Roberto "Pico" Lopes was working at a bank when a cold message changed his life. Seven years later, he's helping Cape Verde make World Cup history.

PARIS, June 19 — Roberto ‘Pico’ Lopes might have been whiling away his time as a mortgage advisor in Ireland instead of preparing to face Uruguay in the World Cup on Sunday...

Roberto "Pico" Lopes was working at a bank when a cold message changed his life. Seven years later, he's helping Cape Verde make World Cup history.