Report Card: Grades for the Korean 2018 World Cup Squad
Another World Cup in the books, another Tavern series. We’ll be unpacking the World Cup that was for the Korean national team in the coming […]
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Tactical Preview: Korea vs Sweden at the 2018 World Cup (Part 1)
Hope everyone has been enjoying the 2018 World Cup so far. Iran has Asia’s first win, Spain vs Portugal lived up to the hype. We […]
Meet Korea’s 2018 World Cup Squad: Defenders
Welcome to the Tavern of the Taeguk Warriors’ official 2018 FIFA World Cup “Meet The Squad” series. You can refer back to this series to […]
Preview: Korea spars with Bolivia in last public World Cup Tune-Up
In the final televised and public World Cup Tune-Up before the 2018 Russia FIFA World Cup kicks off in just over a week, the Korean […]
17 for 2017: Rising Stars of 2017
Rising stars of 2017 After the successful ‘rising stars’ post in 2015, we decided to include another short ‘risings stars’ post this year. We will […]
Building the World Cup Roster: December 2017
No major changes, but still some noteworthy moves as we build the World Cup Roster. The rules are rather simple: 23 players, 3 of whom […]
Building the World Cup Roster: November 2017
Let’s build the 23-man World Cup roster! The rules are rather simple: 23 players, 3 of whom must be goalkeepers. Funnily enough, North Korea managed […]
Shin Tae-yong’s Striker Selection
Korea’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers against Iran and Uzbekistan could have a huge impact on the future of football in the country. While a complete […]
14 for 2014
2014 is in the books, so like any good blog it’s time for a year-end review of the major stories in Korean football for the […]
Channeling Paul the Octopus
So, way back in December the then three Tavern writers (myself, Roy, and Jinseok) did a podcast after the World Cup draw and predicted who […]