The secret behind the World Cup's happiest team: They're sharing rooms with their WAGs! Curacao team doctor even signs off on players having sex before games for 'emotional help'

Curacao may be struggling to score on the pitch at this World Cup, but it has not been a problem off it. 

The Caribbean island competing at their first World Cup have been treated to conjugal visits, with Dutch coach Dick Advocaat allowing his players to stay with their partners in their hotel in Florida. 

An unusual move in modern international football, perhaps. Team hotels are typically sacred for players and staff, with families staying elsewhere to avoid distractions. 

For the England national team, families have been kept away from the team hotel since chaos in Baden-Baden in 2006, where the WAGs enjoyed wild nights out and dominated the headlines. Four years later in South Africa, Fabio Capello limited players' access to their partners.

Now, England are able to see their families throughout the tournament, but there are no overnight stays. 

Bucking the trend is Curacao team doctor Suzanne Huurman, who explained that players are able to share their living quarters with a roommate or their families.

The only female doctor at the World Cup added that sex and family time has helped the Curacao team settle into life away from hope, with intimacy recommended for emotional support. 

'Players can stay with their teammates in the same room and, when there are children, the family receives an additional room,' Huurman said. 

'It's something quite unique in national team football. Curacao is a small country, with a very cheerful, warm and family-oriented people, something that reminds me a lot of Brazil.

'Yes, I believe sex helps, but perhaps more on the emotional side than for a direct physiological effect. 

'In such a long tournament, having the family around reduces homesickness a little and brings tranquillity.

'Many of our players do not play at the highest levels of world football. For many families, it would be too expensive to travel and stay for weeks in the United States on their own. 

'The federation decided to assume this cost so that the players can have their partners and children nearby. Some would probably be worried or stressed.'

Curacao have taken one point from their opening two matches, drawing 0-0 with Ecuador before suffering a bruising 7-1 defeat to Germany. 

But for the island with a comparable population to Oxford - the smallest nation to ever qualify for a World Cup - being at the tournament represents success itself.

Goalkeeper Elroy Room was the hero of Curacao's 0-0 draw with Ecuador in Kansas City, making 15 saves - the most by any goalkeeper in 90 minutes of a World Cup match since records began.

He has been joined by his Serbian influencer wife Zorannah at the tournament.

Room joked he deserves a statue in Curacao after his performance earned a first World Cup point for the minnows.  

'It means everything, it feels like a victory, it's the first point at the World Cup, it means everything,' he said.

'It is unreal, the journey where we came from and we are now here and we showed we have real heart, it's an unbelievable feeling.

'I knew it was a lot of saves. I know it was a record from a long time ago, so I am really proud.

'It was a really good feeling. My first save gave me confidence, I knew it was going to be a busy game.

'I am little bit bummed because we had chances to score. For us this feels like a victory.

'I think in 40 years I will remember this, it will be insane. I think I need a statue in Curacao now.' 

Room's profile is set to grow in a similar way to Cape Verde goalkeeper Vozinha, who gained several million Instagram followers after his display in the minnow's 0-0 draw with European champions Spain.

Room, who plays for USL Championship side Miami FC, saw his following grow from 122,000 followers to 724,000 within an hour and by late Sunday afternoon he had passed the one-million mark.

The exposure is all down to a monumental performance and he was in action from as early as the third minute when he denied Enner Valencia with a brilliant save.

Room was on a one-man mission as he kept out Gonzalo Plata's effort while again denying Valencia with an impressive low stop.

Curacao had their moments, with former Manchester United midfielder Tahith Chong wasting a three-on-two situation while Juninho Bacuna had a shot blocked in the penalty area. 

Advocaat's men had a triple chance to take the lead on the hour as Ecuador goalkeeper Hernan Galindez made a good double stop to deny Leandro Bacuna and Livano Comenencia before Moises Caicedo blocked Jurgen Locadia's follow-up effort.

But Room continued to keep his side in it as he denied Valencia and Kevin Rodriguez before Piero Hincapie sent a free header over and Plata somehow missed after bursting into the area.

Rodriguez then hit the crossbar with a cross-shot, but Room was the hero as the Caribbean nation held on for a historic result.

Curacao had already gone viral pre-tournament. While football's biggest stars prepared to travel across North America in luxury coaches and private jets, their were filmed crammed into an old-school bus with no windows.

The footage sparked a flood of reactions online, with many fans comparing the Caribbean underdogs to the legendary Jamaican bobsled team immortalised in the movie Cool Runnings.