South Korea’s Casey Phair, left, and Colombia’s Carolina Arias compete for the ball in the course of the Women’s World Cup Group H soccer match between Colombia and South Korea on the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

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South Korea’s Casey Phair, left, and Colombia’s Carolina Arias compete for the ball in the course of the Women’s World Cup Group H soccer match between Colombia and South Korea on the Sydney Football Stadium in Sydney, Australia, Tuesday, July 25, 2023.

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An American set a few information Tuesday within the Women’s World Cup, however she wasn’t taking part in for Team USA.

When South Korea subbed 16-year-old ahead Casey Phair of New Jersey into its opening match towards Colombia in Sydney, numerous Western media have been fast to to note that she grew to become the youngest participant ever to compete within the Women’s World Cup. Phair is 16 years and 26 days previous, and when she entered the match within the 78th minute, she beat the earlier mark set by Ifeanyi Chiejine, according to The Athletic. Chiejine was 16 years and 34 days previous when she performed for Nigeria towards North Korea in 1999.

Colombia finally defeated South Korea, 2-0.

Phair’s father is American and mom is South Korean, making {the teenager} the primary dual-national and mixed-race participant named to a South Korean senior nationwide soccer crew, feminine or male.

South Korea coach Colin Bell told the Reuters news service that Phair has earned her spot on the nationwide senior crew. “Casey is going not as a passenger but as a valuable member of the squad.”

Youth is being served elsewhere on this 12 months’s Women’s World Cup: Midfielder Giulia Dragoni, who was born Nov. 7, 2006, performed Monday towards Argentina. When Dragoni performed for Italy on July 1 towards Morocco, she was 16 years and 236 days previous, according to Forbes.