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00:00ESG he didn't waste any time he said I got to get on the plane I want to be
00:03with my team immediately and he essentially flew red-eye to join his
00:07team and start training as soon as possible he's here he won't start
00:11tonight in fact it's gonna look like an entirely different Korea Republic squad
00:14tonight pretty much from front to back Greg yes Spencer eight of 11 starters
00:20new tonight from Saturday considering the personnel changes Spencer just talked
00:24about and with the Korea World Cup debut coming up just you know week in a day
00:28away we are going to see some adjustments in head coach Hongan Youngbo's
00:32starting lineup and rotation his counterpart from El Salvador is the
00:35well-traveled Erdan DarÃo Gomez he's getting his squad set for the first of
00:40two stateside friendlies El Salvador will face another World Cup qualifier Qatar
00:45on Saturday in LA as for tonight in Provo we are underway the officials the net
00:51referee Natalie Simon a our number one Felicia Mariscal a our number two Megan
00:55Mullen and the fourth official is Alexis da Silva
01:01three Republic in red jerseys black shorts white numerals and El Salvador in the all
01:08grays today with blue and black accents
01:14three-man back line again for coach Hong Youngbo
01:20and they'll sit with those five at different times to counter some of what El Salvador is trying to do
01:24they'll lay lay into that three back and I know there's been a lot of questions they performed
01:28well we're able to keep a clean sheets on Saturday night early whistle in the center circle with Sonnyu Min
01:37available off the bench tonight captain's armband being worn by E.J. Sung
01:47and E.J. Sung is playing back in the midfield
01:55it looked like a 3-4-3
01:59a giveaway for Korea Republic
02:08flag was gonna come up there
02:12target Nathan Ordaz plays in the MLS with LAFC
02:17as does Sonnyu Min
02:19teammates for both those guys and it's fun to see them together and line up and I know they'll have
02:23a moment
02:23hopefully get to play against each other at some point throughout the night
02:27E.J. Sung dispossessed
02:30the slide ahead to Ordaz
02:32Ordaz
02:33lost control at the top of the area
02:36Ordaz is gonna want that one back
02:37wasn't clinical with the ball
02:38tried to pick up his head quickly to look for an option
02:41a little loose with the ball early is Korea Republic
02:44a handful of giveaways in the early moments
02:49this is one of those moments as a head coach you're looking at your squad and you're saying I need
02:52you to come out
02:53let's play with the same intensity that the group did the starting group on Saturday nights and not get bad
02:59giveaways and we've seen two or three already early in this match
03:04the three up top
03:07Hwang Hee Chan, Cho Kyu Sung and Lee Dong Kyung
03:13the three in the back
03:14Lee Ki Hyuk, Kim Min Jae and Lee Han Bom
03:20the four-man midfield
03:21Lee Tae Suk, Lee Chae Sung, Hwang Im Bom and So Young Woo
03:28we might have seen
03:29what eight of eleven substitutes
03:32or substitutions
03:34from the starting eleven
03:36we saw last week but make no
03:38mistake this side is still very
03:40quality that they've got out there
03:47both being a little loose with the ball tonight
03:51in the midfield
03:54Rang Min Bom
03:57and brought down is Ian Bom
03:59draws the foul
04:03second foul on El Salvador
04:06El Salvador up top with Ordaz
04:09and Vasquez Nathan Ordaz and Steven Vasquez
04:14three in the middle Christian Martinez
04:16Mauricio Cerritos and Marcelo Diaz
04:19opting for five in the back more or less
04:21to start things out is El Salvador
04:23probably trying to counter some of what South Korea did in their last game
04:27very attack minded with the three in the back
04:30five back liners Diego Flores, Jorge Cruz, Rudy Clavel, Julio Cibrian
04:35and Jefferson Valladares
04:37the keeper is Mario Gonzalez
04:38and he's been the senior team
04:40preferred keeper since 2021
04:45a very domestic heavy El Salvador group
04:47but a very quality group with a lot of caps
04:49yeah very interesting
04:50you mentioned a lot of caps
04:52but not the style we saw with a lot of these teams
04:56whereas you look at Korea
04:57a very European and international flavored
05:00side with players playing all over the world
05:05keeper Kim Sung-kyu assessing his options
