Netherlands: The weekend: IJburg quarters and doves on fire
From Maastricht to Hattem and at Ares to Leonidas, hockey was back in full swing this past weekend. We take a look at the socials of the Fourth through the Transition Class. Some of the Instagram pearls of the standard teams. Your team in this column next week? Send us a DM. We had almost […]
Netherlands: Lottery Gold Cup (D): Den Bosch-Amsterdam and Tilburg-Oranje-Rood
De KNHB heeft maandag de loting verricht voor de halve finales van de Gold Cup Heren Dames. De ploegen spelen hun wedstrijden op donderdag 20 maart. Beide duels beginnen om 20.30 uur. Den Bosch, bekerwinnaar van 2022, krijgt bezoek van Amsterdam. De hoofdstedelingen haalden vorig seizoen de finale, maar moesten toen hun meerdere erkennen in […]
Netherlands: Eindelijk feest bij Huizen: ‘Na vandaag is alles anders’
They had to wait months for it. Had meanwhile accumulated a huge portion of angelic patience. But Sunday finally arrived for the ladies of Huizen. The straggler, who entered the day with only one point on the counter, stunted with a 1-0 win at Rotterdam. Indeed, their first win this season. Sunday afternoon, at a […]
Netherlands: Langedijk growth giant: ‘Promotional mission first, then Amsterdam’
Eighteen years old she is only. Yet Katerina Langedijk already experienced a premier league season. With Bloemendaal, the attacking midfielder is playing in the Promotion Division this year, but not for long. And that is not only because her team is leading and promotion beckons. Indeed, top club Amsterdam recently announced Langedijk’s arrival. But that […]
Netherlands: HK (H): Pinoké verliest van Oranje-Rood, winst Amsterdam
Pinoké’s weak run continues. The team of outgoing coach Jesse Mahieu suffered its sixth defeat in the last seven league games on Saturday. They lost 4-3 to Oranje-Rood in Eindhoven. Amsterdam won at Nijmegen. It became 3-0. Oranje-Rood – Pinoké 4-3Oranje-Rood recorded their first home victory over Pinoké since September 23, 2018. Back then it […]
Netherlands: Silver Cup: results catch-up games fifth and sixth rounds
Last Thursday and Friday several catch-up matches were played in the Silver Cup. For the ladies two games in the sixth round of the cup were scheduled, while for the men four games from the fifth round were played. For the ladies, first division team Ede recorded a 3-1 victory over second division team Maarssen […]
Netherlands: Rijnvliet MO16 goes national: ‘It’s still unreal’
‘Het blijft onwerkelijk dat we landelijk gaan spelen’, zegt coach Leon van Hennik van Rijnvliet MO16-1. De woorden van de ervaren coach vatten perfect samen wat er leeft binnen zijn team en de club. Nooit eerder in de nog jonge geschiedenis van de Utrechtse vereniging plaatste een team zich voor de landelijke competitie. ‘We zullen […]
Netherlands: Duikend naar goals: Fay van der Elst laat zich zien in Oranje
These have been busy weeks for Fay van der Elst (27), the assured striker of Amsterdam and the Dutch national team. Barely recovered from an intense Pro League trip in India, she and her clubmates were already back on the misty peaks of the Scottish Highlands. As the big league prepares for the resumption, we […]
Netherlands: Marc Miralles delivers Bloemendaal win over Rotterdam
Bloemendaal’s men’s soccer team won the catch-up game with Rotterdam. At ‘t Kopje, the leader in the Tulip big league won 3-2 on Thursday night. With his fifteenth goal of the season, Marc Miralles decided the game in favor of Bloemendaal, who turned a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead within a minute in the […]
Netherlands: Gold Cup (D): Den Bosch, Tilburg en Amsterdam naar laatste vier
The ladies of Den Bosch, Tilburg and Amsterdam qualified for the semifinals of the Gold Cup on Wednesday night. Last November, Oranje-Rood already joined the last four of the cup tournament by defeating Were Di 3-0. Den Bosch, which won the third edition of the Gold Cup in 2022, had an excellent start of the […]
