SON's toes, which are hotter than anyone else, should he score in four consecutive games? Starting or starting, Son Heung-min will be on the front line against Salt Lake

Sep 18, 2025

SON's toes, which are hotter than anyone else, should he score in four consecutive games? Starting or starting, Son Heung-min will be on the front line against Salt Lake
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SON's toes, which are hotter than anyone else, should he score in four consecutive games? Starting or starting, Son Heung-min will be on the front line against Salt Lake
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Son Heung-min aims to score in four consecutive official games with his hot toes.

Son Heung-min will play a regular league game against Real Salt Lake in the 2025 season of the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) at America First Field in Sandy, Utah on the 18th (Korea time).

Son Heung-min has been included in the starting list for five consecutive games. Son Heung-min will play as the front-line striker in the 4-3-3 formation. Son Heung-min will build a three-top with Dennis Vuanga and Timothy Tillman on the left and right. Eddie Segura, Maci Delgado and Mathieu Coyneier are located in the midfield. The defense consists of Ryan Hollingshead, Nkosi Tafari, Larian Potterus and Sergi Palencia. The goal is defended by Hugo Lloris.




SON's toes, which are hotter than anyone else, should he score in four consecutive games? Starting or starting, Son Heung-min will be on the front line against Salt Lake
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He aims to score in two consecutive league games and score in four official games. Son Heung-min showed off his good form by scoring consecutive goals against the U.S. and Mexico in the A-match in September. Immediately, he also scored against San Jose EarthQuake in the league to continue his momentum. If he scores against Salt Lake, he can complete his fourth consecutive game.

Son Heung-min has emerged as the best star in MLS since joining LA FC. Everyone paid attention to entering MLS, and Son Heung-min's uniform sold like hot cakes, recording the highest sales ever. It was the same in the game. Son Heung-min flew from the first game of LA FC as a substitute. In the MLS regular league away game against Chicago Fire FC, he played a sharp move to win a tie penalty, and LA FC moved away 2-2 thanks to Son Heung-min's performance.

The same was true of his debut as a starter. It was a perfect performance against New England. Starting with Son Heung-min, LA FC eventually scored the first goal. Son Heung-min also scored an offensive point. Son Heung-min dug in front of the arc and stabbed a pass to Mathieu Choniere, who was jumping to the left. Chonière's shot led to a goal and sealed the game. In the third game against Dallas FC, he scored his debut goal with a fantastic free kick, and in the previous match against San Jose, he surprised everyone by scoring the first goal less than a minute later.




SON's toes, which are hotter than anyone else, should he score in four consecutive games? Starting or starting, Son Heung-min will be on the front line against Salt Lake
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Opposition teams are also paying attention to Son Heung-min. He actively utilized Son Heung-min's marketing. The previous opponent, San Jose, is originally a team that uses PayPal Stadium, which accommodates 18,000 people, as its home stadium. However, after hearing that Son Heung-min was coming, he decided to change the stadium at Levi's Stadium to accommodate as many people as possible. He was so passionate that he rented the stadium to greet Son Heung-min.

The effect was great. As many as 59,778 people entered the stadium, which houses 68,000 people. It was more than three times the size of the entire audience at PayPal Stadium, San Jose's existing home. This is where you can guess Son Heung-min's ticket power.

Salt Lake, the opponent of this match, was also conscious of this and did not leave out Son Heung-min's name in the match preview. This season, Salt Lake released previews of the game several times, but there was no case of writing down the name of the player at the same time, not just the name of the opponent's team. On the other hand, ahead of the match against LA FC, he wrote down the name of 'Son Heung-min', suggesting Son's influence.








This article was translated by Naver AI translator.