The road leading into the practice facility that the Netherlands is using for its World Cup base camp was supposed to be welcoming, what with those "welkom" signs in Dutch making one of the world's top teams feel right at home. Even the street name Teal Rising Way — an homage to the Kansas City Current, the National Women's Soccer League franchise whose facility the Dutch are using — has been temporarily changed to "Oranje Rising Way" for the next six weeks in honor of the team's orange colors. But perhaps someone should have reconsidered the white signs denoting important World Cup milestones...
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