Curacao's national team are intent on realising their World Cup dream for the country and for veteran coach Dick Advocaat, who has had to abandon their decisive qualifier against Jamaica and return home to the Netherlands for family reasons.

The tiny island nation, a self-governing part of the Netherlands with a population of little more than 150,000, are on the brink of becoming the smallest country to qualify for the World Cup if they avoid defeat in their last Group B qualifier in Kingston on Tuesday.

Otherwise, Jamaica, with former England manager Steve McClaren in charge, will finish top and advance to next year's finals in the United States, Canada and Mexico.

The 78-year-old Advocaat, who has coached seven other national teams in a long career, arrived with the team in Kingston a

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