05:08like Son Hoon Min selected to his fourth World Cup squad
05:12for Korea Republic
05:14the 35 year old keeper
05:1686 caps making 87 tonight
05:21still not the oldest keeper in the World Cup coming up
05:25Scotland's Gordon he's 43 years old
05:29so to give some flavor out there
05:30still relatively young in the keeper space
05:34Ite-Suk
05:39I-K-Hook, jersey number 10
05:42played all 90 on Saturday against Trinidad and Tobago
05:46Kim Sung-kyu with some work to do
05:51distributes to I-Han Baum
05:52and the third foul of the night
05:54comes through the dividing line
05:55against El Salvador
05:56it'll be a free kick for Korea Republic
06:01the Tecuk Warriors as they're called
06:03also now called the Reds colloquially
06:04making their 12th all-time World Cup appearance
06:06at 11th consecutive
06:10Wong-kyi Chan brought down
06:12that'll be in an area of threat
06:14four early fouls against El Salvador
06:16this will be a free kick
06:18in the danger zone
06:19El Salvador quickly trying to slow down
06:22these attacks and they've done it by fouling
06:25you saw another foul there
06:26their fourth
06:29not much there
06:30making sure he got clear
06:32after the ball passed by
06:38Wong-kyi Chan scored his
06:4017th national team goal
06:42Saturday
06:42against Trinidad and Tobago
06:47appearing in his 79th national team game
06:50the men who draw through the foul
06:54over the ball
06:57Yi Te-Suk
07:02swung and bent towards the corner
07:05I don't know if that was meant to be a shot
07:06but it was right on frame
07:08when the keeper had to make a save
07:09it was Cho-kyu Sung with the attempt
07:13a curler to the far post
07:15bent that in with the right foot
07:17I think he might have actually been shooting
07:19put it right up where the cobwebs would be
07:23results in the first corner of the night
07:26and taking from the attacking right
07:28will be Hwang-Yenbaum
07:29really interesting from El Salvador
07:30they're putting three guys up at the midfield line
07:33to draw out
07:34Korea on this corner kick
07:36that's going to be swung in
07:37with the right foot
07:41Hwang-Yenbaum
07:46little hand fighting in the box
07:58now towards Raymond
07:59crewed off the top of the goal box
08:01E.J. Sung
08:04finds Hwang-Yen-Chan on the boundary
08:08the play to Tesok
08:11a slide to the byline
08:12and the play out for corner number two
08:15making the defensive play
08:18Christian Martinez
08:21born in Liberia
08:22plays professionally in Costa Rica
08:25and plays out
08:26to present Korea Republic
08:28with its second corner
08:29and taking will be
08:31Yidong-Yong
08:32he played well Saturday
08:34one of only three
08:35starters from Saturday
08:37who starts again tonight
08:37for Korea Republic
08:38and he played really well
08:39and probably an opportunity
08:41to cement his name
08:42in a starting 11
08:43in Guadalajara
08:44in only eight days
08:49left footed out
08:49swinger incoming
08:50as Natalie Simon
08:52keeps the piece
08:52in the penalty area
08:55Christian Martinez
08:56getting a conversation
08:57from our center referee
08:58and the hand fighting is big
09:00but again
09:01El Salvador doing something unique
09:03having players up
09:04outside of the 18
09:07trying to counter
09:09low driver
09:10skips to the keeper
09:12skips along the grass
09:14to Mario Gonzalez
09:17a quick play deep
09:19and a nod to keep
09:20and alert
09:22to capture his Kim Sung-Kyu
09:23in the defensive 18
09:24exactly why they kept
09:26three up top
09:27they were trying to counter
09:28when that ball rolled
09:28quickly to the keeper
09:29he was able to outlet quickly
09:32and try to start
09:33the counter
09:34good job defensively
09:35by Korea
09:36to make sure
09:37that that one went back
09:38to the keeper
09:38into his waiting arms
09:49Ihan Baum
09:50playing true center back
09:55and it's again
09:56a mini break
09:57for El Salvador
09:58that ends
10:00poorly
10:00in the attacking
10:0118
10:04what a lead ball
10:05to Ite Sok
10:06Ite Sok
10:10plays central
10:11and off a deflection
10:13from the defender
10:14settles into the midsection
10:16of keeper
10:16Mario Gonzalez
10:19Rudy Calabal
10:20with a phenomenal
10:22defensive effort there
10:23to try to get in
10:23as you can see
10:24the pass
10:24with that
10:25it's kind of accidental
10:26but the defender
10:27got turned around
10:28and Korea was out
10:29on the break
10:30trying to slot this
10:31through
