So what's happening with the draft this year? I heard the K2 teams get priority. Does that mean the top prospects will end up playing in the K2?
I took some photos at the FC Seoul vs Suwon Bluewings game yesterday. Fantastic atmosphere, and some decent football.
General question involving K-League. What team would I support? My father's from Kapyoung and my mom's from Seoul. Of course, there's FC Seoul, but I know there's some iffy controversy involving them that I'd rather not support them before knowing the full story behind their moving(?) or something of the sort. It sucks having a lack of knowledge about the K-League in the states... So I'm looking for a team in Kapyoung I suppose? Or a team closest to Kapyoung? My aunt lives in Incheon so if anything there's that if anything, but it'd be really cool to root for my dad's hometown team if that even exists. Thanks in advance!
Here's the history with FC Seoul... To cope with the 2002 World Cup in South Korea, the KFA And K-League wanted to spread the love of soccer (and money income) because there was three clubs playing in Seoul (Jeju United, FC Seoul, and Seongnam Illwha) at th time. All three clubs were told to be relocated and they, in unison, were like "******** you" but tough shit because the KFA and K-League created the K-League decentralization policy and told them to GTFO but promised a spot in Seoul with its own stadium if they could build one (Haha, cute). By World Cup 2002's ending, they noticed "oh shit, the stadiums are cleared .. we need clubs to fill it so we can maintain it with money revenue!" so they came crawling back to some clubs and were like "if you help us financially keep this stadium alive and play here, we'll let you come back to Seoul like you always wanted" so they did BUT they also had to pay 15 billion Won ( and at the time... 15 million USD) in construction-shared fees so now they changed their name from Anyang LG Cheetahs to FC Seoul! So FC Seoul went from LG Cheetas to Anyang LG Cheetas located in Anyang. FC Seou thought about it for a while and after the season was over they made their mind. Because FC Seoul had financial backing by MANY companies at the time, they were able to pay it off and now -- of course -- since they have financial backing from GS Sports (and spin-off LG Sports) who owns the subsidiaries of GS Caltex, GS Retail, GS Shop, GS EPS, GS Global, GS Sports and GS E&C so they're set in that area.
Isn't Incheon the closest to Gapyoung? Im not sure. My Korea geography isn't the best. But I think it would be Incheon.
Who cares. Last thing we need are more FC Seoul fans. It's an organization that deceive the Anyang supporters (Anyang had a very good fanbase and had a nice cozy stadium). FC Seoul are sell-outs, simple as that.
My father's side of the family are from Yeonggwang. There is a Yeonggwang club in the Challengers League. If they are ever in the K-League, they would be the 2nd team I would support. I think majority of the N-league and Challengers League teams are based in Northwest SK so good chance there is a Gapyoung team in there. But obviously you wouldn't able to follow them too well.
While I don't neccesarily approve of FC Seoul's tactics, I like FC Seoul because of the team and players. Not the back-bone of FC Seoul itself but the players.
The playful FC Seoul players. Video about this guy looking for the best stadium in the K-League. If you didn't know. CNN wrote a article about Ulsan doing the Gangnam Style celebration after the ACL win.
The Korean mobile game company, Gamevil, has made a football game that just includes the K-League. The game is FREE, but there is also a paid version which is 5,000 won (about like 5 USD). Also there is a catch, the game only supports Korean and is available only available on the Android. News about the game:http://www.kleague.com/news/KLeague_news.aspx?search&page=2&no=3125 Link to the game:PLUS VERSION: http://www.gamevil.com/GAME/index.php?m=25&pk=144FREE VERSION: http://www.gamevil.com/GAME/index.php?m=25&pk=143 Gameplay:
Gamevil... they made Soccer Superstars and Soccer Superstars 2012... and this looks EXACTLY just like Soccer Supers 2012... just with K-League and in Korean... Ha.
http://sports.news.naver.com/sports...&mod=read&office_id=382&article_id=0000075520 With Ansan HFC moving to Goyang, Goyang KB is to be disbanded and absorbed into Anyang FC. KB (국민은행) will now also be the official sponsor of Anyang FC. That's good news for Anyang. They'll have a solid player base, an eager fanbase, and their financial problems are solved for next year.
All Anyang need is to get that 1 superstar player along with serviceable players around him. *cough*LCS*cough*
Lee Keun-Ho has been nominated for the AFC Player of the Year award. He has the best chance to win this award considering that all of these other player haven't done sh!t in the last 10-11 months. Also why the fcuk isn't Estiven in the AFC Foreign Player of the Year nominations? He has played every single game in ACL for Ulsan and also played a crucial role in Ulsan's defense. http://www.espnstar.com/football/as...893661/Nominees-announced-for-top-AFC-awards/
Hey, hey ,hey Settle down. Zheng Zhi of China has helped Guangzhou Evergrande win their league title and (just now) their FA cup. Not to mention he's been holding a good formidable attack in midfield for China in the past friendlies (except Brazil...ha) but Spain? Definitely. Let's not say players are shit if we have not seen them play. Let's just be play fairly and nicely.
Luca$h Neill? Ali Karimi? An unknown Iranian defender? I have seen them play. Neill has been absolutely rubbish for the Australian national team. Karimi has had a disastrous season with Persepolis. Bengar has also had a disatrous season with Persepolis plus he is not even in the national team for Iran. Now for Zheng Zhi. TBH, winning the CSL league title and FA Cup is pretty impressive, but you have to think about his team. Guangzhou Evergrande is loaded with weapons. (Both offensively and defensively) It would be a crime not to win the league. (With the world manager Lippi and decent players Gao Lin, Muriqui, Cleo, Dario Conca, Zhang Linpeng, Kim Young-Kwon.) Gao Lin and Zhang Linpeng both could have been in the nomination too.