{"id":223588,"date":"2026-06-20T01:36:10","date_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:36:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223588\/"},"modified":"2026-06-20T01:36:10","modified_gmt":"2026-06-20T01:36:10","slug":"fans-celebrate-brazil-haiti-world-cup-match-at-philadelphia-watch-party","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/223588\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans celebrate Brazil-Haiti World Cup match at Philadelphia watch party"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFans gathered at Lemon Hill Park in Philadelphia on Thursday for a FIFA Fan Fest and World Cup watch party featuring Brazil and Haiti.  Juneteenth crowd adds to festive atmosphereJacob Hall reported from the event that one FIFA official described it as \u201cthe day to be here,\u201d with Juneteenth bringing crowds out to enjoy the city\u2019s atmosphere and festivities.  Organizers promoted the event with signs reading \u201cWelcoming the World with Philly flavor,\u201d while fans took part in food, games and other activities throughout the day.  Brazil-Haiti match draws excited supportersThe Brazil-Haiti matchup was the second of six World Cup games Philadelphia is hosting.  Fans from both countries shared their excitement ahead of the match.  \u201cI\u2019ve been supporting this team since 2014, since the last World Cup,\u201d one Brazil supporter said. \u201cI\u2019m rooting for them. I hope they\u2019ll take it. I mean, never say never, right? They have a good squad.\u201d  Haiti fans celebrate historic World Cup returnA Haiti supporter said the trip to Philadelphia was worth it.  \u201cIt could not get any better,\u201d Wilmene said. \u201cWe drove from New York to here, and we were seeing all the Haitians in the world. We were just screaming, \u2018Let\u2019s go Haiti, go.\u2019\u201d  The supporter added that a Haitian victory would be especially meaningful, noting it is Haiti\u2019s first World Cup appearance since 1974.  U.S. advances with win over AustraliaEarlier in the day, the United States defeated Australia 2-0. The U.S. got a boost from an Australian own goal in the 11th minute, and Alex Freeman added a goal in the 43rd minute.  The victory secured the Americans a spot in the knockout round. It also marked the first time the United States has won its first two group-stage matches at a World Cup since 1930.  The U.S. next plays Turkey on June 25.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Fans gathered at Lemon Hill Park in Philadelphia on Thursday for a FIFA Fan Fest and World Cup watch party featuring Brazil and Haiti.  <\/p>\n<p>Juneteenth crowd adds to festive atmosphere<\/p>\n<p>Jacob Hall reported from the event that one FIFA official described it as \u201cthe day to be here,\u201d with Juneteenth bringing crowds out to enjoy the city\u2019s atmosphere and festivities.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"fans gathered at lincoln financial field in philadelphia on thursday for a fifa fan fest and world cup watch party featuring brazil and haiti. \ufeff\" title=\"Fans gathered at Lincoln Financial Field in Philadelphia on Thursday for a FIFA Fan Fest and World Cup watch party featuring Brazil and Haiti. \ufeff\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/615b4a59-3512-47f5-805e-b09f4f576f01.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Organizers promoted the event with signs reading \u201cWelcoming the World with Philly flavor,\u201d while fans took part in food, games and other activities throughout the day.  <\/p>\n<p>Brazil-Haiti match draws excited supporters\t<\/p>\n<p>The Brazil-Haiti matchup was the second of six World Cup games Philadelphia is hosting.  <\/p>\n<p>Fans from both countries shared their excitement ahead of the match.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been supporting this team since 2014, since the last World Cup,\u201d one Brazil supporter said. \u201cI\u2019m rooting for them. I hope they\u2019ll take it. I mean, never say never, right? They have a good squad.\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>Haiti fans celebrate historic World Cup return<\/p>\n<p>A Haiti supporter said the trip to Philadelphia was worth it.  <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt could not get any better,\u201d Wilmene said. \u201cWe drove from New York to here, and we were seeing all the Haitians in the world. We were just screaming, \u2018Let\u2019s go Haiti, go.\u2019\u201d  <\/p>\n<p>The supporter added that a Haitian victory would be especially meaningful, noting it is Haiti\u2019s first World Cup appearance since 1974.  <\/p>\n<p>U.S. advances with win over Australia<\/p>\n<p>Earlier in the day, the United States defeated Australia 2-0. The U.S. got a boost from an Australian own goal in the 11th minute, and Alex Freeman added a goal in the 43rd minute.  <\/p>\n<p>The victory secured the Americans a spot in the knockout round. It also marked the first time the United States has won its first two group-stage matches at a World Cup since 1930.  <\/p>\n<p>\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\" aspect-ratio-original lazyload lazyload-in-view\" alt=\"earlier in the day, the united states defeated australia 2-0. the u.s. got a boost from an australian own goal in the 11th minute, and alex freeman added a goal in the 43rd minute.\" title=\"Earlier in the day, the United States defeated Australia 2-0. The U.S. got a boost from an Australian own goal in the 11th minute, and Alex Freeman added a goal in the 43rd minute.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/55a2b1d4-05ea-47a7-9a42-22dbd9a5cbbe.jpg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The U.S. next plays Turkey on June 25.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fans gathered at Lemon Hill Park in Philadelphia on Thursday for a FIFA Fan Fest and World Cup&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":223589,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[20395,20405,97171,2013,14714,69,71,70,97172,97173,39263,66],"class_list":["post-223588","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-philadelphia","tag-australia","tag-brazil","tag-fifa-fan-fest","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-haiti","tag-philadelphia","tag-philadelphia-headlines","tag-philadelphia-news","tag-philadelphia-watch-party","tag-professional-soccer","tag-team-usa","tag-united-states"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223588","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=223588"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/223588\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/223589"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=223588"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=223588"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=223588"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}