June 2018 | Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors

The Bottom Line: Did Korea Succeed at the 2018 World Cup?

June 30, 2018 Michael Welch 12

The dust has cleared. We’ve all come down from the euphoria of watching our Taeguk Warriors dump the World Champions Die Mannschaft (German National Team) […]

Report Card: Grades for the Korean 2018 World Cup Squad

June 30, 2018 Tim Lee 5

Another World Cup in the books, another Tavern series. We’ll be unpacking the World Cup that was for the Korean national team in the coming […]

Tavern Guest Post – What can make Korea good at football?

June 29, 2018 Jinseok 1

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 […]

POST MATCH REVIEW: KOREA 2 – 0 Germany

June 27, 2018 kkim 29

Wow. Wow, wow, wow. Forget round of 16 for a second. Forget our form for a second. Forget even our questionable call ups and our […]

KOREA KNOCKS OUT GERMANY! Player ratings

June 27, 2018 Jinseok 16

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 […]

2018 World Cup Preview: KOREA v Germany

June 26, 2018 kkim 20

Group F will come to a close tomorrow as Korea goes into its final match against the Germans, and Shin Tae-yong with his bag of […]

Autopsy Report? Not quite yet: World Cup Group Stage Korea 1:2 Mexico [UPDATED]

June 24, 2018 Roy Ghim 16

Rostov-on-Don, Russia One could look at this game and the result from several different prisms – both shading towards positivity and hope on one end […]