Curacao moved closer to making its first FIFA World Cup Finals appearance with a 2-0 win over Jamaica
WILLEMSTAD, Curacao (AP) — Goals from Lefano Comenencia and Kenji Juri propelled Curacao to a 2-0 victory over Jamaica on Friday to take the home team another step closer to its first World Cup appearance.
Cominencia opened the scoring in the 11th minute, and Jouré added a goal in the 68th minute for the “Blue Stars”, raising them to first place in Group B after three matches in the final round of the CONCACAF World Cup qualifiers.
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Curacao, which until 2010 was part of the Netherlands Antilles, an island group with internal autonomy, is coached by Dick AdvocaatHe led the Netherlands national team for three periods, and also coached South Korea, Belgium, and Russia.
With this victory, Advocaat’s team remains undefeated and has seven points, one point behind the Jamaican team, which is in second place and is led by former England national team coach Steve McClaren.
Trinidad and Tobago, which easily beat Bermuda 3-0 on Friday, is in second place with four points.
Dante Cele in the 10th minute, Tyrese Spicer in the 30th minute, and Coby Henry in the 49th minute scored the goals for the “Suka Warriors.”
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Bermuda suffered its third loss in a row and was almost eliminated from the competition without any points.
12 teams, divided into three groups, will compete for three direct tickets to the regional qualifiers for next year’s World Cup. The United States, Canada and Mexico qualified automatically As co-hosts of the World Cup.
Also on Friday, Virgil Misidjan scored a stoppage-time goal as Suriname drew 1-1 with Guatemala to finish first in Group A.
Darwin Lom gave Guatemala the lead in the 75th minute, but Misidjan’s goal in the 94th minute equalized the score.
Suriname has five points and has the tiebreaker over Panama, which achieved its first victory in the final round by defeating El Salvador 1-0 at home, and it also has five points.
Jose Fajardo scored in the 55th minute for the Panamanian national team, which participated in its first and only World Cup in Russia in 2018.
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