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England get rapturous welcome as they settle in to sprawling Kansas City home

By David Hytner in Kansas City

England’s squad arrived at Swope Soccer Village, their World Cup base, to find locals (and the local police) out in force Before Thomas Tuchel and his England players departed for the United States, there was talk about their World Cup training ground in Kansas City being too open. It was motivated, in part, by the Southampton Spygate scandal. Would England’s rivals be able to steal a glance at them? Tuchel even said that the Football Association would look to erect protective fences. The nin...