McGinn Sends Scotland Past Haiti 1-0 — Football Results
Scotland’s 1-0 win over Haiti is the headline in football results from the 2026 World Cup, and John McGinn’s first-half goal delivered it. The result gave Scotland their first World Cup victory since 1990 and kept alive their push to reach the knockout stages for the first time in the country’s history.
McGinn Delivers Scotland’s Winner
McGinn struck before the break and Scotland protected that lead through the rest of the match. Steve Clarke’s side did not need more than one goal, but the timing gave them control early and made Haiti chase the game.
The scoreline was tight throughout. Scotland did the one thing they needed most, and the margin left no room for error once McGinn had put them in front.
Group C Takes Shape
The win also put Scotland in a stronger position in Group C, where Morocco and Brazil still await. Those two matches will decide whether Scotland can turn this result into something bigger, but the opening three points already changed the shape of their campaign.
At the time of this match, Scotland were the only European nation to have won a game at the 2026 World Cup. That made the result stand out beyond Group C, especially with Germany due to play Curacao at 18:00 BST and the Netherlands due to face Japan at 21:00.
Other Results In The Tournament
Elsewhere, Qatar drew 1-1 with Switzerland in New York and Australia beat Turkey 2-0. Ivory Coast were due to play Ecuador at 00:00 on Monday, while Sweden were due to meet Tunisia at 03:00 on Monday.
Japan’s build-up offered a different kind of marker. Head coach Hajime Moriyasu said their goal is to win the World Cup, and Japanese football expert Sean Carroll said that approach removed limits from the team. Carroll said, “At the last World Cup they were saying that they wanted to get to the quarter-finals and I think that he felt that made it a bit too much of a wall for them” and added, “Now that he has said 'no, forget that, we want to go on and win it' I think that it has taken away those boundaries for them.”
