Here is when teams with a World Cup base camp in KC are expected to arrive
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- Netherlands are expected to arrive in Kansas City on June 9 after a Rotterdam friendly.
- Argentina will travel to Kansas City after friendlies in College Station and Auburn
- England will move to its Kansas City base after friendlies in Tampa and Orlando (June 10).
All the teams establishing a base camp in Kansas City for the 2026 World Cup also will be making a stop elsewhere in the United States.
The Netherlands have a friendly scheduled against Algeria on June 3 in Rotterdam. After that game, Dutch soccer journalist Jaap de Groot said the team is expected to fly to New York where it could play another warmup match.
After spending time in the Big Apple, the Netherlands will travel to Kansas City and arrive on June 9. The Dutch squad is training at the Current’s facilities in Riverside and staying at the Cascade Hotel.
Argentina has not made its plans public, but they will be stopping at a couple of SEC cities.
The defending World Cup champions will play Honduras on June 6 in College Station, Texas. Argentina will then travel to Auburn, Alabama, for a match against Iceland on June 9.
It is not known if Lionel Messi, Julián Alvarez and Team Argentina will travel to Kansas City before or after those games. But they will be training at Sporting Kansas City’s Compass Minerals National Performance Center and staying at the Origin Hotel.
England has a pair of friendlies scheduled in Florida. The Three Lions will take on New Zealand in Tampa on June 6, then face Costa Rica in Orlando on June 10.
“Both fixtures will form a key part of England’s preparation camp in south Florida ahead of moving to the squad’s base camp in Kansas City, Missouri for the duration of the tournament,” the team said on its website.
England will train at Swope Soccer Village and stay at the Inn and Meadowbrook in Prairie Village.
It is not known when Algeria will arrive in Lawrence. The Desert Foxes have that friendly in Holland, but they may want to schedule another warmup match before arriving in Lawrence for their base camp at Rock Chalk Park.
This story was originally published April 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM.
