Fans from Ecuador and Curaçao have already started to arrive for Saturday's match at Arrowhead Stadium. For Curaçao, the trip to the World Cup and Kansas City is quite historic.

Due to its strong Dutch ties, Curaçao is not recognized in the Olympics as its own nation, and despite its impressive per-capita production of professional baseball athletes, Curaçao players represent the Netherlands at the World Baseball Classic.

Curacao scores its first-ever World Cup goal against Germany at Houston's NRG Stadium, led by manager Dick Advocaat in the 2026 Group Stage.

Kai Havertz scored two goals as Germany pulled away from World Cup first-timer Curaçao late in the opening half and piled on after that in a 7-1 win Sunday in a group match

Livano Comenencia scored an historic goal for Curacao against Germany in the 21st minute of their 2026 World Cup opener.

Germany beat Curaçao 7-1 but the moment many will remember is Livano Comenencia's goal that drew the tiny nation level with the 4-time champs.

By Lori Ewing KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 18 (Reuters) - Ecuador face Curacao in Kansas City on Saturday knowing that even at this early stage of the World Cup, the stakes are already rising sharply for both sides after opening-day defeats.

Curacao's Dick Advocaat is the oldest coach in the 2026 World Cup while Germany's Julian Nagelsmann is the youngest. There are 40 years between them.

For 37 minutes on Sunday, Curaçao stayed with four-time champion Germany with the World Cup first-timers daring to believe they could pull off the unimaginable

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