VANCOUVER, BC – When Vancouver Whitecaps FC host Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday night at BC Place, it could mark the first occasion that two Korean-born players – Vancouver’s Inbeom Hwang and Seattle’s Kim Kee-hee – go head-to-head in a Major League Soccer match.
Which seems a little surprising considering the league has been around since 1996.
For one reason or another, MLS has never emerged as a viable option for players from Korea to this point. In fact, aside from Hwang and Kee-hee, only two other Korean-born players have appeared in the league.