Family travels 6,500 miles to see son play 13 minutes at World Cup

Family travels 6,500 miles to see son play 13 minutes at World CupImage source, Elliot FamilyImage caption, Steve Elliot said he was pleased that two of Callan's brothers were at the game in which he featuredByGiancarlo RinaldiSouth Scotland reporterPublished1 hour agoA father who travelled thousands of miles to see his son get just a handful of minutes at the World Cup has said he has no regrets whatsoever about making the trip.Callan Elliot, originally from Annan in the south of Scotland, made it into the New Zealand squad for the tournament currently taking place in the US, Canada and Mexico.He appeared as a late substitute in their opening game with Iran but did not get any more game time as the All Whites failed to make it out of their group.Despite his relatively fleeting appearance, proud father Steve said: "We wouldn't have missed this for anything."Image source, Getty ImagesImage caption, Callan played for about 13 minutes in the match with IranCallan was eligible to play for either Scotland or New Zealand but chose to represent the country his family moved to when he was turning seven.His parents - Steve and Susan - travelled 6,500 miles (10,500km) to watch their opening game at the massive SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Callan came on for Tim Payne late in the second half of the 2-2 draw with Iran, the only point New Zealand managed in the tournament.Steve said they felt he did enough to merit a chance in the other two group games.Image source, Elliot familyImage caption, Callan had the support of family who could not get to the games"Although he only got 13 mins he stood up extremely well and was praised by his coach but perplexingly didn't get any more game time which was frustrating as we felt he deserved to - maybe a biased opinion," he said."We were all so proud of him."However, he added that he was pleased that the game which Callan was involved in had been attended by other family members."It was good...