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Casey Phair, a 16-year-old from New Jersey, has made history as the youngest player in FIFA Women's World Cup history. Making history: Phair, an American-born teenager from Warren Township, also became the youngest and the first mixed-race player of any gender to represent South Korea at the World Cup when she was tapped to play in the last 12 minutes of Monday night's match between South Korea and Colombia. The New Jersey teen previously represented the country at the youth level in the qualifiers for the 2024 U-17 Women’s Asian Cup.
Japan has continued its tradition of cleaning up after themselves at the 2023 Women's World Cup. The team: The women's national team left their locker room spotless after their 5-0 victory in their opening match against Zambia on Saturday, also leaving behind a thoughtful "arigatou" — "thank you" in Japanese — written on a white board. FIFA thanked the team in turn with their own post on Twitter the same day.