K League: Captain Ki Returns to FC Seoul
After a negotiation that initially ended on extremely ugly terms, it seemed as though we would not see ex-KNT captain Ki Seung Yeung’s return to […]
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2019-2020 Korean Players Abroad Preview: Premier League
The Premier League has just officially started. With 38 matches in a grueling nine-month season, it’s difficult to predict which players will step up and […]
Report Card: Grades for the Korean 2018 World Cup Squad
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 […]
Autopsy Report? Not quite yet: World Cup Group Stage Korea 1:2 Mexico [UPDATED]
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 […]
2018 World Cup Preview: South Korea vs Mexico
(PHOTO: NTDV) There’s no lying. After a poor 1-0 loss to Sweden, the Taegeuk Warriors find themselves in a dire situation to advance from the […]
Tavern Kickaround: Holding pattern amidst hope and pessimism
The waiting is the hardest part, according to the late Tom Petty. This is the part of any tournament that can be a bit anxious […]
Korea 0:0 Bolivia / Latest Experiment Fizzles Out in Front of Shin Tae-Yong
The plan was this: with a C+/B- Bolivia side that lost to American teenagers 3:0 a week and a half ago, Korea was looking to […]
Poland 3:2 Korea / Comeback Stymied by Defense (again) + Video Highlights
An insane last 7 minutes of the game saw Korea nearly complete a comeback from a 2-0 deficit against Poland, with the host looking extremely […]
Northern Ireland 2:1 Korea – Defensive lapses betray improving Korea [UPDATED}
World Cup 2018 is fast approaching and the March international break finds Korea testing out Shin Tae-Yong’s call ups in Belfast against Northern Ireland (and […]
Preview: South Korea vs Northern Ireland
With 3 months to go before South Korea kicks off their 2018 World Cup against Sweden, Shin Tae-yong’s men have traveled to Belfast where they […]