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Van Dijk Hits 100 Caps in Narrow Dutch Win over Serbia
The Netherlands has long revered attacking soccer, but on Sunday night in Eindhoven, it was a defender’s turn to be feted. Virgil van Dijk, the Dutch captain, was making his 100th appearance for his country in a Nations League fixture against Serbia, and in the dying seconds he showed why he remains the Netherlands’ most…
Debutant Van Bommel Outshines New Managers in Netherlands-Germany draw
As Germany and the Netherlands met in Amsterdam to start their Nations League campaign, all attention was supposed to be on the two countries’ debuting managers. Jürgen Klopp and Xavi Hernández have been appointed to carry out a hard reboot of their squads and lead their teams back to the top ranks of global soccer,…
A New Era Beckons as Netherlands and Germany Seek Return to Soccer Elite
As alarm clocks rang on the morning of June 30th, Germany and the Netherlands awoke with a painful realization: their countries were no longer members of European soccer’s elite. Both national teams had exited the World Cup on penalties as the bulk of their inhabitants slept through the European night, Germany’s defeat against Paraguay in…
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