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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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Son Heung-min's ticket power is beyond imagination.
Vancouver Whitecaps FC said on its official website on the 15th (Korea time) that the semifinals of the U.S. Major League Soccer (MLS) Playoff Western Conference against LAFC at BC Place on the 23rd have been sold out. The club is expecting an all-time crowd of more than 53,000, so fans are encouraged to enter early, it said in a statement.
In fact, it was hard to predict that LAFC and Vancouver would sell out. Although MLS's popularity is growing little by little, Vancouver is a club that does not fill BC Place. The average attendance of the regular league in the 2025 season was about 20,000. BC Place was not a difficult stadium to book, with the smallest number of people being around 17,000. It didn't sell out even after entering the playoffs. The crowd was only about 32,000 when they faced FC Dallas in the first round of the Western Conference playoffs.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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However, the number of spectators is expected to increase by more than 20,000 in the Western Conference semifinal match. American journalists are also surprised by the popularity of the match between Vancouver and LAFC. More than 50,000 people have been reported to visit BC Place since early November, and on the 13th, American journalist Jenny Janowo said on her personal SNS that more than 50,000 tickets for the playoff game against LAFC were officially sold. This game is expected to be sold out with a capacity of about 53,000 people.'
Will Son Heung-min's ticket power surpass Lionel Messi. BC Place, which can fill 54,500 people, was almost sold out only once this season. As many as 53837 people visited in the semifinal home game of the North-China-American Soccer Federation (CONCACAF) Champions Cup against Inter Miami. When Messi emerged from the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup, the same tournament as the European Champions League (UCL) in North and Central America, the crowd gathered.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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It seems that soccer fans in Canada and the United States also booked tickets to see Son Heung-min when Son Heung-min appeared. Vancouver also publicly mentioned Son Heung-min. The club said, `This is the third consecutive MLS playoff match between Vancouver and LAFC, and it is the first time since Thomas Muller of Vancouver and Son Heung-min of LAFC joined. The two teams have faced off 14 times in all competitions over the past three years,' he said, promoting Müller and Son Heung-min's showdown.
It is the Western Conference playoff semifinals, where Son Heung-min is proving to have the same ticket power as Messi.
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| A match warm-up match between South Korea and Bolivia held at Daejeon World Cup Stadium on the 14th. Son Heung-min scored the first free kick goal and is sharing his joy. Daejeon = Reporter's wook@sportschosun.com/2025.11.14/ |
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Now what Son Heung-min has to prove is his ability. If you pass Müller's Vancouver, which is currently rated higher than LAFC, you can really win the MLS playoffs. If Son wins for two consecutive seasons, Son Heung-min can now become a 'Guy of the Relationship'.
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
