Anytime you play a world power like Holland, the match takes on more
meaning than a regular friendly. - Marc Connolly, abc sports.

The Netherlands, the best team not going to the World Cup... - AP news

plus the announcers for the us-holland game stated that the
Netherlands are "one of the top six teams in the world".
I believe the consensus is that the Dutch are definitly a world
power, and the fact that they are not in the world cup doesnt prove
anything other than they were in a tough group and it was a fluke
that they didnt make it. there.