FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) 鈥� Even though Scotland and Morocco were the teams playing at Gillette Stadium on Friday, there were plenty of American fans inside the venue watching on TV as across the country in Seattle.
They were certainly outnumbered by the and the red-clad Moroccan supporters, but the ones cheering for the red, white and blue didn鈥檛 consider themselves isolated at the home stadium of the NFL’s New England Patriots.
鈥淚 don鈥檛 feel outnumbered at all,鈥� said 39-year-old Boston resident Kaley Vescuso, who was wearing a blue USA jersey.
鈥淚t鈥檚 like a family reunion,鈥� she said, standing in the middle of a large group of Scottish fans. 鈥淥ur cousins are here.鈥�
The TVs were on all around Gillette and when the U.S. scored to go up 2-0 a little over three hours before . A spattering of cheers echoed around the nearly empty stadium when .
鈥淚t鈥檚 the best. The atmosphere is amazing, and being around all these fans from all around the world is amazing,鈥� said 20-year-old Calder Reynolds, who is from nearby Wellesley and was dressed in a No. 86 Jack Hughes hockey jersey.
Reynolds brought along his 13-year-old sister Ellie, who admitted that she really didn鈥檛 watch soccer, but big brother convinced her to wear a Paul Revere-style three-cornered hat to go along with her red-and-white U.S. soccer shirt.
鈥淚 think it鈥檚 cool,鈥� she said of her brother sporting a hockey sweater to a soccer match. 鈥淗e鈥檚 really into it.鈥�
Lots of U.S. fans were glued to the TVs to watch their team this year’s World Cup, the first to have 48 teams in the field.
鈥淭he way that it鈥檚 sweeping the nation has been awesome,鈥� Calder Reynolds said.
Sprinkled between many of the Scottish fans was 54-year-old Paul Schwerdt from Needham, Mass., who stuck out in his mostly white T-shirt with a USA logo.
鈥淲e perfectly timed it to get in here to watch the game,鈥� he said. 鈥淚t鈥檚 a fun time and a fun season. My brother-in-law is a mad soccer fan, and now I鈥檓 here and the Pats aren鈥檛 even playing.鈥�
He did have on his baseball cap with a Patriots logo, though.
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