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| Robot Go Coach Cho Seung-je, Women's Football Federation Chairman Yang Myung-seok, Korea Football Association President Chung Mong-kyu, FC Manager Ahn Tae-hwa, Changnyeong FC |
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| Jung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, Yang Myung-seok, president of the Women's Football Federation, and coaches of WK League clubs, high school and university departments are shouting fighting at a meeting on the 12th to discuss pending issues in women's soccer. , |
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The first step in the 'field communication' move of Chung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association, who succeeded in winning the fourth term with overwhelming support was women's soccer.
Shortly after the Cheonan Football Center Media Day event on the 12th, Chairman Chung made a sudden visit to Seoul for the `Meeting with Women's Soccer.' At 4:30 p.m. on the day, a closed meeting was held at the Shinmun-ro Football Center in Seoul to discuss pending issues in women's soccer. The schedule was set for the WK League Media Day event, which is scheduled to open on the 15th, and D Day, where female soccer players gather. Chairman Chung met with WK League club officials, coaches, high school and university coaches immediately after the end of the event with Yang Myung-seok, the new president of the Women's Football Association, and had a casual communication for nearly two hours.
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| Seoul City Hall Director Yoo Young-sil |
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| Director Yoon Deok-yeo Sejong Sports Toto |
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| Director Kwon Young-in of Gwangyang Girls' High School, Jeonnam |
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| Lee Mi-yeon, managing director of Mungyeong, and Song Joo-hee, director of KHNP. |
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WK League managers presented active opinions and solutions related to pending issues such as introducing VAR, raising the prize money (20 million won currently), supporting the creation of a women's youth team for club licensing, and improving the draft system. University coaches mentioned the crisis at the site, where the women's soccer college department has been reduced to a demonstration event for the National Sports Festival from this year as the number of women's soccer college teams has decreased to seven. It requested the establishment of an additional women's soccer team at prestigious universities and the creation of a women's U-League so that more promising players can develop their dreams of soccer. High school coaches expressed the opinion that the system needs to be improved from elementary school soccer to revitalize women's soccer. Chairman Chung, the association and the federation plan to listen to the leaders' on-site opinions and put them into action starting with practical measures. Chairman Chung's commitment to implementing more pledges than ever related to women's soccer, such as entering the top 10 in the FIFA rankings, hosting the 2035 Women's World Cup, and hosting the Integrated FA Cup for Professional and Amateur to revitalize women's soccer is also firm. Yang Myung-seok, president of the Women's Football Association, said "Chairman Chung contacted me directly and urgently pushed for a meeting on Media Day." Women's soccer was the place to gain strength. Not all problems can be solved immediately, but it was a place where we could change and develop in a future-oriented way by communicating together." Chairman Chung called again this morning after the meeting. He said to organize the contents of the meeting well and improve the areas to be improved after looking at the regulations. 'It is not easy to implement it right now, but let's prepare for change by collecting all opinions from now on.' The association hinted that it would actively reflect the opinions from the federation.'
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| Jung Mong-gyu, president of the Korea Football Association |
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| President of Women's Football Federation Yang Myung-seok |
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The Korea Football Association and the Women's Soccer Federation are finally starting to see one direction. Regarding the first meeting on the day, Chairman Yang said, `President Chung heard a lot of stories at the women's soccer field during the election and put them into action right after winning the election.' In the future, I will lead the development by cooperating with the Korea Football Association. On our own, we have to work harder. My shoulders are heavy."
The directors of 'Veteran' who participated in the meeting also sang hope. Park Gil-young, manager of Suwon FC Women, said, "'WK League Defending Champion' I've worked in women's soccer for 10 years, and this was the first time I've done this."The WK League managers also said everything they had to say. A lot of stories have been exchanged, and it was a meaningful occasion. "When you think it's too late, it's the earliest time. Women's soccer is waiting, looking forward, and appreciating even the slightest hope. Ahead of the opening of the season, I have hope and expectations again." Kwon Young-in, the coach of Gwangyang Girls' High School in Jeollanam-do who won the 'High School Best Leader Award' last year, said "It was the first time for women's soccer coaches to meet and talk with the president of the Korea Football Association in person." It was a place to confirm the association's changed interest and sincerity." "We have high expectations for the development of women's soccer through synergy between associations and federations in the future." It was a place where women's soccer players came to have hopes of `Here we go again.'
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
