Youth Players Abroad: Lee Kangin and Jeong Wooyeong Update
It’s been a while since our last youth update, but since then Lee Kangin and Jung Wooyeong in particular have made some impressive progress at […]
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Lee Kang In’s Competitive Debut + Various Youth Updates
Guys… it’s happening! The kid we’ve been following since the good old days of Shootdori … the kid we’ve kept a watchful eye on since […]
Meet the Asian Games Squad: Defenders
Name: Kim Minjae (김민재) Club: Jeonbuk Hyundai FC (Korea) Age: 21 Height: 189 cm Weight: 70 kg Oh Kim Minjae… if it hadn’t been for […]
A Lee Kang-in Story
As many of you may have heard, Lee Kang-in recently signed a new contract and yesterday, made his professional debut for Valencia CF (the first […]
Tavern Guest Post – What can make Korea good at football?
Some of us on the Tavern started out on a site called Bigsoccer Korea (BSK). Things can get crazy on that site, but for every […]
KOREA KNOCKS OUT GERMANY! Player ratings
In a World Cup where Korea was getting humiliated left and right (looking at you Jang Hyunsoo, Shin Taeyong, and Kim Minwoo)… we pulled off […]
An Interview with Choi Yongsoo re: Sweden
Late at night I watched this interview between a somewhat annoying guy and ex-FC Seoul manager Choi Yongsoo. Choi Yongsoo I think has validated some […]
Meet Korea’s 2018 World Cup Squad: Forwards
Welcome to the Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors’ official 2018 FIFA World Cup “Meet The Squad” series. You can refer back to this series to […]
Things we learned from Toulon 2018
The 2018 toulon tournament has concluded, and South Korea placed 11th out of 12 teams after taking 3 straight losses in the group stage. From […]
Toulon Cup recap: Korea U19 1-2 Togo U21
I bet most of you have seen videos floating around of Lee Kangin’s goal vs. Togo in the 4th minute – both Korean and Valencian […]