This is a mascot of the 2017 FIFA U-20 World Cup set to be held in South Korea from May 20-June 11. The event’s organizing committee disclosed the tiger-shaped mascot, dubbed “Chaormi,” on Aug. 25, 2016. (Photo courtesy of the organizing committee)
This has to be considered a disappointing Olympics for Korean soccer fans I would think considering they were knocked out by non-traditional soccer power like Honduras:
Forward Son Heung-min of South Korea looks astray after Honduras scored the match-winning goal in the second-half. Honduras won the game 1-0, knocking South Koreans out of the men’s football quarterfinals in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, Saturday. / Yonhap
South Korea were knocked out of the Olympic men’s football quarterfinals Saturday with a 1-0 loss to Honduras.
Alberth Elis scored the game’s lone goal near the hour mark at Mineirao in Belo Horizonte, some 340 kilometers north of Rio de Janeiro.
South Korea won the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics. It remains the country’s only Olympic football medal. [Korea Times]
Dejan Damjanovic, a former striker for Beijing Guoan, smiles during a press conference in Seoul on Jan. 7, 2016, on his return to South Korean club FC Seoul. Commonly called Dejan, the Montenegrin came to Korea in 2007 and signed with FC Seoul, launching a successful career as one of the top scoring players. He switched to China in late 2013 but decided to return, accepting a pay cut. (Yonhap)
It looks like whatever team the US military put together for the international military Olympics currently being held in South Korea wasn’t very good:
The K-league football club Sangju Sangmu has defeated the United States 7-0 in its opening match of 2015 CISM World Games Korea, an international sports event for military service members.
Sangmu, the sports division of South Korea’s military, overwhelmed the American team in the first Group A match of football on Wednesday in Moongyeong, North Gyeongsang Province.
Forward Cho Don-gun and midfielder Lee Seung-ki scored two goals each for the host team.
The 2015 CISM World Games officially kick off on Friday and continue until October 11. About 73-hundred soldiers from some 120 countries will participate in the international sports event, which will be held in eight cities and counties. [KBS World Radio]
