Canada World Cup star Alistair Johnston blasts airline for flying him to wrong city and losing his bags in travel disaster after loss to Morocco

Canadian soccer star Alistair Johnston has hit out at Frontier Airlines after accusing them of flying him to the wrong city and losing his luggage after their World Cup exit.Co-hosts Canada were dumped out of the competition last Saturday, with a 3-0 defeat to Morocco in Houston eliminating them at the last-16 stage.The following day, Johnston revealed he had suffered a travel disaster when seemingly trying to fly back to his home country.’Learned my lesson today. Never fly @FlyFrontier even if it’s the only direct flight available,’ he fumed on X. ‘Genuinely look for multi-stop redeye flights before flying with them. I’m still not sure where my bags are and I’m in the wrong city somehow’.It’s not clear exactly where Johnston was flying from or to. The Canadian Men’s National Team’s official account replied on X saying: ‘Where did they send you?’ Johnston is yet to reply.Another user named Danny Pham, who took a picture with the Celtic defender at the gate, shared the photo and revealed he took the next connecting flight after a ‘genuinely ridiculous’ situation. Canada star Alistair Johnston has accused Frontier Airlines of flying him to the wrong cityLearned my lesson today. Never fly @FlyFrontier even if it’s the only direct flight available. Genuinely look for multi-stop redeye flights before flying with them. I’m still not sure where my bags are and I’m in the wrong city somehow ??— Alistair Johnston (@_a_johnston) July 6, 2026 ‘Frontier turned a 2.5 hour flight into 8-9 hours flight (plus) a horrendous delay(14hours),’ he wrote. ‘After we took the next flight that they rebooked us to.’He also told Johnston that his bags would still be at the original airport they departed from, before replying to that post to say that he thought he saw his luggage in North Carolina’s Raleigh-Durham International airport.While the defeat was a miserable one, Canada made history this summer after making it to the knockout stage of a World Cup for the very first time.Prior to the 2026 tournament they had only featured in the group stage twice and failed to win a single game on both occasions.Johnston started and played the full 90 minutes in all of Canada’s matches before they crashed out in the last 16.Head coach Jesse Marsch came under fire after the loss to Morocco, after bizarrely claiming that he would still rather be in his team’s position than the victors.’What a privilege our fans have had to root a team on like this,’ Marsch stated in the viral broadcast interview.Hey AJ I managed to get on the next connecting flight it was genuinely ridiculous, Frontier turned a 2.5 hour flight into 8-9 hours flight + a horrendous delay(14hours). After we took the next flight that they rebooked us to. I know where your bag is its at the original airport. pic.twitter.com/W1zoWzAvVp— Danny Pham (@DannyyP11) July 6, 2026 Johnston and Canada were dumped out of the World Cup after a 3-0 loss to Morocco Saturday'[A team] that goes after the game, that doesn’t play defensive, that shows that they can be better.”Of course, we have to be in these situations more and more,’ the 52-year-old manager continued. ‘And then we have to find ways to succeed and build on that.”I’d rather be us than them! As good as Morocco is, I’d rather be us.”I’m really proud of our guys, we went after the game. They’re hurting right now but I couldn’t be prouder,’ he concluded, before adding a final ‘I thank Canada’ to the reporter.The bold declaration immediately went viral across social media, with fans completely baffled by the American coach’s refusal to accept the reality of the 3-0 thrashing.