Iceland comfortable with Cinderella title, but wants to prove it belongs in the World Cup
by Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times
Jun 09, 2018
3 minutes
Even Disney couldn't have written Iceland's World Cup story better.
Start with a country that's buried in ice and snow for more than half the year, one with fewer people than Anaheim and a soccer league long more amateur than professional. From that, pull together a national team managed by a part-time dentist and driven by potential no one outside the locker room could see, then watch it become the smallest nation ever to qualify for a World Cup.
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