A village of 4,500 inhabitants dreams of the World Cup and is looking for a UEFA-licensed coach via Facebook. Okay, strictly speaking, the Caribbean island of Montserrat, which is a British Overseas Territory, actually consists of several small villages.

In any case, this is not a belated April Fool’s joke. The FIFA member dreams of the 2030 World Cup and is urgently in need of a new coach. How realistic is that goal?

Well, Montserrat is currently ranked 175th in the FIFA world rankings. Quite a few major football nations like Nepal, Mongolia, or Tonga are behind the Caribbean island. In qualifying for the 2026 World Cup, they even managed to beat Belize. The remaining group matches were lost. No matter, with the Facebook coach, the really big breakthrough is surely just around the corner!

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