Netherlands
Total Football's homeland and three-time runners-up, still chasing a first star. Worth noting beside Curaçao: many of that island's players came through this very system.
Matches
Group FFull timeHouston
Netherlands5–1Sweden
Group F kept producing goals. The Netherlands answered Sweden's earlier five-goal show with one of their own, romping to a 5–1 win in Houston to seize contro…
Group FFull timeArlington
Netherlands2–2Japan
Four goals shared in Arlington as Japan, Asia's most technical side, refused to be overawed by the Netherlands. A 2–2 draw that hinted at the goals to come f…