Curaçao players get sneak peek of Arrowhead Stadium ahead of Saturday’s match
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- Curaçao players held a FIFA-described familiarisation at Arrowhead Stadium on Friday.
- Arrowhead Stadium will host Saturday’s match and seats 69,045 spectators.
- Defender Livano Comenencia inspected Arrowhead’s turf and said he liked the pitch.
The home field for the Curaçao national soccer team is Ergilio Hato Stadium, which has a capacity of 15,000.
On Saturday night, the squad will face Ecuador at Kansas City Stadium (aka Arrowhead), which will welcome 69,045 spectators.
So, yeah, Arrowhead Stadium is a little bigger.
But, just like in the movie, “Hoosiers” when Hickory High visited the site of the Indiana state title basketball game, the dimensions of the playing field are the same as back home.
That’s why the Curaçao squad had a “familiarisation,” as FIFA put it, at Arrowhead Stadium on Friday. The players arrived in Kansas City from Boca Raton, Florida, where they have a base camp
The players checked out the turf, and defender Livano Comenencia said afterward: “I like the pitch.”
Comenencia, whose club team is FC Zürich, has played games in stadiums that are a little under 40,000 in Switzerland. He isn’t afraid to step into a big moment, as he showed by scoring a goal in Curaçao’s opening match against Germany. It was the first time a player from his country had scored in the World Cup.
When asked who played at Arrowhead Stadium, Comenencia stumbled for the name.
“The Super Bowl champion,” he said, which shows that even though the Chiefs haven’t won the Lombardi Trophy since 2024, their success is still known internationally.
A reporter helped by saying the team name.
“The Chiefs,” Comenencia said with a smile.
Comenencia is likely not alone in knowing the Chiefs play (American) football at the stadium. After taking the field to get accustomed to the settings of Saturday’s game, the players mimicked football moves, took some selfies and were making Face Time calls.
Hey, whatever it takes to get ready for your next World Cup match.
Curaçao’s opponent, Ecuador, did not check out the field on Friday.
