{"id":2442342,"date":"2026-06-02T22:32:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:32:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2442342"},"modified":"2026-06-02T22:32:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T22:32:06","slug":"king-and-queen-of-netherlands-expected-in-kansas-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/king-and-queen-of-netherlands-expected-in-kansas-city\/","title":{"rendered":"King and Queen of Netherlands expected in Kansas City"},"content":{"rendered":"

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King Willem-Alexander and Queen M\u00e1xima of the Netherlands plan to pull a FIFA World Cup double, including a stop in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

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The King recently announced plans<\/a> to be in the U.S. on June 20. That day, the Netherlands will take on Sweden in Houston in a game that is scheduled to begin at noon.<\/p>\n

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The couple then will fly from Houston to Kansas City for the Curacao-Ecuador match that begins at 7 p.m. at Arrowhead \u2014 \u201cKansas City\u201d \u2014 Stadium. Curacao is an island nation within the Kingdom of the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

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Curacao, located 40 miles north of Venezuela, is the smallest country by area (171 square miles) and population (about 160,000) to ever qualify for the World Cup.<\/p>\n

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The Netherlands\u2019 base camp will be in Kansas City at the KC Current Training Center in Riverside. The team is expected to arrive on Tuesday, June 9. The Dutch will play a group-stage game in Kansas City on June 25 against Tunisia.<\/p>\n

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This story was originally published June 2, 2026 at 3:25 PM.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Blair Kerkhoff has covered sports for The Kansas City Star since 1989. He was elected to the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2023.<\/span>\n <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

\u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n

\u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.kansascity.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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