Tuesday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier between North Korea and South Korea is set to take place in Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Stadium.
South Korea may be one of the most technically advanced countries in the world, but football fans are facing the prospect of having to follow Tuesday’s 2022 World Cup qualifier against North Korea in Pyongyang by fax.
Tensions between the two countries, which are technically still at war, remain high and while North Korea has agreed to host the game, negotiations to broadcast the action live in the south came to nothing.
In a joint statement issued on Monday, South Korea’s three major terrestrial…
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The USWNT’s 17-match winning streak and the Jill Ellis era end in Chicago with a 1-1 draw vs. South Korea.
United States Women’s National Team coach Jill Ellis saw her storied career come to an end Sunday with her team’s 1-1 tie against South Korea at Chicago in the final game of the squad’s World Cup victory tour.
Both goals came in rapid succession. South Korea’s Ji Soyun scored from the edge of the penalty area with her right foot in the 34th minute, while the United States matched it three minutes later when Carli Lloyd scored on a header from a Megan Rapinoe corner kick.
Ellis, who announced her…
The USWNT’s 17-match winning streak and the Jill Ellis era end in Chicago with a 1-1 draw vs. South Korea.
Jill Ellis reflects on her time with the USWNT and explains why the timing is right for her to step down as head coach.
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Jill Ellis became the winningest coach in U.S. Soccer history with the USWNT’s 2-0 victory over South Korea.
Megan Rapinoe had two assists in her return to make Jill Ellis the winningest coach in U.S. women’s national team history after a 2-0 victory against South Korea in a friendly at Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina, on Thursday.
Allie Long and Mallory Pugh scored to give Ellis 106 wins (106-7-18, .878) since 2012 to surpass the late Tony DiCicco’s mark set from 1994-99 (105-8-8, .901). DiCicco won the World Cup in 1999; Ellis in 2015 and ’19.
She is leaving the program after Sunday’s…
Jill Ellis became the winningest coach in U.S. Soccer history with the USWNT’s 2-0 victory over South Korea.
U.S. women’s coach Jill Ellis credited the 2015 and 2019 World Cups on growing the sport during her tenure.
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Nigeria’s women celebrate after the first goal.
Nigeria took their chances against the run of play on Wednesday to beat South Korea 2-0 for rare success at the Women’s World Cup to set themselves up to advance to the next stage of the tournament in France.
A first half own goal at the Stade des Alps and a breakaway attack, brilliantly finished by Asisat Oshoala, ensured the Africa champions only their fourth win in eight World Cup finals appearances and a chance to go to the second round for just a second time.
The Koreans, beaten 4-0 by hosts…