiti\u2019s return to the World Cup after 52 years.<\/p>\n

This report was produced with the assistance of a proprietary tool powered by artificial intelligence and using our own originally reported, written and published content. It was reviewed and edited by our journalists.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The 2026 FIFA World Cup delivered standout moments, including record-setting goalkeeping to historic firsts. And get ready for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315552,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[123,125,124],"class_list":["post-315551","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\/315551","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=315551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}