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The summer camp students at Pingry School in Basking Ridge were enjoying their morning recess a couple of Fridays ago when a huge coach drove by. Momentarily, t
Casey Phair Yonhap News/MEGA The youngest player in this year’s FIFA Women’s World Cup was born in the United States, but she’s not playing with Megan Rapinoe and the rest of the USWNT — she’s playing for South Korea. Casey Phair, 16, became the youngest person ever to play in a Women’s World Cup when she subbed in during South Korea’s Tuesday, July 25, game against Colombia in the 78th minute. At 16 years and 26 days old, Phair broke the record previously held by the late Ifeanyi Chiejine, who
The 16-year-old South Korea forward Casey Yu-Jin Phair became the youngest player to ever play in the Women’s World Cup.
Casey Phair, a 16-year-old from New Jersey, has made history as the youngest player in FIFA Women's World Cup history. Making history: Phair, an American-born teenager from Warren Township, also became the youngest and the first mixed-race player of any gender to represent South Korea at the World Cup when she was tapped to play in the last 12 minutes of Monday night's match between South Korea and Colombia. The New Jersey teen previously represented the country at the youth level in the qualifiers for the 2024 U-17 Women’s Asian Cup.
Phair had been training with the Players Development Academy when she was called to play by both the U.S. and South Korean national teams