Suwon 2002 World Cup Stadium
Busan l Park players warming up
If you're in Suwon, it's worth your while to check out the World Cup Stadium. I mean come on- Suwon is Korea's leading soccer town. The stadium has a seating capacity of 43,288, and was built over the span of 4 years, completed in 2001 at a cost of $190 million US.
Thanks to a friend's season tickets, I caught the Suwon Samsung Bluewings Vs. Busan game this afternoon. He was right. The Bluewings players are fierce! They are 3 time champions of the K-league and feature Ann Jung-Hwan who is the David Beckham of Korea. The team was greeted by thousands of screaming fans.
Suwon scraped by with a final score of 1-0. The wind was biting cold and we didn't wear enough clothes, but it was a good game; there were a lot of close calls and foul plays met by angry booing. One entire wing was packed with Bluewings supporters waving flags, chanting and setting off firecrackers:
One standard? The price of food was inflated: 5 USD each, for a Cass beer and roll of kimbap--
Captain of the Bluewings:
