THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — As the clock ticks down to the Netherlands' opening World Cup match, soccer fans are gripped once more by orange fever. Nowhere is the mood of euphoric optimism that descends on parts of this country every time its national team plays at a World Cup more glaringly obvious than on the Marktweg in The Hague,

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The Netherlands National Football Team will hold its first open public practice at 10:30 a.m. at the Kansas City Current's Riverside Stadium, giving fans an up-close look at one of the metro's four World Cup teams.

Algeria is in Lawrence at Rock Chalk Park, Argentina is practicing at Sporting KC’s facilities in KCK, and the Netherlands arrives around 1 p.m. Tuesday, June 9, in Riverside. The KC Current painted Riverside with an ‘Oranje Rising Way’ street to welcome the Netherlands training there for the month.

Watch live as the Netherlands arrives in Kansas City ahead of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Dutch will train in Riverside and bring their famous Orange Army to the metro.

Japan has a real chance to top Group F, with the Netherlands, Sweden, and Tunisia all facing a difficult World Cup path.

The Netherlands will host Algeria on Wednesday in an international friendly at De Kuip in Rotterdam. Following this match, both sides will be on their way to North America for the 2026 FIFA World Cup.

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Marktweg Street in The Hague, Netherlands, is decorated ahead of the start of the soccer World Cup

Manager Ronald Koeman announced his 26-man squad for the 2026 World Cup on 27 May, with a largely European-based core of battle-hardened top-flight talent. For the prediction market traders, studying this roster is an exercise in evaluating a tremendously high floor with a few lingering questions in the final third.