[DATEBOOK] The USA will begin its World Cup preparations with a game against South Korea Feb. 1 at StubHub Center in Carson, Calif. (kickoff: 2 p.m. PT). The match will be the first since the USA and South Korea played to a 1-1 tie in Daegu at the 2002 World Cup. The only U.S. win […]
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What They're Saying
“I am wrapping up my career that was filled with the joy of victory and agony of defeat and would like to bid goodbye. I also want to apologize to many fans. Korea’s biggest weakness in the 2000s wasan unstable defense and I was part of the problem. It may have been not so obvious […]
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Australia, South Korea, Iran Qualify for World Cup
Australia, South Korea and Iran joined Japan in qualifying for next summer’s World Cup finals in Brazil on Tuesday. In Sydney, substitute Josh Kennedy’s 83rd minuteheader from a Mark Bresciano cross secured a 1-0 win for Australia against Iraq, which was enough to lift the Socceroos above Oman and Jordan in the race for second-place […]
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Soon-to-be Reign teammates return for two-game series
[USA-SOUTH KOREA] The U.S. women’s national team begins a two-game series against South Korea Saturday at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. The game followed byThursday’s game at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J. will be the final ones of the summer and last internationals before the end of the NWSL season. U.S. head coach Tom […]
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Cahill's Australia moves closer to returning to finals
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING: Europe] Australia moved closer to returning to the World Cup for the third straight time with a 4-0 win over Jordan. The Soccerooscan clinch a berth with a win over visiting Iraq, which was eliminated from contention with a 1-0 loss to Japan, next Tuesday. In Group A, South Korea and […]
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South Korean Finally Awarded Bronze-Medal Certificate
The International Olympic Committee has signed off on awarding an Olympic medal certificate for Park Jong Woo, who was banned from collecting his medalfollowing a controversial post-match celebration in the men’s soccer bronze-medal game at the London Games. South Korea defeated Japan, 2-0, to win its first soccer medal, but Park wasbarred from collecting his […]
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Korean military club Sangmu relegated on technicality
Sangmu Phoenix is being kicked out of South Korea’s K-League for failing to meet the Asian Football Confederation’s club licensing rules — the club is operated for players doing their militaryservices — in a move its general manager Lee Jae Cheol described as “ludicrous,” so the club has decided to boycott the second phase of […]
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South Koreans celebrate more than bronze
[OLYMPIC BRONZE-MEDAL GAME] South Korea earned more than a bronze medal when it beat Japan, 2-0, Friday for its first medal ever in men’s soccer. The medalmeant its players will be exempt from military service back home — a huge coup for European-based players like Park Chu Young, whose spectacular goal openedthe scoring in Cardiff […]
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North Korea livid over scoreboard snafu
[OLYMPIC SPOTLIGHT] The fireworks at Glasgow’s Hampden Park on the opening day of play at the 2012 Summer Olympics didn’t end with the USA’s 4-2 win overFrance. North Korea walked off the field, prompting a lengthy delay in the start of the nightcap with Colombia after a South Korea flag was mistakenly displayed next to […]
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Japan and South Korea open up leads
[WORLD CUP 2014 QUALIFYING … Asia] After three days of play in the final round of World Cup 2014 qualifying in the Asian zone that has involved teams takinggrueling flights to and from the Middle East and Far East and even farther, down under to Australia, Asian champion Japan, which has qualified for the last […]