NUUK, Greenland -- This weekend, Greenland's football team will travel over 6,000 miles for a game. They will swap the snow-covered playing fields of Nuuk, the territory's capital, for the Brazilian city of Curitiba and hope that their passion for the game will, for a short time at least, remove the distraction of politics and boost their hopes of playing more meaningful games closer to home.
A campaign by the Football Association of Greenland (KAK) to secure membership in Concacaf (Confederation of North, Central America and Caribbean Association Football) was submitted in May 2024, followed by months of preparation by the KAK to get the application over the finish line.