{"id":981,"date":"2026-06-14T06:39:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2026-06-14T06:39:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-14T06:39:38","slug":"fans-celebrate-ahead-of-the-first-wold-cup-match-in-philly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Fans celebrate ahead of the first Wold Cup match in Philly"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div><audio><\/audio><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>After 11 years of marriage, there are very few things Aurora and Jamaal Brown don\u2019t see eye to eye on. Then FIFA announced its first scheduled World Cup match in Philadelphia: Ivory Coast vs. Ecuador.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=979\">Phillies\u2019 bats come alive with 17 hits, bullpen hangs on in 9-8 win over the Brewers<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIvory Coast is going to win and I will celebrate with some drinks,\u201d Jamaal playfully teased his wife over the phone Saturday evening. \u201cI am telling her, we are winners.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Jacksonville, Fla., resident grew up with friends from the Ivory Coast and recently found out through a DNA test that he has ancestry from the West African country, a genetic inheritance he takes seriously.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As an Ecuadorian native, Aurora thinks Jamaal is wrong. But she is letting him \u201clive in delusion\u201d because she and their kids were able to travel to Philly to support the Ecuadorian team. Jamaal had to stay behind to take care of his grandma.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIf they weren\u2019t playing against Ecuador, the whole family will be Ivory Coast fans,\u201d Aurora said while attending FIFA Fan Fest at Fairmount Park\u2019s Lemon Hill on Saturday with her family. \u201cWe are going to buy him an Ivory Coast jersey for Father\u2019s Day so he feels the love.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Walking into the Lemon Hill park area, the mother of two was stunned to see so many Ecuadorian soccer shirts and flags, but no Ivory Coast representation.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Waves of yellow, red, and blue paraded down Center City and into the arteries connecting with the Philadelphia Museum of Art. An unusual scene in a city with little Ecuadorian representation.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Both the Ecuadorian and Ivory Coast communities are considered small in the Philly metro area.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>According to the Census Bureau, 15,415 Philly residents claim Ecuadorian ancestry \u2014 less than 1% of the Latino population in the city. And numbers for Ivory Coast residents are hard to estimate because the bureau doesn\u2019t tabulate them.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Maryland resident Michelle Diagne, 35, felt that absence.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>The Ivory Coast native came to visit her Philly family from Rockville, Md. But realizing the tickets were too expensive, she and her two teenagers settled for attending Fan Fest and watching Sunday\u2019s game at home.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>While she had hoped to see more Ivory Coast fans in Philly, Diagne said just knowing the \u201cElephants\u201d are playing in the U.S. fills her with pride. <\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt makes me feel like we count,\u201d Diagne said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Ecuadorian native Magaly Moreira, 60, shares the sentiment. After decades living in New Jersey, she had never seen such a display of her country\u2019s people.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=977\">Jalen Brunson pours in 45 points as Knicks close out Spurs for first NBA title since 1973<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cIt fills me with happiness, pride, and so much joy,\u201d Moreira said, Ecuadorian flags painted on her face. \u201cIt\u2019s our opportunity for us and the players to represent Ecuador.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>She was one of thousands of Ecuadorians attending \u201c<i>El banderazo Ecuatoriano<\/i>\u201d outside the Art Museum. An event organized by group +593 (the country\u2019s international calling code) that made fans put aside the traditional \u201cEcuadorian hour\u201d to show up more than on time to support their team.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cEcuador, Ecuador, Ecuador, <i>vamos Ecuador<\/i>,\u201d resounded through the Rocky steps as the fans chanted, many sporting the Ecuadorian soccer jersey.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>Defeating the heat, a crowd of all ages \u2014 from newborns to seniors \u2014 cheered and danced to the traditional highland dance \u201cZapateando Juyayay,\u201d showcasing pride for their country, waving flags, and hugging each other with hope.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>With a broken leg and dragging a wheelchair, Dar\u00edo Galarza and his friend Marco Gallardo flew in from Ecuador two days ago to support their home team. They did not expect to see such an outpouring for their national team.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe U.S. is accessible for us because we share the same currency and it isn\u2019t far, but we didn\u2019t expect to see so many people,\u201d Gallardo said.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>For Galarza, skipping the World Cup wasn\u2019t an option. After undergoing surgery for his leg last month, he made it a point to be as recovered as possible to fly to Philadelphia.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cI guess it\u2019s true, you will always find an Ecuadorian in every corner of the world,\u201d Galarza said. \u201cAt least I knew it was going to be me because I wasn\u2019t missing this for the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>As a man inside a guinea pig costume began a conga line around the Rocky statue, 77-year-old Ecuadorian Francisco Castellanos couldn\u2019t help but reflect on the wonder of seeing so many Ecuadorians together and the weight of representation.<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>\u201cThere are so many of us here that now we must win,\u201d Castellanos said. \u201cWhatever it takes,\u201d he added, as the crowd erupted chanting the Ecuadorian national anthem.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/corporate-movers-usa.com\/?p=975\">Pennsylvania State Police just issued hundreds of tickets to enforce a new ban on handheld cell phone use while driving<\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Waves of yellow, red, and blue paraded down Center City and into the area surrounding the Philadelphia Museum of Art to celebrate the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":980,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-981","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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