Rotherham United player stands in way of Steve McClaren's first World Cup as manager
In Kingston, Jamaica, in the early hours of Wednesday UK time, either a Yorkshire manager will be celebrating qualifying for next year's World Cup, or we will have a new smallest nation to appear in the tournament.
With White Rose connections on either side, it will certainly be a result worth looking out for.
Going into November’s international break, York-born Steve McClaren was the favourite to do what he never managed with England, and lead a team to a major tournament.
Now Dick Advocaat is the former Premier League manager looking most likely.
Curacao are the eighth country the Dutchman has managed after his own (twice), United Arab Emirates, South Korea, Russia, Belgium, Serbia and Iraq. They have a population of 156,115 – less than half the population of Iceland, who qualified for Russia in 2018, and a third of Cape Verde, the smallest nation so far to qualify for this 48-team edition.
But their 7-0 win over Bermuda, whilst Jamaica were being held to a 1-1 in Trinidad and Tobago, means a draw will be enough to see them through to their first World Cup.
Curacao's sixth goal was scored by Rotherham United's Ar'Jany Martha, typical of Advocaat's squad in that he was born in the Netherlands. So was Middlesbrough winger Sontje Hansen and former Huddersfield Town midfielder Juninho Bacuna, who plays alongside his brother, Leandro.
The Yorkshire connections are even greater in the Reggae Boyz squad.
Mason Holgate, once of Barnsley and Sheffield United, was born there, in Doncaster.
Jon Russell plays there, for Barnsley, where international team-mate Ethan Pinnock made his name.
Bailey Cadamarteri plays for Sheffield Wednesday as does Di'Shon Bernard, currently out injured.
Isaac Hayden and Dexter Lembikisa were at Hull City and Rotherham respectively.
Bobby De Cordova-Reid, Demarai Gray, Rico Henry, Rumarn Burrell, Karoy Anderson, Tyreece Campbell (not to be confused with Sheffield United's Tyrese) and Greg Leigh play in England, where they were all born. Kingston-born Kaheim Dixon is at Crawley Town, and Dujuan Richards from Port Royal is in Chelsea's youth set-up.
If they make it, Martha's club-mate Denzell Hall – like him, born in the Netherlands – will hope his new Jamaica passport comes in handy.