10:33but a lucky touch
10:34there
10:34kept Korea
10:35from getting
10:36a big opportunity
10:37Jefferson Valladares
10:38back lines it
10:40to Cibriana
10:43Cibriana Calabal
10:44playing in the center
10:56Selva El Salvador
10:57team quickly
10:58is trying to show
10:58what they're going
10:59to be made of
10:59they're going to
11:00try to counter attack
11:01they're going to
11:02try to find things
11:02on the break
11:03and they're going
11:03to clog up the midfield
11:05they're hoping
11:05to stop any
11:07creative freedom
11:08that Korea has
11:10and hopefully
11:10get some cheap
11:10giveaways
11:11three center backs
11:13and two wing backs
11:13playing on that
11:14five man back line
11:15for head coach
11:16Hernan Dario Gomez
11:19that is his counterpart
11:22Hong Myungbo
11:23in his second week
11:25making his second
11:25World Cup appearance
11:26as head coach
11:27of Korea Republic
11:28guided them
11:29to the group stage
11:30in 2014
11:34succeeded
11:34Juergen Klinsmann
11:35in 2024
11:36didn't think
11:37he'd say a name
11:38like that
11:38the German
11:39former U.S.
11:40man in charge
11:41as well
11:43first Korea
11:43Republic foul
11:44of the night
11:46gives El Salvador
11:47a free kick
11:48in the attacking
11:48half
11:50our center referees
11:51been very adamant
11:52that enough
11:53is enough
11:53she's seen enough
11:54from both sides
11:55she's given warnings
11:55to two players
11:56on each team
11:58that's Natalie
11:59Simon
12:0545 to 50 yards
12:07away
12:16Diego Flores
12:19along with
12:20Marcelo Diaz
12:21over the ball
12:23Diaz will assess
12:24options
12:24back to Flores
12:26on the left
12:27boundary
12:28cross in
12:28defensive header
12:29to the top
12:34a long range
12:35try
12:36and sails
12:37well high
12:40ambitious at best
12:41but Diaz
12:42you've got to give him
12:42credit for
12:43looking up
12:44seeing an opportunity
12:45and trying to put
12:46something on frame
12:47with a lot of traffic
12:48in front of a keeper
12:48like that
12:49deflections are
12:50very possible
13:1413th minute
13:15scoreless match
13:16here at Southfield
13:17the second of two
13:18appearances for
13:19Korea Republic
13:20first of two
13:21friendlies for
13:22La Selecta
13:23El Salvador
13:23playing
13:24Korea Republic
13:25tonight
13:25and then
13:26Qatar
13:27on Saturday
13:28at BMO Stadium
13:30in Los Angeles
13:31the home of
13:32LAFC
13:34so a homecoming
13:35of sorts
13:35for Nathan Ordaz
13:36attacking for
13:37El Salvador
13:38tonight
13:42Hernan Dario
13:43Gomez
13:45head coach
13:46of El Salvador
13:46since March
13:47of 2025
13:49he's been a
13:49national team
13:50head coach
13:50for Colombia
13:51Ecuador
13:52Guatemala
13:52Panama
13:53Honduras
13:53and now
13:54El Salvador
13:55in fact
13:55he's taken
13:56three of those
13:56countries
13:56to the World Cup
13:57looking to make
13:58it a fourth
13:58with La Selecta
13:59and some work
14:00cut out
14:01to get them
14:02to the World Cup
14:02but a very
14:03talented side
14:04ite-suk
14:05settles down
14:07the one-two
14:08back to
14:08ite-suk
14:09the cross
14:10and tantalizing
14:11across the goal
14:12box
14:12but rolls out
14:15great ball
14:16movement
14:16great ball
14:17movement
14:17sorry Greg
14:18great ball
14:18movement
14:19and the speed
14:20of play
14:20was phenomenal
14:21right there
14:21the give and go
14:22here
14:23the ball
14:23right through
14:24the six
14:25and a good
14:26touch
14:26and an
14:27inflection
14:29become another
14:29corner kick
14:30for Korea
14:30third corner
14:33for Korea
14:34Republic
14:34El Salvador
14:35without a corner
14:35in the early
14:36moments
14:43right-footed
14:44out-swinger
14:45incoming
14:52settles to
14:52Hwang Hee-chan
14:54at the penalty
14:55area elbow
14:56lays off
14:57Lee Jae-sung
14:59Lee Jae-sung
15:00brought down
15:00and a foul
15:04five fouls
15:05against El Salvador
15:06to one for
15:06Korea Republic
15:07early
15:08and Lee Jae-sung
15:09has been forcing
15:09the action
15:10multiple times
15:10did get ball
15:12but definitely
15:13had two hands
15:13in the back
15:14as he did it
15:24Lee Jae-sung
15:25Lee Jae-sung
15:30won
15:30won
15:31hee-chan
15:31tries to
15:31play the
15:32one-two
15:32with
15:32EJ
15:32Sung
15:33tried to
15:34go through
15:34and El Salvador
15:35plays to
15:36the touch
15:37line
15:45these two teams
15:46meeting for the
15:47second time
15:47all-time
15:48back in 2023
15:49in
15:50Daejeon
