For the Smallest Country to Ever Play in the World Cup, a Huge Sense of Pride

For the Smallest Country to Ever Play in the World Cup, a Huge Sense of Pride

Curaçao may have been knocked out of the World Cup by Ivory Coast, but that hasn’t diminished the pride of Curaçaoan New Yorkers. This was the first World Cup appearance by the small island country of roughly 158,000, and local fans were thrilled to see their team — known as the “Blue Wave” — on a global stage.    “The fact that they got there [to the World Cup] is putting us on the map,” said Curaçaoan New Yorker Umtala Murrough.Keisha Weil’s u…