Overview
- Curaçao’s federation said Monday that interim coach Fred Rutten had stepped back, clearing the way for Dick Advocaat to take charge for the World Cup.
- The federation stated Tuesday it contacted Advocaat only after Rutten resigned and said the decision did not stem from a player rift.
- The team will hold a public training camp in Noordwijk from May 25 to June 2, with a friendly against Scotland in Glasgow on May 30.
- The planned World Cup squad unveiling was postponed, with a federation press conference scheduled to explain the coaching situation.
- Advocaat left in February to support his seriously ill daughter, returned after her condition improved, and now resumes control of a team that lost spring friendlies to China and Australia under Rutten.