15:51in South Korea
15:51played to a
15:52one-all draw
15:53and many players
15:54from both sides
15:57tonight
15:57played in that
15:58match
15:58just three years
15:59ago
16:05Lee Jae-yuk
16:06on the boundary
16:07to Lee Jae-sung
16:08Lee Jae-sung
16:10central
16:12and tried to play
16:13down
16:14did So Young-woo
16:15got away from him
16:18and Nathan
16:18Ordaz
16:19from LAFC
16:21sees it
16:22touched
16:26for a throw
16:29in the
16:3016th
16:36getting under
16:37it a bit
16:37is
16:37Mario
16:38Gonzalez
16:39he nodded
16:40back into the
16:41attacking half
16:42for Korea Republic
16:47Cibrián
16:51Cibrián
16:52making his
16:5228th
16:52national team
16:53appearance
16:55the keeper
16:56Gonzalez
16:56getting his
16:5756th cap
16:58tonight
17:06some pinball
17:07action
17:08that's going to
17:08be yellow
17:09and the first
17:10card of the
17:11night
17:19Huang Inbaum
17:21going in the
17:21book
17:34much warmer
17:35night tonight
17:36than it was
17:36Saturday night
17:37at kickoff
17:38more on the
17:39conditions with
17:39Spencer Linton
17:40pitch side
17:40Spencer
17:40Greg
17:41got a chance
17:42to talk
17:42with several
17:42members of
17:43the Korean
17:44national team
17:44and their
17:45staff
17:45about just
17:46how different
17:46this weather
17:48is
17:48as the
17:49offside flag
17:50goes up
17:50and whistles
17:51to a halt
17:52that push
17:53by El Salvador
17:54and the
18:00night
18:24off tonight that takes you from mid 60s to mid 80s and a guitar we saw water
18:30breaks mandated just purely because it heats in this World Cup they're gonna be
18:34officially mandated in that 22nd ish minute range and then 22nd minutes for
18:4022 minutes into the second half as well and even though it wasn't really hot on
18:44Saturday night we heard choke you song saying even though it wasn't overly hot
18:48it was that the altitude the dehydration comes quicker at altitude for any felt
18:51dry mouths everything that quickly happens these players and it's a
18:55different environments obviously you see some of these El Salvador players that
18:58have played in situations here in the CONCACAF region and getting games for
19:03example in Utah and different places like that but it's definitely a challenge
19:06especially for these guys a step up win choke you sung gets it back looking to
19:13turn on a choke you sung in the area plays toward the edge of the 18 and out
19:23El Salvador forestalls the threat a giveaway in the neutral third Martinez
19:30ahead to Ordaz Nathan Ordaz looking to send through watching on the end and
19:37playing back netting was Jefferson Valladares played behind goal on the slide
19:43ahead by Ordaz. Valladares has the speed to get in and you can see him just turn on the
19:48Jets right here on that top side of the screen gets in behind the defense the
19:52ball wasn't great but still was able to get a shot towards frame not on goal
19:56though
19:59that's one of the undoings of a three back you put yourself in those situations
20:09plenty of Korea Republic red in the stands but also a fair sampling of the blue from El Salvador in
20:18Southfield crowd Spencer indeed in fact that last attack happened right in front
20:22of a nice contingent here in the northwest corner of Southfield of El Salvadorian fans
20:25who are loud and voices while they're clearly outnumbered as you mentioned
20:29Greg by the Korea Republic fans it's different than what Korea experienced here
20:33too on Saturday because there were next to no Trinidad and Tobago fans but the El Salvadorian fans are certainly
20:39here and being heard though they are small in numbers Greg
20:42thank you Spencer 20th minute here in Provo
20:50on cue the Korean fans start their chance
20:56El Salvador has been traditionally known to travel well throughout the CONCACAF regions in games there's quite a few
21:07people from El Salvador in and around the state of Utah
21:10El Salvador went 1-0 and 5 in its final round of CONCACAF qualifying in Group A they were with
21:16Panama, Suriname and Guatemala
21:19Panama advancing to the World Cup
21:22Suriname losing in an intercontinental playoff
21:28El Salvador would have loved to be in that opportunity but kind of in a rebuilding situation right now
21:33some high pressure from El Salvador
21:37Juan Heechan
21:39Centrally
21:42nearly another giveaway but a
21:44brought to ground on a play on
21:50Juan Heechan
21:51Juan Heechan
21:51back lines
