 on the trip, including accommodation, flights, rental car and 16 tickets, and are visiting all eight stadiums in the emirate. The duo will see a game every day as they complete their World Cup hat-trick between November 26 and December 3, starting with Mexico vs Argentina at the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium. Todd, from Seattle, told Metro.co.uk, that the tradition began in 2010 just before the South Africa instalment when the father-of-three made a light-hearted comment to Samuel, who was 15 at the time, that they would go to Brazil if he saved up enough money. Samuel managed to stump up $1,000 after saving up his birthday money and everything else he could to make their 2014 samba trip a reality, and they caught four games at two stadiums. They then ventured halfway across the world to Russia in 2018. 'When Samuel saved up the money I thought, 'oh my God, here we go',' Todd said. 'We went to Brazil first and then Samuel saved up three grand for Russia, where we went hardcore, we travelled 1,500 miles by road to six different games in six different stadiums. 'It's kind of become a tradition. we don't call them vacations, we call them missions. Coming from the States and seeing as I'm a high school counsellor, we have to do it on the cheap. It's get in, get out, with layovers and 30 hours to get there and different plane changes. I don't have tonnes of money, but the spare money I do have I spend on sports.' The Seattle Sounders fan is among those who are travelling to the FIFA games despite concerns about the treatment of LGBTQ+ people and construction workers in the oil-rich Gulf country. Same-sex relat){kind=link}
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A sports fanatic and his son are due to fly out on their third World Cup ‘mission’ as they continue to follow the tournament around the globe.
Todd and Samuel Caffey are jetting 7,400 miles to Qatar in a tradition where the son gives his dad a payment towards their overall travel kitty before every FIFA competition.
They have spent a total of $10,000 (£8,500) on the trip, including accommodation, flights, rental car and 16 tickets, and are visiting all eight stadiums in the emirate.
The duo will see a game every day as they complete their World Cup hat-trick between November 26 and December 3, starting with Mexico vs Argentina at the 80,000-capacity Lusail Stadium.