A modest one-bedroom house on a hillside at Cassia Lane in Brown’s Hall, St Catherine, where 10 people once shared a tight living space, marks the birthplace of Oshane Nation’s ambitions — dreams that have carried him onto football’s greatest stage.

“This is where Oshane was born,” his aunt, Susan Yakeen Willis, said beaming.

Nation’s grandparents were firm that all children in the household be educated, a principle that helped fuel his drive to learn.