The Korea Times
Korea will play two non-World Cup teams in their final tuneup matches for the big tournament, the national football federation announced Tuesday. The Korea Football Association (KFA) said South Korea, world No. 25, will face No. 100 Trinidad and Tobago at 7 p.m. on May 30 at BYU South Field in Provo, Utah, on the campus of Brigham Young University, and then face 102nd-ranked El Salvador at 7 p.m. on June 3 at the same venue. The kickoff for both matches in Korean time will be 10 a.m. May 31 and 10 a.m. June 4. Korea's head coach Hong Myung-bo will announce his World Cup squad Saturday in Seoul and will depart for Salt Lake City, Utah, for pre-World Cup training camp two days later. El Salvador's football federation had already announced last Tuesday that their national team will play Korea, and the KFA released further details on the venue and start time this week. Neither of the Korean opponents qualified for the upcoming FIFA World Cup. Korea's only previous meeting against Trinidad and Tobago resulted in a 1-1 draw on July 14, 2004, in Seoul. Korea also played El Salvador to a 1-1 draw
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