All posts tagged "World Cup"

  • National football team poised to head to Brazil for training (yonhap)
    National football team heads to Brazil for training

    (Yonhap) The national football team is scheduled to depart for Brazil later Monday to set up its first pre-World Cup training camp in the South American country. Head coach Hong Myung-bo will lead a squad of 23 players...

    • Posted January 13, 2014
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  • Korean national soccer team manager Hong Myung-bo, left, is being interviewed by the Korea Times reporter, Lee Woo-su, upon arrival at LAX. (Ha Sang Yoon)
    Coach First

    Hong Myung-bo arrives in L.A. ahead of Korean World Cup soccer team Tickets on sale for Korea vs. Costa Rica ‘A match’ on Jan. 25 at L.A. Coliseum Korean national team manager Hong Myung-bo arrived in Los...

    • Posted January 10, 2014
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    Bring the heat

    Hong says Korea squad for Brazil World Cup nearly complete By Kim Tong-hyung After spending the past six months fast-tracking the rebuilding of Korea’s national football team, Hong Myung-bo seems anxious to declare the process complete. Talking...

    • Posted January 1, 2014
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  • ryu-choo
    Top 10 Korean Sports Stories of 2013

    Compiled by Yonhap  1. Ryu Hyun-jin and Choo Shin-soo’s tremendous season in Major League Baseball. Ryu was better than advertised in his rookie season with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and Choo set himself up nicely for the...

    • Posted December 17, 2013
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  • Expectations just got higher for Hong Myung-bo. (Yonhap)
    Be careful what you wish for!

    With Korea, Belgium, Russia, and Algeria all screaming for joy after the 2014 World Cup draw, something has to give; A favorable drawing also means there are no excuses for not advancing  By Lee Kyutae   Koreans...

    • Posted December 10, 2013
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  • Groups E through H are seen on the screen during the draw ceremony for the 2014 soccer World Cup in Costa do Sauipe near Salvador, Brazil, Friday, Dec. 6, 2013. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
    Luck of the (World Cup) Draw

    Koreans are smiling, but  Americans are not By Lee Kyutae Korean soccer fans are smiling, but the Americans are not after the FIFA World Cup drawing on Friday. At a Brazilian resort town, Korea drew  Belgium, Algeria...

    • Posted December 6, 2013
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  • Korean soccer fans in Los Angeles will get to see Hong Jung-ho, left, and Kim Shin-wook in action upclose early next year.
    “Coming to America”

    By Lee Kyutae Korean soccer is coming to America. The Brazil-bound Korean men’s national team will face Mexico on January 29, 2014, in San Antonio, Texas, and then the United States on Feb. 1 in Carson, California,...

    • Posted December 3, 2013
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