Once World Cup outsiders, soccer-scarce nations are crashing the party

Government

One hundred minutes into a scoreless match Tuesday, Jamaican defenders watched the flight of a corner kick as it curled toward their goal. And for a brief, costly, moment everyone forgot about Axel Tuanzebe. Tuanzebe, of the Democratic Republic of Congo, had called this match the biggest of his career. Only the winner of the FIFA World Cup qualifier in Guadalajara, Mexico, would advance to play this summer in the 48-team field comprising the most popular sporting tournament on the planet.

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