Soccer-Dutch schedule final World Cup warm-up game against Uzbekistan


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May 7 (Reuters) - The Netherlands will ⁠conclude their World Cup preparations with ‌a friendly international against Uzbekistan in New York on June 8, the Dutch football association said ​on Thursday.

The match will be ⁠played at the ⁠Icahn Stadium with a 1445 local kick-off ⁠time.

The ‌Dutch have already arranged a friendly at Rotterdam’s Feijenoord Stadium against ⁠Algeria on June 3 and will ​depart for ‌the U.S. the day after, heading ⁠to New ​York for a training camp between June 5-8.

On June 9, they will head to ⁠their base camp in Kansas ​City, the Dutch FA added.

The Netherlands open their Group F campaign against Japan in ⁠Dallas on June 14, followed by Sweden in Houston on June 20 and Tunisia in Kansas City on June 25.

Uzbekistan ​have qualified for their ⁠first World Cup and take on Colombia, ​Portugal and the Democratic ‌Republic of Congo in ​Group K.

(Writing by Mark Gleeson in Cape Town; Editing by Christian Radnedge)

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