World Cup-bound players head to Salt Lake City for training camp

Led by head coach Hong Myung-bo, a dozen South Korean players and reserves departed for Salt Lake City in the U.S. state of Utah on Monday for their pre-World Cup training camp. Hong unveiled his 26-man squad for the June 11-July 19 World Cup on Saturday. From that list, six players selected from the domestic K League, and three players from the English Football League (EFL) Championship whose seasons ended earlier this month, traveled for Salt Lake City. The six K Leaguers are: Lee Dong-gyeong and Jo Hyeon-woo of Ulsan HD FC, Kim Jin-gyu and Song Bum-keun of Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors, Kim Moon-hwan of Daejeon Hana Citizen FC and Lee Gi-hyuk of Gangwon FC. The three EFL Championship players are: Bae Jun-ho of Stoke City, Eom Ji-sung of Swansea City and Paik Seung-ho of Birmingham City. These nine players were joined by three reserves selected by Hong as "training partners": Kang Sang-yoon and Cho Wi-je of Jeonbuk and Yoon Ki-wook of FC Seoul. The Korea Football Association (KFA) chose Salt Lake City, which sits 1,300 meters above sea level, as the site of training camp so that South Korean pWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei Korea Times