Erling Haaland, one of the most prolific scorers in all of soccer, spent his World Cup campaign indulging widely in American culture. Now that he’s returning home, we get to see some of his most interesting purchases and the hilarious reactions that they created.
JUST IN: Norway World Cup star Erling Haaland reportedly dropped $10,000 at a Texas western store, including $750 on a taxidermy raccoon.
— Polymarket (@Polymarket) July 13, 2026
Erling Haaland arrived back in Norway with the most American souvenir possible
A stuffed raccoon drinking whiskey pic.twitter.com/XGobAKf2Dr
— Barstool Sports (@barstoolsports) July 13, 2026
Erling Haaland has returned to Norway, and it looks like he brought home a $750 Whiskey Raccoon from Wild Bill’s Western Store in Dallas, Texas. What an authentic piece of American culture. pic.twitter.com/SsnwZlEgOZ
— Joe Pompliano (@JoePompliano) July 13, 2026
Howdy!🤠 pic.twitter.com/8ve4jH7cVK
— Erling Haaland (@Erling) June 30, 2026
Haaland bought his cowboy fit at a store in Dallas 3 hours after scoring the winning goal against Ivory Coast.
Asked if they sold Nike boots. Always be selling lol https://t.co/YKzWUdYYUV pic.twitter.com/MXbHp7igd1
— Trung Phan (@TrungTPhan) July 4, 2026
Erling Haaland was so fascinated by American culture during his visit to Texas for the World Cup that he couldn’t stop talking about how kind everyone was and even started using a Southern accent to fit in 😭
he also purchased a custom cowboy hat and tried branding himself pic.twitter.com/hKYlTJCS51
— yoxic (@yoxics) July 3, 2026
The Haaland racoon context 😭😭 why’s he left the 2 squirrels pic.twitter.com/mv0w0e9MWo
— Danis (@DanisMCFC) July 13, 2026
haaland pic.twitter.com/zPd4gpqqM3
— laura 🏴 (@1aurarose) July 13, 2026
With only a few games remaining of the World Cup, many of the tourists are heading back home. In the early days of the tournament, we were regaled with stories from Europeans who found out how amazing our country is despite what those in the media have ingrained into their memories about the United States.
Goodbye 🇺🇸 It’s been emotional! pic.twitter.com/w5ZBRv3pWS
— Erling Haaland (@Erling) July 13, 2026
The Semi Finals for the 2026 World Cup will begin tomorrow at 3:00 PM ET, with France taking on Spain. The second match will be between England and defending champions Argentina on Wednesday.
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