New Zealand is back at the World Cup for the first time since 2010—and only a third time overall. However, the team known as the All Whites on account of its striking, bright uniform is yet to win a match on the global stage. It remains an underdog against Iran, Egypt and Belgium as the lowest-ranked nation in the entire tournament, but every game is effectively a free hit with nothing to lose because of that. After drawing all three group matches 16 years ago, then manager Ricki Herbert predicted, “We will not go through another World Cup unbeaten.” Now is finally the time to put that to the test. The Road to the World Cup Qualification record : 5W-0L-0D Goals for / against : 29 / 1 Top scorer : Chris Wood (9) Assist leader : Matthew Garbett (5) Since Australia left the Oceania (OFC) qualification group to join Asia, New Zealand has typically won the regional World Cup qualifying section and then fallen in the inter-confederation playoffs.…