Updated May 28, 2026, 11:06 a.m. ET
Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot, center, is joined onstage by his parents, Destine Pierrot and Sonia Saint Surin at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, for a celebration ahead of the first men’s FIFA World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot speaks to the audience at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, ahead of the first men’s World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot takes questions from the media just prior to the Frantzdy Pierrot Day at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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Haitian national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot holds a quick press conference behind the curtain at the Randolph High School auditorium, just prior to the program honoring him is to begin on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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An enthusiastic crowd was on hand for Frantzdy Pierrot Day at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, honoring the Haiti national soccer team player who grew up in Massachusetts ahead of the first FIFA World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Haitian Soccer Player Frantzdy Pierrot stops for a picture with Randolph police officers. A rally was held for Pierrot at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, in anticipation of the first men’s FIFA World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Toissaint Lonventure of Boston holds the Haitian flag outside Randolph High School just before Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot, who grew up in Melrose, arrives on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, for a rally by local citizens in anticipation of the first men’s FIFA World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot, who grew up in Melrose, arrives at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, for a rally by local citizens in anticipation of the first men’s FIFA World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Local officials from the Randolph area eagerly await the arrival of Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Randolph celebrated Pierrot, who grew up in Melrose, with a hero’s welcome ahead of the first men’s World Cup soccer match when Haiti takes on Scotland on June 13 at Gillette Stadium, renamed Boston Stadium for the World Cup.
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Ashley Villa sings the American and Haitian national anthems at the rally for Haitian national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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Wood Orleans of Brockton, holding his 1 year old son Sage, sings along to the Haitian national anthem, performed by Ashley Villa, in the Randolph High School auditorium for Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot in Randolph on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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Jason T. Wentworth, Legislative Director for Sen. Mike Brady, speaks to the audience at Randolph High School prior to giving Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot a certificate of recognition from the State Senate at Randolph High School on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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Randolph Town Manager Brian Howard had some words for the audience during Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot’s visit on Wednesday, May 27, 2026.
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After the program for Haiti national soccer team player Frantzdy Pierrot, a band came in to get the crowd in a festive mood on Wednesday, May 27, 2026. Randolph City Councilor Natasha Clerge, center in bright blue, dances to the music.
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