Downtown Worcester was bursting with energy June 13 as soccer fans celebrated the beginning of this year’s FIFA World Cup with a street soccer festival, an art exhibition and an outdoor watch party for the day’s matches.
On the Worcester Common Oval, a screen showed games between Qatar and Switzerland, Morocco and Brazil, and Haiti and Scotland, the last of which was broadcast from Gillette Stadium in Foxborough [renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup], only an hour’s drive away.
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Much of the large crowd that gathered to watch was decked out in their favorite teams’ colors – some in green and
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