PORTLAND, Ore. – Last Monday, as Iceland counted down the final few seconds of its 2-1 defeat of England – a result that earned the tiny Scandinavian nation an historic berth in the quarterfinals of the 2016 European Championship – Portland Thorns FC midfielder Dagny Brynjarsdottir was one of a small handful of her fellow Icelandic compatriots unable to watch.
“There were 650 Icelandic people who didn't watch the game,” Brynjarsdottir said, referring to data showing that 99.8 percent of TV viewers in Iceland watched the match, “and I was one of them.