South Korea World Cup Profile

Here is the Sports Illustrated team profile for South Korea for the upcoming World Cup. Anyone who follows soccer on a regular basis, will know that South Korea has a tough road to plow, considering their group consists of Argentina, Greece and Nigeria.

Bryan Armen Graham, the profile's author, says the most important game for the Koreans is their first match against Greece. This is true for sure. Greece is the team that South Korea has the best chance of getting three points against. But that doesn't mean it's easy. Though this isn't the same Greek team that won the 2004 European Championship, they're still a tough squad.

South Korea plced first in their qualifying group, but they come from a region that is worse than the USA's region. That's saying something.

Korea had a very memorable run to the semi-finals on their home turf in 2002, which culiminated in a last-place finish. Anything can happen, but South Korea's chances are not looking great in this one. Of course, their group was a monster in 2002 as well, and they fared just fine.