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Kim Kee-hee of Seattle and Hwang In-beom of Vancouver played every minute in each of the first three games of their team. They are only the third and fourth South Korean players in the history of MLS after Hong Myung-Bo of the Los Angeles Galaxy in 2003-04 and Lee Young-Pyo of Vancouver in 2012-13.
Kim, a 29-year-old center, joined Seattle last season and made 29 appearances, helping the Sounders secure a second place finish at the Western Conference, while Hwang was secured by the Whitecaps before this season. Kim, who helped South Korea win the bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, was seduced by Seattle after playing in China alongside former Sounders star Obafemi Martins. who told his former MLS club to give Kim a quick look.
Hwang, a 22-year-old midfielder, joined Vancouver in January and played in South Korea's friendly victories over Bolivia last week and Colombia on Tuesday.
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