FC Seoul & Me, 2019

The thirty-sixth season of the Korean professional soccer league began on March 2nd--FC Seoul played the next day, Sunday, and played pretty well, especially on defense, winning 2 - 0 vs. Pohang. While I was there, I did not take pictures. But for today's third game, against a strong Jeju United squad, I thought of you, Dear Reader, and snapped a few pix. Upon arriving at the venue, I saw this series of life-size cutouts of the team, and had to get a shot:


While I had the phone camera up, I got a photo with the new mascot. The mascot is a 도깨비 goblin from Korean mythology, though the new one seems to be a half-human one. I've reposted a pic from some years ago below it for comparison.


As has been the case for several years, the plaza next to the stadium has a play area, putatively for kids--although I suspect at least one part of the event is geared more for the dads:


(and I should point out the temperature was in the single digits!)

This pic is the kickoff, and both teams played pretty well, with Jeju gradually gaining the upper hand, at least in the first half, but neither team managed much in the way of real chances throughout. Seoul heated up toward the end but came away empty-handed and the result was a scoreless tie.


Next home game is March 30 against current #1 Sangmu. Stay tuned.

PS: click on "soccer" in the label cloud to see loads of FC Seoul posts through the years.