Cinderella World Cup Team Pulls Off Another Amazing Achievement

Cinderella World Cup Team Pulls Off Another Amazing Achievement By Nick Arama | 12:46 PM on June 27, 2026 The opinions expressed by contributors are their own and do not necessarily represent the views of RedState.com. AP Photo/Charlie Riedel One of the great stories about the World Cup so far has been the Cinderella team from Cape Verde. Cape Verde is playing in their first World Cup. Their country is a small collection of islands off the west coast of Africa, near Senegal, and has a population the size of Fresno, California, but they have a great soccer team and a superb goalkeeper. That has, so far, kept them in the game.

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