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King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima of the Netherlands began Saturday by cheering\u00a0the Dutch past Sweden\u00a0in Houston.<\/p>\n

Read more Mauricio Pochettino meticulously built USMNT culture of \u2018total belief\u2019 in chance at special World Cup run<\/a><\/p>\n

The monarchs ended the day by watching Curacao make some history against Ecuador in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

The small island nation of Curacao is a constituent country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and that makes King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima the heads of state.<\/p>\n

So, after a quick flight north Saturday, the royal couple dutifully swapped out the bright orange scarves of Het Oranje Legioen they wore to their earlier match with bright blue ones for The Blue Wave.<\/p>\n

Curacao, the smallest World Cup team in population and size, made its tournament debut last Sunday in\u00a0a 7-1 loss to Germany.\u00a0But it bounced back from that defeat\u00a0for a 0-0 draw with La Tri\u00a0and earn its first-ever point in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is an extra-special World Cup because we have both the Netherlands and Curacao,\u201d Willem-Alexander told RTL-TV.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo we have twice as many teams to cheer for. A great opportunity to cheer on both the Blues and the Oranges. All in all, it will be a special World Cup for me with two teams, and I naturally hope they go extremely far.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Netherlands moved one step closer to the knockout round after a 5-1 win over Sweden.<\/p>\n

Read more Breaking down potential foes for USMNT in World Cup round of 32<\/a><\/p>\n

Brian Brobbey and Cody Gakpo scored two goals apiece to help coach Ronald Koeman\u2019s team bounce back from\u00a0a disappointing draw\u00a0in its opener and move atop Group F. The Netherlands concludes group play against Tunisia on Thursday in Kansas City.<\/p>\n

Curacao is still alive, too, after Eloy Room made 15 saves \u2014 one off the World Cup record \u2014 to earn a draw with Ecuador. It concludes Group E play on Thursday against Ivory Coast in Philadelphia at the same time Ecuador is playing Germany in New York.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s amazing,\u201d Curacao midfielder Tahith Chong said of celebrating with the royal family in the locker room. \u201cI knew before the game that they were coming to the game. To have them at such a game that we pick up our first point ever in history is amazing.\u201d<\/p>\n

It is rare for sitting monarchs to come through the Kansas City area.<\/p>\n

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Queen Ann of Romania attended the dedication of the Liberty Memorial, which is where Kansas City is holding its World Cup FanFest, in the 1920s, while King Gustav XVI of Sweden made a stop in the small Kansas town of Lindsborg when he was passing through the Midwest in the 1970s.<\/p>\n

Then again, there has never been a sporting event as big as the World Cup through the area, either.<\/p>\n

Nor has a nation as small as Curacao ever earned a point in the tournament.<\/p>\n

\u201cSeeing how the king, his wife and daughter fit in our group is something that evokes a lot of respect,\u201d said 78-year-old Curacao coach Dick Advocaat, who was born and raised in the Netherlands.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey smile, they dance, nothing is too much for them, and you can see them radiating with joy. It was wonderful to see the royal family in this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Deniz Undav\u2019s two goals rally Germany past Ivory Coast in wild comeback to clinch knockout spot<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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