Iraqi soccer fans celebrate end of 40-year World Cup drought

Waad Sana was inspired to open Soccer World in 1986 after seeing the Iraqi national team play in that year

The Iraq national men's team hasn't played a World Cup in 40 years; a drought that ends Tuesday night, to the excitement of soccer fans in Dearborn, Michigan, home to a large Iraqi diaspora.

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