"I came to see Son Heung-min." Korean lion stars appeared! WNBA's Park Ji-hyun and women's soccer Casey Fair with a 'victory commemorative photo'

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Korean sports stars active in Los Angeles, USA, had a special meeting at Son Heung-min's (34, LAFC) stadium.

On the 23rd (Korea time), Son Heung-min started in the 17th round of the 2026 season Major League Soccer (MLS) home match against Real Salt Lake City held at BMO Stadium in Los Angeles, California, USA.

That day, Son Heung-min led LAFC to a 3-1 victory with a 'one-man show' that included one goal, one assist, and even induced an own goal from the opponent. It was a stellar performance where he was involved in all three goals scored by LAFC.

After the match, familiar faces came to visit Son Heung-min. Park Ji-hyun (LA Sparks) of the Korean Yeo Ja-nong-gu (CEO) team active in the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Casey Fair (Angel City FC), an attacker for the Korean Yeo Ja-chuk-gu (CEO) team, visited BMO Stadium to cheer for Son Heung-min and took a victory commemorative photo after the game ended.

Park Ji-hyun is a star representing Korean women's basketball. After playing as a top-tier guard in the domestic WKBL, she chose to challenge overseas stages in 2024. Starting with Bankstown in Australia's NBL1, she went through Tokomana and Queens (New Zealand), Azulmarino Mallorca Palma (Spain), and this year donned the LA Sparks uniform to enter the WNBA stage.

Park Ji-hyun is the third Korean player ever to step onto the WNBA stage, following Jeong Seon-min (2003) and Park Ji-soo (2018).

That day, Park Ji-hyun took a selfie with Son Heung-min while wearing a cropped LAFC uniform and sunglasses perched on her head. Son Heung-min responded with a bright smile.

Korean Yeo Ja-chuk-gu (CEO) team attacker Casey Fair also visited the stadium. She posed next to Son Heung-min along with her teammate Giselle Thompson of Angel City FC.

Casey Fair is considered a future star of Korean women's soccer. Born to an American father and a Korean mother, she became the first mixed-race player in Korean Yeo Ja-chuk-gu (CEO) team history to wear the national emblem.

Born in 2007, Casey Fair participated in the 2023 FIFA Women's World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand at a young age. In the group stage match against Colombia, she set a record for both her A-match debut and her first World Cup appearance simultaneously. At that time, Casey Fair was 16 years and 26 days old. This was the youngest age ever for any player, male or female, to appear in a World Cup finals tournament.

Son Heung-min's LAFC, Park Ji-hyun's LA Sparks, and Casey Fair's Angel City FC are all based in Los Angeles. Although they play different sports, these three athletes representing Korean sports gathered in the same city.

That day, Son Heung-min delivered his best performance in front of watching Korean stars. In the 11th minute of the first half, he skillfully dribbled past an opponent defender near the penalty area and scored the opening goal with a left-footed shot. This was his second consecutive goal after the LA Galaxy match, marking back-to-back goals since returning to MLS.

In the 40th minute of the first half, he recorded an assist by making a precise forward pass that led to Denis Bouanga's additional goal. In the 23rd minute of the second half, a pass from Son Heung-min connected to the goal area hit opponent defender DeAndre Yedlin's foot and resulted in an own goal.

With one goal and one assist added that day, Son Heung-min recorded his second league goal and tenth assist of the season. Football statistics media FootMob gave Son Heung-min a rating of 7.8. This was the second-highest evaluation among LAFC players, following teammate Denis Bouanga (8.2).

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