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The Vikings Who Shocked Ronaldo: The Rise of Iceland Soccer (Original Post) jakeXT Jun 2016 OP
#ICELANDSMITES MrCoffee Jun 2016 #1
The opinion of the Icelandic commentator: muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #2
Rachel Maddow had a transcript... 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #3
Spoiler: muriel_volestrangler Jun 2016 #4
Son jakeXT Jun 2016 #6
England were clueless weren't they? T_i_B Jul 2016 #8
I am so happy for the young man I mentioned... 3catwoman3 Jun 2016 #5
I'm loving seeing the underdogs do well in this Euro geardaddy Jun 2016 #7
My son's teammate/roommate texted me the Iceland cheer. 3catwoman3 Jul 2016 #9

3catwoman3

(25,464 posts)
3. Rachel Maddow had a transcript...
Thu Jun 23, 2016, 09:58 PM
Jun 2016

Last edited Sat Jun 25, 2016, 08:57 PM - Edit history (1)

...of the translation.

Our sons attended the same college, and were on the soccer team together for 2 seasons. One of our younger son's former teammates is from Iceland. Moved here when he was 9. I texted him to let him know we were cheering for his country. Some of these stadiums have enough seats to hold almost 25% of Iceland's population.

Another former teammate's dad is from Chile, so I have been in touch with that young man as well. He and our older son are roommates still, even though they have been out of college since 2013. They are all still playing The Beautiful Game.

We still go watch.

muriel_volestrangler

(102,513 posts)
4. Spoiler:
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 03:42 PM
Jun 2016

5 minutes of regular time to go, and Iceland lead England 2-1. 'Embarrassing' doesn't begin to cover it.

T_i_B

(14,800 posts)
8. England were clueless weren't they?
Sat Jul 2, 2016, 01:57 PM
Jul 2016

Still, can't take anything away from what Iceland have achieved.

3catwoman3

(25,464 posts)
5. I am so happy for the young man I mentioned...
Mon Jun 27, 2016, 04:00 PM
Jun 2016

...in my post above that I am crying here. What an accomplishment!

geardaddy

(25,348 posts)
7. I'm loving seeing the underdogs do well in this Euro
Wed Jun 29, 2016, 11:53 AM
Jun 2016

Wales and Iceland in the quarterfinals? Historic!

3catwoman3

(25,464 posts)
9. My son's teammate/roommate texted me the Iceland cheer.
Sun Jul 3, 2016, 02:10 PM
Jul 2016

A'FRAM I'SLAND!! (Aao-frahm ees-lahnd)

The diacritical marks are probably not 100% correct - apologies.

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