The England team had an incident where shoes and balls were stolen before the opening day of the World Cup
England's training equipment, including playing boots and official balls, was stolen before the team arrived to train for the World Cup. Local police are investigating the incident and have arrested two suspects.
The England team recently suffered a serious incident when their training equipment was stolen before arriving at their training base in Kansas City for the World Cup. On Friday, a vehicle carrying items such as soccer shoes and official tournament balls was broken into. Local police are currently investigating the incident, and have confirmed that two individuals have been arrested during the investigation.
"We are investigating a possible theft from a football team vehicle that arrived in Kansas City with several missing items this evening," police said. "The investigation is still ongoing. Two suspects have been arrested pending further investigation."
According to reports, vehicles transporting training equipment were broken into while the players traveled separately. These devices were sent out in the presence of the players on Saturday. England are expected to have their first full day of training in Kansas City on Sunday, preparing for their opening match of the tournament against Croatia in Dallas next Wednesday.
Missouri is home to many football teams during the World Cup. Defending champion Argentina, along with the Netherlands and Algeria, are also in the Kansas City area. Coach Thomas Tuchel's team has played two friendly matches in the US so far, meeting New Zealand and Costa Rica in Florida to adapt to the weather conditions. They also hosted a behind-the-scenes match against a local team in Florida on Thursday.
Coach Tuchel used a strong squad in the match against Costa Rica in Orlando, with the participation of Harry Kane, Jude Bellingham and Declan Rice in a 3-0 victory, the match was postponed for an hour due to heavy rain in the area. Ivan Toney scored a hat-trick as England continued their preparations for the World Cup by beating local side Miami United FC 6-0 in a behind-closed-doors match, with Jordan Henderson, Rio Ngumoha and Ethan Nwaneri also scoring. Neither Ngumoha nor Nwaneri were in England's final 26-man squad and were set to return home before Tuchel's team moved to Kansas City and to their training base for the World Cup.
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