Lance Reynolds

Boston has fallen in love with Scotland, and some say they see a baby boom coming after the Tartan Army takeover.

BOSTON — The Tartan Army has had such an impressive showing in Boston that a pair of Patriots legends wanted to join in on the Scottish party.

Julian Edelman and Rob Gronkowski, wearing Scottish kilts, paraded through the Boston Common and Public Garden with the Tartan Army, hours before Scotland took to the field in Foxboro Friday evening against Morocco.

Hingham native Lilly Reale is still trying to process her new life of suiting up for the Boston Legacy FC in the franchise’s inaugural season, alongside Sammy Smith, a former club teammate.

World Cup mania is fully alive in Massachusetts, even as Scotland’s Tartan Army leaves Boston and heads south to Miami, with a massive economic boom well underway across the region.

Scotland supporters take over Boston Common ahead of Scotland's FIFA World Cup match. (Libby O’Neill/Boston Herald)

World Cup mania is fully alive in Massachusetts, even as Scotland's Tartan Army leaves Boston and heads south to Miami, with a massive economic boom well underway across the region.

World Cup mania is fully alive in Massachusetts, even as Scotland's Tartan Army leaves Boston and heads south to Miami, with a massive economic boom well underway across the region.

It's a new week, but Boston's mind is still on its love affair with Scotland's Tartan Army – or at least it appears.

A Massachusetts man who allegedly looked to have sex with a 15-year-old girl and bring drugs and alcohol to the meet-up has been arrested during a crackdown on human trafficking amid the World Cup.