The Korean men's national soccer team, who spent three humiliating days with hopes of being eliminated from the group stage of the North and Central America World Cup, ended up being eliminated early from the 2026 North and Central American World Cup. On the 28th, the last day of the World Cup group stage, Korea received the report card of being eliminated from the group stage at their accommodation in Guadalajara, Mexico. Korea was pushed down to 10th place out of 12 teams in 3rd place in each group, and was given the last ticket to the round of 32 given to the top 8 teams.