21:54it's Iki Hyuk
21:58Juan Heechan
22:00accelerates toward the area
22:03stepping over and dispossessed
22:06spin away by Martinez
22:08good turn by Martinez
22:12Salvador looks to play away
22:14Vasquez
22:14underside of his boot
22:16tapped out by Korea Republic
22:18we're nearing
22:19hydration break time
22:21here at Southfield
22:22nearly halfway through the first half
22:27fourth official by Alexis De Silva with an eye on the watch
22:30on the touchline
22:37it took 40 minutes for Korea Republic to find its first goal on Saturday
22:41and into the 22nd minute
22:44we take our first hydration break of the night
22:46in a scoreless match
22:49it's one of those rules that is officially now added
22:52there's a number of different rules Greg
22:54covering your mouth this year
22:55if you're covering your mouth in situations that could result in a red card
22:58there's leaving the field in protest
23:00there's throw-ins and kick-ins now are five seconds instead of what was ten seconds
23:05if you need a
23:06if you have only ten seconds to get off the pitch is another one
23:08substitution timing
23:09time-wasting on substitutions
23:11which we saw that also results in a minute
23:14essentially penalty
23:16for your team
23:17and your teammate cannot enter the pitch for a minute
23:19and over the weekend we saw that
23:21do some damage in one of the
23:24friendly games where a goal was scored
23:26as a team was down ten to ten men
23:29so on this hot night
23:30the hydration break
23:32and mention you you add the heat to the altitude and
23:35it's a factor
23:36Provo's altitude
23:38similar to that of Guadalajara
23:41which is why
23:42this site was chosen
23:44to play some pre-World Cup friendlies
23:47you see it will actually go up in elevation to Guadalajara
23:49come down for match number three
23:51so the first two
23:52for Korea Republic will be played in Guadalajara
23:55they'll come down to Monterey for their third match
23:57that'll be against South Africa
23:58on June 24th
24:00but the Guadalajara matches will be June 11th
24:02and only eight days against Czechia
24:03and then June 18th against the home side Mexico
24:06both those happen in Guadalajara
24:08and again just literally eight days away
24:10there are two matches on day one of the World Cup
24:12and Korea Republic gets one of those two
24:14and it's pretty wild
24:15you think eight day
24:16in eight days we're going to see this Korea side
24:19out working hard
24:20trying to get the three points in their first game
24:22because the goal again is to advance out of that group stage
24:25they know that's the goal
24:27and you've got to take care of business
24:29in a scoreless match where shots are even at 2-2
24:31and one shot on goal to zero in favor of Korea Republic
24:35let's check back in with Spencer Linton pitch side
24:37Spencer
24:37Hong-Yong Bo the head coach of Korea Republic
24:39instructing his team as briefly as he can
24:41his overall plan tonight is not going to deviate a ton
24:45from what they were trying to accomplish against Trinidad and Tobago
24:48he did add however because of the heat
24:50that he is especially focused on keeping this team as healthy as possible
24:54along with finalizing that conditioning
24:57and yes they want to win
24:58they have showed up to play and win
25:00those are the three factors that he's looking to check off tonight
25:03the Korea players along with hydrating here
25:06Greg also have some ice towels wrapped around their necks
25:08so very conscientious of the hot weather here
25:12and trying to stay healthy and get this win Greg
25:14they've already been in Utah for more than two weeks
25:17headquartering in Salt Lake City
25:19they've been having training sessions at both University of Utah
25:23and the RSL facilities
25:24so they're well acclimated to the mountain air at this point
25:27and we did find out they'll leave on the fifth
25:30travel down directly into Guadalajara
25:33and start their camp in to try to prepare for that game in eight days from today
25:38so 48 hours more remain in the beehive state for this fine side
25:42ranked number 25th in the FIFA rankings ranked 25th
25:45El Salvador is a ranking of 100 as of today
25:48El Salvador's highest ever FIFA ranking 49th in 2012 their lowest 190
25:54back in 2006 for Korea Republic
25:56they're sitting at 25 right now
26:01they're high 17th in 1998 their low 69th in 2014.
