\n\t\t\t\t\t\tThe United States may have been playing Thursday night, but one Northland community was proudly cheering for the Netherlands.Fans packed the American Legion Post in Parkville to watch the Dutch take on Tunisia, with far more orange than red, white and blue decorating the room.The gathering is evidence Parkville’s embrace of the Netherlands, whose national team is based nearby in Riverside during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.As the Dutch scored in their 3-1 victory over Tunisia, the crowd erupted in celebration. Inside and outside, the American Legion building was wrapped in bright orange, while Dutch food, music and conversations in Dutch helped create an atmosphere that felt worlds away from Missouri.”It feels like home,” Netherlands fan Yana Bulens said.For others, the watch party offered a chance to connect with Dutch culture while experiencing the excitement of the World Cup.”Bro, it’s crazy. There’s people speaking Dutch around me. There’s actually people from the Netherlands here. I wasn’t expecting it,” Netherlands fan Gary Sharp said. “I’m new to being a fan of any sports. This is finally getting me into sports, I think. I’ve just always enjoyed Dutch culture and Dutch history and the Dutch people.”The celebration even inspired jokes from attendees, who pointed out that the orange BNSF locomotives passing by looked like they were supporting the Dutch, too.The festivities are expected to continue in Parkville as long as the Netherlands keeps advancing in the World Cup.\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
\t\t\t\t\t\tPARKVILLE, Mo. \u2014 \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n
The United States may have been playing Thursday night, but one Northland community was proudly cheering for the Netherlands.<\/p>\n
Fans packed the American Legion Post in Parkville to watch the Dutch take on Tunisia, with far more orange than red, white and blue decorating the room.<\/p>\n
The gathering is evidence Parkville’s embrace of the Netherlands, whose national team is based nearby in Riverside during the 2026 FIFA World Cup.<\/p>\n
As the Dutch scored in their 3-1 victory over Tunisia, the crowd erupted in celebration. <\/p>\n
Inside and outside, the American Legion building was wrapped in bright orange, while Dutch food, music and conversations in Dutch helped create an atmosphere that felt worlds away from Missouri.<\/p>\n
“It feels like home,” Netherlands fan Yana Bulens said.<\/p>\n
For others, the watch party offered a chance to connect with Dutch culture while experiencing the excitement of the World Cup.<\/p>\n
“Bro, it’s crazy. There’s people speaking Dutch around me. There’s actually people from the Netherlands here. I wasn’t expecting it,” Netherlands fan Gary Sharp said. “I’m new to being a fan of any sports. This is finally getting me into sports, I think. I’ve just always enjoyed Dutch culture and Dutch history and the Dutch people.”<\/p>\n
The celebration even inspired jokes from attendees, who pointed out that the orange BNSF locomotives passing by looked like they were supporting the Dutch, too.<\/p>\n
The festivities are expected to continue in Parkville as long as the Netherlands keeps advancing in the World Cup.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United States may have been playing Thursday night, but one Northland community was proudly cheering for the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26344,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[17730,18099,5682,4987,816,18087,18082,18110,13477,18095,18084,18105,18101,18092,17884,4983,5618,365,247,4986,4898,18103,5670,18080,4714,6,18100,5764,13476,18097,18108,17465,18086,18094,5671,18106,18111,4895,18090,4894,18083,18109,17731,18096,18104,18081,18088,18091,18112,18093,7742,4577,18107,13478,364,15626,2851,18079,7876,18075,18098,631,17882,18085,18089,18102],"class_list":["post-26343","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-netherlands","tag-american-legion","tag-american-legion-netherlands-watch-party","tag-celebration","tag-city","tag-dutch","tag-dutch-community","tag-dutch-culture","tag-dutch-culture-celebrated-in-parkville","tag-dutch-fans","tag-dutch-fans-in-parkville-missouri","tag-dutch-food","tag-dutch-food-at-parkville-watch-party","tag-dutch-supporters-gather-in-parkville","tag-dutch-watch-party","tag-fan-celebration","tag-fans","tag-fifa","tag-fifa-world-cup","tag-football","tag-kansas","tag-kansas-city","tag-kansas-city-netherlands-fan-club","tag-kansas-city-world-cup","tag-legion","tag-missouri","tag-netherlands","tag-netherlands-beats-tunisia-in-world-cup","tag-netherlands-celebration","tag-netherlands-fans","tag-netherlands-fans-celebrate-in-kansas-city","tag-netherlands-supporters-in-kansas-city","tag-netherlands-tunisia","tag-netherlands-victory","tag-netherlands-watch-party-in-parkville","tag-netherlands-world-cup","tag-netherlands-world-cup-celebration-missouri","tag-netherlands-world-cup-fans-missouri","tag-orange","tag-orange-celebration","tag-oranje","tag-oranje-supporters","tag-oranje-watch-party-kansas-city","tag-parkville","tag-parkville-embraces-the-netherlands","tag-parkville-goes-orange-for-the-world-cup","tag-parkville-missouri","tag-parkville-watch","tag-parkville-watch-party","tag-parkville-world-cup-celebration","tag-parkville-world-cup-watch-party","tag-party","tag-riverside","tag-riverside-hosts-netherlands-world-cup-team","tag-riverside-missouri","tag-soccer","tag-soccer-fans","tag-tunisia","tag-victory","tag-watch","tag-watch-party","tag-where-to-watch-the-netherlands-in-kansas-city","tag-world-cup","tag-world-cup-fans","tag-world-cup-watch","tag-world-cup-watch-party","tag-world-cup-watch-party-in-parkville"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26343","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=26343"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26343\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26344"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26343"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26343"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/netherlands\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26343"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}