kayoko wrote:
Soccer.

Very first match I saw..lol England v. Argentina. Gabriel Batistuta was an absolute savage!!!! Think he scored that game too. And of course David Beckham's flambuoyant hairstyle had become the fashion dream.. he scored a PK..oh and nutmegged an Argentine that got him a red card lol. I remember that well. Second game I saw, MLS Cup Final: Los Angeles Galaxy v. New England Revolution. Cobi Jones v. Joe Franchino. Amazing. One of the best games ever. And of course the 2002 World Cup..South Korea played co-host. South Korean legendary striker Hwang Sun-Hong scores Korea's first...people bet big on him to score Korea's opener(Dad, 500,000 Won..Korean money) Yoo Sang-Chul blasts from 30 metres for our second and we beat Poland 2-0. Ahn Jung-Hwan's header to draw the US...turned out he would clutch. And finally Park Ji-Sung's flick over Sergio Conceicao to blast past Ricardo against Portugal started our cinderella story run to the semi's defeating four European nations, three powerhouse along the way: Poland (2:0, )Portugal (1:0), Spain(0:0, 5:3AET, PK), and Italy(2:1). Critics bet against Asia that whole tournament...did not know who or what were to the soccer world, after this they knew. So how could a young Korean boy at the time not fall in love with the sport?