Hundreds of England fans were silenced at The Greatest Bar Thursday night after a devastating 2-1 loss late to Lionel Messi and Argentina in the World Cup Semifinal.

Two late goals by Argentina sealed the comeback victory to punch their second ticket in a row to the World Cup Finals this Sunday. They’ll face off against Spain Sunday at 3 pm in New Jersey.

“Gutted,” said one England fan. “Absolutely gutted... It’s heartbreaking. We waited 60 years for this.”

Another added, “I’m still in shock. I’m still trying to comprehend everything... I don’t even know what to say really.”

He continued, “You go so far again. You believe, as we talked in the beginning, we thought it was coming home.”

While England fans mourned the loss on the first floor of The Greatest Bar, Argentina fans rushed downstairs from the top floors to celebrate in the streets outside.

“It’s coming home,” one Argentina fan yelled.

Another said, “I just wanted to say I never doubted it for one minute and look where we are now.”

Most England fans at The Greatest Bar Thursday told Boston 25 they’ll be rooting for Spain in the finals Sunday.

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The New England Revolution are back on the pitch after the World Cup break.

The mid-season layoff is over for MLS teams, so the club resumed practice with a newly extended player on the training grounds.

The Revolution re-signed homegrown defender Peyton Miller to a multi-year contract extension that runs through the 2028-29 MLS season, with a club option for the following season.

Miller is from Unionville, Connecticut and is 18 years old.

“I grew up watching this club,” Miller said. “For me to re-sign another contract, it means everything to me.”

He boasts five goals and three assists in 48 games played, 39 of them starts. This season, he has scored a career-high three goals with plenty more matches to go as the Revs gear up for the second half of the schedule.

“There’s plenty of interest from around the globe on Peyton Miller,” Chris Tierney, Revolution General Manager & Chief Soccer Officer, said. “He is a really elite profile that we need to continue to develop to get him to the spot that we think he’s capable of.”

Miller has been a member of the Revolution Pro Pathway program since age 13. The club has developed him into a contributing teenager for the top side. He has seen minutes at both left back and left wing in 2026.

“He’s making great steps going forward, and with his age, he has a great amount of maturity in his game and he’s impacting our team in a really positive way,” Revolution head coach Marko Mitrovic said. “So I’m really, really happy to see the progress that Peyton is making.”

Miller was the twelfth homegrown player in Revolution history, and the first from Connecticut. He was also the youngest player in club history to sign an MLS contract.

“There’s a lot that I think I need to work on and I have so much belief in Marko (Mitrovic),” Miller said. “He holds me to high standards and expectations, so I just think that there’s a lot more for me to accomplish here and there’s stuff that I need to do.

The Revs are back in action Wednesday, July 22 when they host Toronto FC at 7:30 p.m. at Gillette Stadium.

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Boston’s City Hall Plaza is back open to World Cup watch parties.

Hundreds packed the plaza to watch Spain beat France in the semi-final on Tuesday.

“I just love this big area, great game, so I’m just happy that Boston’s just letting up like a city should be you know, I’m having a great time,” said Sam Neal.

Many were disappointed when the city shut down the FIFA fan festival after only 16 days of the World Cup, but the mayor says it was because of funding constraints.

“There was a lot more food and stuff but honestly I’m here for the game, so I enjoy myself so honestly this was just great,” said Neal.

Some argue this more casual watch party may be better since you don’t need to register to get in or walk through any lines for security.

“It was very restrictive the whole system was like very over capacity, just being able to get in sounds like an impossible task for any of the games, so just them having this feels very unrestrictive with a lot of freedom,” said Manny Debettencourt.

This week, Mayor Michelle Wu announced the city will host these new watch parties for the last few matches of the World Cup with a big screen and some food trucks set up on City Hall Plaza.

There are also many other watch parties across the city.

“This whole World Cup has been really exciting,” said Debettencourt. “I can’t believe it’s just gone so fast.”

Fans say it’s nice to have a place to come together with other fans to celebrate these big moments.

Many of them plan to come back for the next match on Wednesday.

“Get my work done a little early just to come see the energy out here it’s going to be fantastic tomorrow,” said Debettencourt.

City leaders say this new watch party set up is sponsored by State Street.

It’s free and open to the public.

The next match to watch will be when Argentina takes on England at 3PM Wednesday.

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