Dutch coach Hiddink to visit Seoul

Dutch coach Hiddink to visit Seoul

SEOUL: Dutch coach Guus Hiddink, who led South Korea to the World Cup semifinals, will return to Seoul next month to attend an inter-Korean soccer match on Sept. 7., soccer officials said Tuesday.

North and South Korea agreed to the soccer match during Cabinet-level talks in Seoul last week.

"Hiddink has promised to watch the inter-Korean soccer match," said Ka Sam-hyun, an official at the Korea Football Association.

Hiddink, who first arrived in Seoul in January 2001, became a national hero for guiding the red-clad Koreans to the semifinals of the World Cup - where they lost 1-0 to Germany.

No Asian team has ever done as well on soccer's biggest stage. --AP