FIFA elections are odd things. You can announce you’re running for president or thinking of running for president but quickly discover you’ve got FIFA investigators after you. The latest example:South Korean billionaire Chung Mong Joon. On Monday, Chung announced in Paris he was running for FIFA president. On Tuesday, it wasrevealed FIFA’s ethics committee was […]
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Chung Mong-Joon enters FIFA race
Chung Mong-joon, one of the most influential figures in Asian soccer, announced on Thursday that he is entering the race to replace Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA. A former Fifavice-president, the South Korean said in an interview he would make his formal announcement next month in Europe, “the center of world football”. He said […]
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Video Pick: Korean prodigy hits swerving long-range golazo
Korean Hwang In-Beomat age 18 has already scored three goals in 12 K-League games for Daejeon Citizen, including this glowing swerving hit that thrashed into the top corner of JeonbukMotors’ net.
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Three takeaways from USA-South Korea women's friendly
USA-SOUTH KOREA EXPRESS: May 30 in Harrison, N.J. USA 0 South Korea0. Att.: 26,467. ——————————————————— SOCCER AMERICA‘s free e-eletters: SIGN UP If Coach Jill Ellis, who started three different frontline combinations in the absence of Morgan in the three send-off games, was hoping to get some answers about who she should start againstAustralia June 8 […]
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Twenty for Canada 2015: South Korea's Ji So-Yun
(Soccer America continues its countdown to the 2015 Women’s World Cup with the fifth of 20 profiles of the women to watch in Canada.) Her Koreanfans call her “Ji Messi,” and at the age of 24 Ji So-Yun is already the greatest women’s player South Korea has ever produced. Twenty for Canada2015: 1. Veronica Boquete […]
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Three takeaways from AFC Asian Cup final
By Paul Kennedy (@pkedit) The AFC Asian Cup treated fans tothrills throughout the three weeks of the Asian championship in Australia, and the final did not disappoint as the host Socceroos needed an overtime goal from JamesTroisi to defeat South Korea, 2-1, in the final before 76,385 fans at Stadium Australia in Sydney. Celebrations had […]
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Previewing the 2015 AFC Asian Cup
For soccer night owls, there’s good news. For the rest of the month of January, there will be plenty of live soccer in the middle of the night as Australia hosts the 2015 AFC Asian Cup. The 2014 WorldCup was a disaster for the Asian representatives Australia, Japan, Iran and South Korea — three points, […]
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U.S. under-17 women's national team roster
[SOUTH KOREA TRIP] Civana Kuhlmann and FrankieTagliaferri, holdovers from the last cycle, will lead the U.S. under-17 women’s national team in action on its 10-day trip to South Korea that begins Monday. This will be the firstinternational trip for head coach B.J. Snow‘s players at the U-17 level. South Korea, winner of the 2008 U-17 […]
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South Korea Coach Hong Resigns
South Korea coach and former LA Galaxy defender Hong Myung-bo announced his resignation on Thursday, and shouldered the blame for his team’s early exit from the World Cup in Brazil. TheKoreans finished last in Group H with one point from three games. The announcement came just a week after Huh Jung-moo, vice president of the […]
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Capello: Russian Response is 'the Greatest Birthday Gift I Could Receive'
Russia coach Fabio Capello was apparently so pleased that his team was able to rescue a point against South Korea in its Group H opener that he described the draw as “the greatestbirthday gift I could receive.” One wonders, then, what Capello, who turned 68 on Wednesday, would have said had his team secured all […]