26:08El Salvador by the way has five fouls from five different players in the early part of this match
26:15and they'll play some players or some teams ranked higher than that higher than the 100th
26:20we see of El Salvador
26:21you've got
26:22Czechia 41st in FIFA
26:25Mexico 15th
26:26and at South Africa 60th
26:29so at least a 40
26:32to 60
26:33position jump in the FIFA rankings between teams they'll see in the World Cup and tonight
26:39we're back in and underway
26:44from the back
26:46Kim Min Jae
26:47the play deep down the boundary to Ite Suk
26:53off the boot of Iki Hyuk
26:56Ite Suk has been really good at keeping the pitch wide
26:59he's almost getting his boots wet with paint on this far side of the field
27:03trying to be prepared for that ball to come up over top and then spray a ball inside the box
27:08through a cross
27:11El Salvador's sky is clear to the dividing line
27:13Kim Min Jae
27:21back to Kim Min Jae and now Iki Hyuk
27:27through almost 120 minutes of action from this back line these three back they've kept things scoreless
27:36Hwang Hee Chan
27:39Hwang Hee Chan
27:40latches on to a long ball from Hwang Yin Bomb
27:42will be a throw for Korea Republic here in the 27th
27:50brought down but a play on
27:52for the moment
27:55Hwang Yin Bomb went to ground
27:56Iki Hyuk
27:58Iki Hyuk
27:59Iki Hyuk
28:02Centrally Hwang Yin Bomb
28:03Hwang Hee Chan
28:05ball gets to Hwang Yin Bomb
28:07ball gets to Hwang Yin
28:07he plays wide of the area
28:09left foot shot
28:09takes a deflection
28:11and El Salvador
28:12ends the threat for the moment
28:14got a shot off due to a player slipping
28:24Hwang Yin Bomb
28:26Hwang Yin Bomb
28:26Hwang Yin Bomb
28:27clever one-touch play gets it back to Hwang Yin Bomb
28:29and a foul
28:31roughly 30 yards away free kick for Korea Republic
28:34in an area of threat
28:38we're gonna replay look at that last chance from Korea as they were able to get the ball centrally and
28:43then push it wide
28:45and get the cross in the defender slips right here
28:48tries to get the shot off and it had eyes for goal
28:51with two defenders in the way
28:53to flux that
28:54that was So Young Woo
28:57that gave it a chance
28:59place for red star Beldrod
29:04named to his first world cup team
29:16Hwang Hee Chan
29:17and Lee Tae Suk
29:19are over the ball on either side
29:31Hwang Hee Chan
29:32and sails it over the bar
29:35it's the distance that you're able to typically get it up and down in time
29:38but he really never got that one back down as he got all of it
29:42but sailed it over the bar
29:43goal Saturday against Trinidad and Tobago
29:46plays professionally for Wolves
29:51he played in the EPL this past season
29:53but they've been relegated
29:54relegated
29:54to the championship
29:58Burnley also
29:58going down
30:00they're coming to face
30:00Real Salt Lake here
30:01the state of Utah
30:02international friendly during this window
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