One, the Story of a Goal

In the early 1980s, as El Salvador entered a 12-year civil conflict, its talented football team stood as a unifying national institution, supported by both the left and the right. A stunning 1-0 upset of Mexico propelled them to the 1982 World Cup, marking a high point of the tiny country's national pride. Yet the team's Cinderella story devolved into a nightmarish farce.