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The England national team is still days away from its opening World Cup match, but it has already been an eventful tournament for them after some of their equipment was stolen while traveling to the team’s training base in Kansas City.
The Three Lions will begin their tournament play Wednesday in Arlington, Texas, against Croatia, but their base of operations for the tournament will be the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City.
According to the BBC, the plan was to have the equipment in place before the team arrived on Saturday; however, some of the vehicles carrying this equipment were broken into. The theft reportedly occurred at some point during his trip from Florida to Kansas City.
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England’s Noni Madueke and Harry Kane train on Saturday at the Swope Soccer Village in Kansas City. (Photo by JUAN MABROMATA / AFP via Getty Images)
Police responded Friday evening and, although shoes were among the stolen items, none of the missing equipment was considered essential to the team’s proper functioning.
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“We are investigating a possible theft of equipment from a team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with missing items this evening,” a Kansas City police spokesperson said. “The investigation is ongoing.”
Well, the investigation was successful as the material was eventually recovered and two arrests were made in connection with the incident.
The England national team poses for a photo before their final match before the World Cup on June 10 at Inter&Co Stadium in Orlando, Florida. (Nathan Ray Seebeck-Imagn Images)
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England follows its match against Croatia in Arlington with a match in Boston against Ghana on June 23. She will then finish her group slate with a match against Panama in New Jersey.
The team should make it out of the group stage and maybe even win the group.
