Mexico City, Nov. 19 -- Curacao booked its first-ever World Cup berth while Haiti ended a half-century absence from football's showpiece tournament on a dramatic last day of CONCACAF qualifying.
In Kingston, Curacao held hosts Jamaica to a goalless draw to move one point clear at the top of Group B with 12 points from six games in the final stage of the North America, Central America, and Caribbean region's qualifying tournament.
Both sides tried frantically for a winner, producing a combined 29 shots on goal at Independence Park in Jamaica's capital.
The Reggae Boyz were reduced to 10 men when Jon Russell was shown a second yellow card for a bad foul in the 89th minute as Curacao, which has a population of 156,000, held on to become the...