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Previewing Korea’s 2026 World Cup Draw

December 2, 2025 Jae Chee 0

Pots Korea is in Pot 2, along with Croatia, Morocco, Colombia, Uruguay, Switzerland, Japan, Senegal, Iran, Ecuador, Austria, and Australia. Pot 1 has the three […]

South Korea vs USA, Mexico 9/2025 Preview

September 5, 2025 Jinseok 1

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 […]

Reflecting on the Asian Cup and looking towards the future

February 13, 2024 Jae Chee 2

So that was… disappointing (although not entirely surprising). I owe Jinseok a post or two (or dozen), and unfortunately due to covid this post is […]

South Korea’s AFC Asian Cup So Far: Pros/Cons, Semifinal vs Jordan Preview, and Comments on Iran vs. Japan + Jesse Lingard to FC Seoul

February 5, 2024 Jinseok 13

What a journey our team has been on. Poor play and frustration all around yet somehow we made it this far already, thanks to moments […]

Quick Preview: South Korea vs Malaysia 2023 AFC Asian Cup

January 24, 2024 Jinseok 7

Update: wow. 3-3. I have no words. I’m officially on the Klinsmann out train now. Wow we suck. No words. To the next person who […]

South Korea 2-2 Jordan 2023 Asian Cup

January 20, 2024 Jinseok 15

A draw that feels like a loss. One of our worst performances yet. “How does a team with Son Heung Min Kim Min Jae and […]

Asian Cup Group Stages: Korea 3-1 Bahrain Recap

January 15, 2024 Jinseok 12

The opening game of the Asian Cup for Korea ended in a 3-1 win against Bahrain. Bahrain is a team that in the past we’ve […]

Why South Korea Can and Will Beat Japan to Win the 2023/2024 Asian Cup

January 12, 2024 Jinseok 12

Third update after the Malaysia match: I take back literally everything I said in this post. Tho I guess we can keep it up to […]

Sweden 1-0 Korea: Tactics

June 20, 2018 Jae Chee 5

So, a little late (but better than never I suppose) and I’m here with a brief tactical look at Korea’s 0-1 to Sweden in the […]

E-1 Championship: Korea vs Japan — The Preview

December 14, 2017 Tim Lee 2

We call it Han-il-jeon, they call it Nikkan-sen. All will agree: it’s the greatest rivalry in East Asian sport. Two neighbors who just don’t like each […]

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