SUWON, Gyeonggi Province — On a mild Saturday in late February, traffic around Suwon World Cup Stadium slowed to a crawl. Red express buses from Seoul and across Gyeonggi Province arrived brimming with supporters clad in royal blue, their chants rising in waves. Nearly 900 meters from the arena, the sound was already thunderous — audible even through the sealed windows of a city bus inching toward the stadium. Welcome to the home of Korean football. The occasion was the 2026 K League 2 season opener, pitting storied powerhouse Suwon Samsung Bluewings against Seoul E-Land FC at the 44,000-seat "Big Bird" stadium ― the wing-roofed colosseum that hosted four matches during the 2002 FIFA World Cup. A banner stretching across the concourse read "Home of Football," and the 24,071 supporters who filled the stands that afternoon made the slogan feel like an understatement, smashing the K League 2 all-time single-match attendance record. For nearly 100 minutes, the N section behind the goal — the domain of the Frente Tricolor, Suwon's organized supporters group — erupted in nonstop song