Dave Young Kim has a confession to make.

The muralist who splashed Son Heung-Min on a Koreatown wall? He wasn’t much of a soccer fan before he was commissioned for this work.

When the Korean-American artist was asked to paint a mural of Son, he started to do his research. Excited friends sent him information, articles and video clips. Quickly, he understood why it was such a big deal that Son arrived in Los Angeles this summer via an MLS-record transfer from English Premier League side Tottenham Hotspur.

“It was love at first sight as soon as I started understanding who he was,” the artist told MLSsoccer.com this week.

“This means a lot to me. It’s very cool watching the community latch on to someone. They have a hero. They have someone who looks like them.”

High praise

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