Good win but our defense still looked shaky at times due to injury. Too many players were out for injury. Good to see Park Eun-sun to be back to what we have known her for. She demolished Zambia air defense with her size advantage.
Colin Bell signed 1-year contract extension with KFA. He will continue to lead KWNT until the 2024 Olympic Games. What I really like from his message is that he wants to share lots of things (i.e. tactics, personnel management, etc.) with WK-League and youth coaches. https://sports.news.naver.com/news.nhn?oid=032&aid=0003215836
KWNT will play the send-off friendly against Haiti on July 8. The venue and kickoff time are still TBA.
KWNT is drawn into the Group of Death. The Colin Bell's club will play against China, Korea DPR, and Thailand in the Olympic Qualifiers in China on late October.
Hope this opens the doors for others to join: SEOUL, June 10 (Yonhap) -- Half-Korean forward Casey Phair was named to South Korea's last training camp roster ahead of the FIFA Women's World Cup on Saturday, becoming the first person of mixed heritage to join a senior Korean women's national football team. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced a 31-player camp squad featuring the 15-year-old Phair and two other teenagers: Hyundai High School teammates Won Ju-eun and Kwon Da-eun. At 15 years and 309 days old, Kwon is the second-youngest player ever to make a senior national football team, men's or women's. Born to an American father and a Korean mother in the United States, Phair had a star turn for South Korea in April in the qualifiers for the 2024 Asian Football Confederation U-17 Women's Asian Cup. She grabbed a brace in South Korea's 16-0 rout of Tajikistan, and then scored a hat trick to help South Korea beat Hong Kong 12-0. Phair is training with the Players Development Academy in New Jersey. The KFA noted Phair's aggressive play and nose for the goal. The teenagers are joined by usual suspects such as midfielders Ji So-yun and Cho So-hyun, forwards Choe Yu-ri and Jung Seol-bin, and goalkeepers Yoon Young-geul and Kim Jung-mi. The 31 players will report to training camp at the National Football Center in Paju, some 40 kilometers northwest of Seoul, between June 18 and 23. Coached by Colin Bell, South Korea will host Haiti in their final tuneup match on July 8, after which Bell will whittle down the roster to the final 23 players. This year's Women's World Cup, co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, kicks off on July 20. South Korea will open their Group H play on July 25 against Colombia in Sydney. They will then take on Morocco in Adelaide on July 30 and Germany in Brisbane on Aug. 3. The top two nations from each of the eight groups will advance to the round of 16. This will be South Korea's fourth appearance at the Women's World Cup. They've been in the knockout stage just once: in 2015 in Canada, where they lost to France 3-0 in the round of 16. https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20230610001700315
Something to think about as our first match is against Colombia. https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2023/07/15/...ndoned-osullivan-wwc-2023-spt-intl/index.html
Japan vs North Korea Our team will face North Korea in the knockout stage (March 13, 13:00 Uzbekistan time).
❌ No dedicated training facility❌ Poor travel arrangements❌ Lack of basic equipment🇰🇷 The Korea Republic women’s national team, supported by the KPFA, have invited the FA to discuss much-needed improvements.— FIFPRO (@FIFPRO) May 15, 2024
Korea beat China and qualified for the U-17 Women's World Cup. Casey Phair scored two goals. Is this about the conditions in Korea? I hope this will finally bring the KFA to change their ways, though they've been very stubborn for a long time.