{"id":1832,"date":"2026-07-01T17:48:26","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/?p=1832"},"modified":"2026-07-01T17:48:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T09:48:27","slug":"koeman-steps-down-as-netherlands-coach-after-world-cup-exit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/01\/koeman-steps-down-as-netherlands-coach-after-world-cup-exit\/","title":{"rendered":"Koeman steps down as Netherlands coach after World Cup exit"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1833\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1.png 1000w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/mktynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/image-1-768x503.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday he was stepping down after his team were knocked out of the World Cup by Morocco in the last 32.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Last night I took the decision to end my stint as head coach of the Dutch National Team,&#8221; Koeman said in a statement on Instagram.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;We all shared the dream of making history at this World Cup, but we fell short. No one is more disappointed by that than I am.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;As head coach, the responsibility ultimately rests with me.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Netherlands had been tipped to make a run deep into the tournament but Morocco beat them 3-2 in a penalty shootout after the match in Monterrey had finished 1-1 at the end of extra time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Netherlands were leading 1\u20130 in the final minutes of the match thanks to a Cody Gakpo goal, but they conceded an equalizer deep in stoppage time when Issa Diop scored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netherlands coach Ronald Koeman said on Tuesday he was stepping down after his team were knocked out of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1833,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1832","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1832"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1834,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1832\/revisions\/1834"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1832"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1832"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mktynews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1832"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}