PSV’s 5-1 win over FC Groningen was highlighted by Sergino Dest blazing counterattack and finish, while Ricardo Pepi scored from the penalty spot. 🎥 Watch (👇): The Sergino Dest goal Pepi now has two goals in PSV’s first three Eredivisie games for the three-time defending champion. 🇳🇱 Dutch EredivisieSergino Dest (PSV) 90 minutes, 1 goal (5-1 vs. […]
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Xavi named first foreign Netherlands coach since 1978
Xavi has been named as the successor to Ronald Koeman as head coach of the Dutch national team. The Barcelona great, who won the 2010 World Cup with Spain as a player, has not held a head coaching job since leaving the Camp Nou in 2024.
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Dutchman van Bommel appointed new Belgium coach
Mark van Bommel is the new coach of the Belgian national football team, the Royal Belgian Football Association (RBFA) announced on Friday. The 49-year-old former Dutch international succeeds Frenchman Rudi Garcia, who stepped down having guided the ‘Red Devils’ to the World Cup quarter-finals. “Mark van Bommel has signed a contract that will see him lead […]
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Dutch federation to sue over racist slurs after World Cup exit
The Dutch soccer federation (KNVB) said Friday it had filed a complaint to the public prosecutor over racist messages posted in the wake of the country’s exit from the World Cup. The Oranje’s defeat to Morocco in a penalty shootout on Monday sparked an outpouring of social media abuse directed notably at black Dutch players. […]
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Koeman steps down as Netherlands coach after World Cup exit
Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday he was stepping down after his team were knocked out of the World Cup by Morocco in the last 32. The Netherlands had been tipped to make a run deep into the tournament but Morocco beat them 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the match in Monterrey on Monday […]
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World Cup is soccer’s gift to America
I set out around 6 p.m. in search of somewhere to watch Monday’s Netherlands-Morocco game. It was not hard. All I needed to do was look for the orange. I’ve been on the road covering the USMNT for most of the last three weeks, so this was my first neighborhood World Cup watch party. I […]
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Morocco ‘unstoppable’ says coach after Netherlands thriller
Morocco coach Mohamed Ouabhi believes his team is primed to make a deep run at the World Cup, declaring that the Atlas Lions could be “unstoppable” if they play to their potential. The Moroccans, beaten semi-finalists at the 2022 World Cup, advanced to the last 16 on Monday after winning a thrilling battle with the […]
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Brazil, Germany eye World Cup last 16 as Netherlands face Morocco
Brazil’s quest to win a record sixth World Cup heads into the knockout stages on Monday as Carlo Ancelotti’s team face Japan in the last 32, before four-time champions Germany play Paraguay and Morocco take on the Netherlands in perhaps the tie of the round. The Brazilians are desperate to win the World Cup again, […]
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The Netherlands thumps Sweden in Houston to get World Cup liftoff
Cody Gakpo and Brian Brobbey both scored twice as the rampant Netherlands thrashed Sweden 5-1 in a World Cup warning on Saturday in Houston. The big win in front of nearly 69,000 put the delighted Dutch on the cusp of the knockout rounds and gave them liftoff after being held by Japan. Ronald Koeman’s side […]
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Japan fight back in 2-2 Dutch thriller at World Cup
Japan scored an 88th-minute equalizer as they twice fought back to rescue a 2-2 draw with the Netherlands in front of 69,285 in Texas on Sunday to open their World Cup campaigns. A match that had bubbled away in the first period sparked into life in the second half. Netherlands skipper Virgil van Dijk scored […]