When Cabo Verde’s Blue Sharks punched their ticket to the 2026 FIFA World Cup soccer tournament in October — with a 3-0 win over Eswatini in Praia, Cabo Verde's capital — players and staff celebrated in shirts designed by a Quincy-based apparel company.

Islndz, the brand founded by Cabo Verdean-Americans Figueiredo and Soares, is using that celebratory moment that as a unique business opportunity: to capitalize on national pride and the rise of the soccer-related streetwear trend known as "blokecore."

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