Islanda: dalla sconfitta (con attenuanti) contro il Messico, alla grande scalata nel ranking FIFA.

Sconfitta di misura per i ragazzi di Heimir Hallgrímsson nel Nevada. 

Una nazionale imbottita di giovani e di giocatori provenienti dalla Pepsideild, torna a casa con onore dopo una bella esperienza davanti ai 30617 spettatori del Sam Boyd Stadium di Las Vegas (nuovo record per l'impianto inaugurato il 23 ottobre 1971 e che solitamente ospita i match di NCAA, NASL, ASL, CFL, XFL e UFL) ed esulta per il grande traguardo raggiunto nel ranking FIFA.

Sostenitori islandesi al Sam Boyd Stadium di Las Vegas (Jónína Guðbjörg Guðbjartsdóttir di Fótbolti.net)

Interview with Sigurður Grétar Benónýsson: how life changes from Vestmannaeyjar to North Carolina

Sigurður Grétar Benónýsson was born in 1996 in Heimaey. He has spent his life and football career in the archipelago until he has moved to USA at High Point University, North Carolina.

He has played both for KFS and IBV. He has debuted in Pepsideild at the beginning of this season, playing 8 matches and scoring 2 goals. Now he is playing in the "Big South Conference", a collegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division I, and he is doing even better: 18 matches played, 10 goals and 4 assists.

Sigurður has been nominated “Big South Men's Soccer Freshman of the Year” (twitter.com)

He is doing not only a football experience, he is majoring in Psychology and minoring in coaching too. We've talked to him about how life has changed by moving from Vestmannaeyjar to North Carolina. Enjoy!