Earlier Jefferson Montero had caught the inexperienced Dutch defence napping, getting in behind them and latching onto Felipe Caicedo's pass, who went off not long afterwards with a suspected hip injury that leaves his World Cup participation in doubt.
The Dutch, whose emphatic form in the qualifiers meant they were the first European side to book their berth in Brazil, have failed to win their last four internationals.
Ecuador also saw debutant Armando Wila carried off on a stretcher in the second half while the Dutch will have concerns after defender Daryl Janmaat hobbled off at the interval.
The Dutch lined up in a 5-3-2 formation which coach Louis Van Gaal said they would be forced to play at the World Cup because of injury to key midfielder Kevin Strootman, a lack of adequate left backs and a desire to field three "creative" players in every match.
However Van Gaal started with 10 home-based players, plus Manchester United’s Van Persie, because the Dutch league players had already spent two weeks working on the new system while most of the country’s foreign-based contingent only reported to their pre-tournament training camp this week.
Van Persie was told on arrival that he would play in all three warm-up matches to work on his match fitness after a two-month injury lay-off.
He was taken off in the 79th minute to allow Klaas Jan Huntelaar his first international run-out since last August but not before missing a good chance to give the Dutch victory.
Substitute Patrick van Aanholt played in a curling cross from the left in the 63rd minute that needed only a touch from Van Persie but he missed the ball in front of goal.
(Reporting by Mark Gleeson; Editing by Josh Reich)
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