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’ mostContinue reading “Van Dijk Hits 100 Caps in Narrow Dutch Win over Serbia”
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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,Continue reading “Debutant Van Bommel Outshines New Managers in Netherlands-Germany draw”
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 inContinue reading “A New Era Beckons as Netherlands and Germany Seek Return to Soccer Elite”
Hadj Moussa Leads Feyenoord to Thrashing of Utrecht
Giovanni van Bronckhorst and Gjivai Zechiël will have different opinions on whether now is an optimal time for a three-week international break. While Zechiël is set to join up with the Dutch national team tomorrow after receiving his first senior call-up, Feyenoord manager Van Bronckhorst will lament that his squad is flying off after bludgeoningContinue reading “Hadj Moussa Leads Feyenoord to Thrashing of Utrecht”
At this Summer’s World Cup, the Majority of Dutch Players Won’t Be Wearing Orange
It was around eight in the evening when the car horns started blaring on the west side of Rotterdam. As the referee’s final whistle sounded and qualification for the World Cup was secured, crowds began to throng around the Heemraadsplein in the Netherlands’ second city, climbing into trees and setting off firecrackers in delight. ButContinue reading “At this Summer’s World Cup, the Majority of Dutch Players Won’t Be Wearing Orange”
The Dutch Origins of San Francisco’s First Professional Soccer Team
1967 in San Francisco wasn’t just about free love and mind-expanding drugs. While the hippie movement was in its fullest flower around the intersection of Height and Ashbury streets, drawing young people from across America to the City by the Bay, a different group of young transients had made their way to San Francisco toContinue reading ” The Dutch Origins of San Francisco’s First Professional Soccer Team”
Sterling debuts as Feyenoord manage narrow win over Telstar
The first half between Feyenoord and Telstar had all the necessary ingredients to keep a fan absorbed: three goals, a series of great saves, a penalty and red card revoked amidst VAR drama. Yet it all served as a kind of elaborate warm-up act for the evening’s main attraction. Sunday marked Raheem Sterling’s debut forContinue reading “Sterling debuts as Feyenoord manage narrow win over Telstar”
Excelsior fight back from two down to leave Telstar rueing missed chances
If Telstar’s return to the Eredivisie remains limited to one season, they may well look at their pair of games against Excelsior and lament the leads they let slip. For the second time this season, Anthony Correia’s men surrendered a two-goal advantage against Excelsior, Irakli Yegoian and Noah Naujoks scoring late on to rescue aContinue reading “Excelsior fight back from two down to leave Telstar rueing missed chances”
NEC subs strike late to win at Feyenoord
As temperatures have plummeted, so have Feyenoord’s title chances. Two weeks after losing to Go Ahead Eagles, they were beaten 4-2 by another member of the Eredivisie’s upwardly-mobile middle class in NEC Nijmegen, a late brace from substitute Kento Shiogai making the difference on a frigid afternoon in Rotterdam. The result leaves Feyenoord six pointsContinue reading “NEC subs strike late to win at Feyenoord”
Does Dutch Football Have a Far-Right Problem?
The Netherlands’ rightwards lurch has spread into stadiums For a few hours, the heart of Dutch democracy was transformed into a battlefield. On September 20th, an anti-refugee protest in the centre of The Hague turned violent; police vans were set alight, and the headquarters of the progressive D66 party had its windows smashed in, withContinue reading “Does Dutch Football Have a Far-Right Problem?”
