SEOUL, June 9, (AP): Kim Shinwook scored the first goal for South Korea on Wednesday in a World Cup qualifying match, and then the whole team celebrated the memory of a former national team great. Kim and his teammates held aloft a shirt bearing the name of Yoo Sang-chul, who represented South Korea
By Yoo Jee-ho SEOUL, May 24 (Yonhap) Tottenham Hotspur star Son Heung-min and a group of youngsters will look to take South Korea to the next phase in the ongoing qualifying campaign for the 2022 FIFA World Cup. Son was one of 28 players named to the South Korean men s national team on Monday by head coach Paulo Bento, ahead of three World Cup qualifying matches scheduled for June. South Korea will serve as the centralized venue for all remaining Group H matches in the second round qualifying action for Asian countries. Teams last played in November 2019, and all matches set for 2020 got wiped out by the global coronavirus pandemic.