Casey Yu-jin Phair made World Cup history on Tuesday in Sydney, Australia.
The previous record belonged to Nigeria’s Ifeanyi Chiejine. She was 16 years and 34 days old when she made her debut in 1999. Phair beat that mark by just eight days.
Phair scored five goals in just two games with South Korea’s u-17 team in Asian Cup qualifying earlier this spring. It wasn’t long after that that she was drafted up to the senior team, and eventually she made the World Cup roster — which made her the first mixed-heritage player to do so in the team’s history. Much of Phair's family still lives in South Korea, and her dad, Shane, estimates that they spend about half of their time in the country.
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