- The Dutch are training at the Kansas City Current facility — with “welkom” signs and Teal Rising Way temporarily renamed “Oranje Rising Way” — and have been practicing in scorching Midwestern heat.
- Netherlands remains the best team never to win the World Cup, having lost three finals (1974, 1978, 2010).
- Captain Virgil van Dijk is optimistic as they open vs Japan; the group also has Sweden and Tunisia, but injuries (Jurrien Timber out, goalkeeper Bart Verbruggen doubtful) cloud the path.
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