Overview
- Curaçao moved top of its CONCACAF group and needs only a draw away to Jamaica on Tuesday, Nov. 18, to clinch direct qualification.
- Jamaica’s 1-1 draw with Trinidad & Tobago, combined with Curaçao’s seven-goal win, flipped the standings and boosted Curaçao’s goal difference.
- Borussia Dortmund prospect Jordi Paulina scored twice on his international debut in the 7-0 victory over Bermuda.
- If Curaçao does not win the group, it could still reach March’s intercontinental play-offs in Mexico as one of CONCACAF’s best runners-up.
- Qualification would mark Curaçao as the smallest country to reach a World Cup, with Advocaat set for a coaching age record.