Korea Republic 0-1 Mexico: Player Ratings
An unusual match in terms of flow as Korea controlled the first half, but didn’t really generate much of anything. A Kim Seunggyu blunder early […]
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The Luckiest World Cup Draw and Tournament Progression Path in Korean History
Back when we covered the World Cup group stage draw in December 2025, we expressed the opinion that this wouldn’t be an EASY group, but […]
Korea Republic vs Czechia: World Cup Group A Match 1 Preview
It seems like it was just yesterday when we were previewing 2014, 2018, and 2022 here on the Tavern – I even just reread our […]
The Elevation Dilemma: Advantage Korea?
In many of his media appearances, Hong Myung Bo mentions that there are many “variables” this World Cup that he vowed to turn into opportunities, […]
South Korea vs USA, Mexico 9/2025 Preview
With qualification to the 2026 World Cup secured, South Korea (and Japan) take on USA and Mexico in the US. Our first match on 9/6 […]
U17 World Cup Quarterfinals: Korea Republic vs. Mexico
The U17 World Cup has been successful so far for the U17 Taegeuk Warriors being led by Kim Jungsoo. Today at 6 PM EST we’ll […]
Previewing the World Cup Draw – Pot 2
60 hours away from the World Cup draw, and in those 60 we are going to cram in as many posts as possible about who […]
Rio 2016: Korea 1-0 Mexico / Through to the last 8!
A legendary solo goal from Kwon Changhoon after the Mexicans threw everything at the Korean Olympic team was enough to send the Taeguk Warriors into the […]
Rio 2016 Podcast: Perspective on Germany & Sights Set on Mexico
Rio 2016: To break down the thrilling/heartbreaking/every adjective in the book applies game against Germany, Jinseok and I welcomed Sandals For Goalposts‘ Tomas Danicek for […]
Previewing the World Cup Pots – Pot 3
Today we continue looking at the pots for the World Cup. Next up is pot 3, which is the pot that Korea is in. Pot […]