All Hail Iceland: A Soccer Cinderella Story

The Brian Lehrer Show | Jun 29, 2016

Iceland’s soccer team shocked the world this week by beating England and advancing to the Euro 2016 quarter finals.

George Vecsey, former sports columnist for The New York Times and author of Eight World Cups: My Journey through the Beauty and Dark Side of Soccer talks about what other teams can learn from this upstart football nation.

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