{"id":20535,"date":"2026-06-09T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/20535\/"},"modified":"2026-06-09T18:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:00:44","slug":"netherlands-arrives-in-kansas-city-for-fifa-world-cup-2026-base-camp","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/20535\/","title":{"rendered":"Netherlands arrives in Kansas City for FIFA World Cup 2026 base camp"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Dutch men\u2019s national team arrived in Kansas City on Tuesday afternoon, marking the third country to arrive in the city they\u2019ll call home during FIFA World Cup 26.<\/p>\n<p>The Netherlands, ranked No. 8 in the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/inside.fifa.com\/fifa-world-ranking\/men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA World Rankings<\/a>, touched down just before 12:45 p.m. Tuesday at Kansas City Downtown Airport \u2014 Wheeler Field.<\/p>\n<p>The team is set to practice during the World Cup at the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/netherlands-joins-kansas-citys-world-cup-base-camp-party\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas City Current\u2019s training facilities<\/a> in Riverside. The team will stay at the Cascade Hotel on the Country Club Plaza in Kansas City, Missouri.<\/p>\n<p>The team arrived in Kansas City <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flightaware.com\/live\/flight\/MXY6321\/history\/20260609\/1510Z\/KHPN\/KMKC\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">on a flight<\/a> from Westchester County, New York, where they played in a World Cup tune-up match Monday night, defeating Uzbekistan 2-1.<\/p>\n<p>The Dutch are scheduled for a <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/riverside-giving-away-120-free-tickets-to-netherlands-national-team-training-session\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">National Team Community Training Session<\/a> on Wednesday, June 10, at Riverside Stadium.<\/p>\n<p>LINK | <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FIFA World Cup 2026 coverage from KSHB 41<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Earlier this week, the No. 28-ranked Algeria men\u2019s national team arrived at <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/algeria-becomes-2nd-team-to-arrive-in-kansas-city-for-fifa-world-cup-2026\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Kansas City International Airport<\/a> and boarded a bus to their <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/news\/local-news\/kansas\/douglas-county\/world-cup-spirit-fills-lawrence-as-fans-greet-algerias-national-team\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">World Cup home base in Lawrence<\/a>. The team will train at Rock Chalk Park at the University of Kansas and stay at the Lawrence Doubletree Hotel.<\/p>\n<p>Top-ranked Argentina and star Lionel Messi <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/argentina-national-team-arrives-at-kansas-city-international-airport-ahead-of-world-cup\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">arrived in Kansas City on May 31<\/a>. The team is training at the <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/argentina-to-set-up-base-camp-at-sporting-kcs-compass-minerals-training-center-in-kansas-city-kansas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Compass Minerals\/Sporting KC training facilities<\/a> in Kansas City, Kansas, and staying at the Origin Hotel on the Riverfront.<\/p>\n<p>No. 4-ranked England, the fourth and final country <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kshb.com\/sports\/world-cup\/how-england-picked-swope-soccer-village-giving-kansas-city-4-world-cup-base-camps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">calling Kansas City home<\/a> during the World Cup, is set to arrive on June 13. They\u2019ll train at the Swope Soccer Complex in Kansas City, Missouri, and stay at The Inn at Meadowbrook Hotel in Prairie Village.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup kicks off on Thursday, June 11, as host nation Mexico takes on South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>The first match at Kansas City Stadium is set for 8 p.m. on Tuesday, June 16, when defending champion Argentina takes on Algeria.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KANSAS CITY, Mo. \u2014 The Dutch men\u2019s national team arrived in Kansas City on Tuesday afternoon, marking the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20536,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[629,628,15570,816,12041,5670,6,9973],"class_list":["post-20535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-2026-fifa-world-cup","tag-2026-world-cup","tag-base-camp","tag-dutch","tag-kansas-city-soccer","tag-kansas-city-world-cup","tag-netherlands","tag-world-cup-host-city"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20535","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20535"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20535\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20536"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20535"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20535"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20535"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}