The Korea Times
SALT LAKE CITY, United States — Defender Cho Yu-min was ruled out of the FIFA World Cup on Sunday due to a foot injury suffered during a friendly match the previous day. The Korea Football Association (KFA) announced Cho will miss the tournament due to a partial tear of the plantar fascia in his right foot. "He will be out for eight weeks, and we decided he won't be able to play in the World Cup," a national team official told reporters Sunday in Salt Lake City, Utah, where the Taegeuk Warriors have been training since mid-May ahead of the June 11-July 19 World Cup. "He will return home and focus on treatment and recovery." Cho suffered the injury in a non-contact play during South Korea's 5-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday at BYU South Field in Provo, Utah. After stealing the ball from an opposing player early in the second half, Cho pulled up lame and called for a team trainer, as he went down to the ground in obvious pain. Cho was tended to by the medical staff for a few moments and walked gingerly off the pitch. He was then carried out of the stadium on the back of a team
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