With a sea of red against them - 붉은 바다 ??? 피파다 ???, the United States moved within a point of qualifying for the second round of the World Cup.

Clint Mathis scored a 24th-minute goal in his return to the lineup, and Brad Friedel made several brilliant saves, including the stop on a penalty kick. But South Korea tied it in the 78th minute when second-half substitute Ahn Jung-hwan outjumped defender Jeff Agoos to head in a pass from Lee Eul-yong.

"That was a ball between Agoos and myself,'' Friedel said. "You have to give them a little bit of credit 이 눔들이 주글라구~~, too. They put us under a lot of pressure in the second half and it's hard to withstand that pressure.''

Ahn simulated a speedskater in his goal celebration, a reference to the disqualication of Kim Dong-sung in the 1,500-meter short-track final of February's Salt Lake City Olympics, which resulted in a gold medal for American Apolo Anton Ohno. 푸하하하하~~~~~

South Korea, sky high after its 2-0 opening upset of Poland, dominated most of the game and had a chance to win it in the 89th. Choi Soo-yong,최수용이 도데체 누구지????? 이름두 틀리다니... 쯔업 with an open net, chipped the ball over the crossbar.

"We outplayed them for much of the second half,'' said South Korea's Dutch coach, Guus Hiddink.