Curaçao vs Ecuador Did You Know & Fan Stories

• No wiggle Room

  Curaçao’s historic first point at a World Cup is pretty much entirely thanks to one man. A 37-year-old goalkeeper who is the backup at Miami’s 2nd tier club. Eloy Room was so close to tying Tim Howard’s World Cup single game saves record of 16, but he’ll have to settle for 15 and 2nd place. Luckily, he did achieve a different record. Room now holds the all-time record for most saves in a clean sheet at the World Cup. The previous record was held by Memo Ochoa with 9, which he did back in 2018. Prior to Room, no goalkeeper had ever stopped double digit shots while keeping all of them out, he did it with 15. Incredible.

• Clean Room

  37 year old Eloy Room just delivered one of the most clutch goalkeeping performances in World Cup history The Curaçao keeper made 15 saves, the most since Tim Howard's 2014 World Cup record, to keep Ecuador scoreless for a second consecutive match. This is also the most on record (since 1966) by any goalkeeper in a FIFA World Cup match that did not feature extra-time per Opta. As of this writing he has gained over 500K followers on IG. Clean, Room.