Sporting Kansas City forward Diego Rubio started and played 57 minutes for the Chile Men's National Team in a 0-0 friendly draw against South Korea on Tuesday.
The occasion marked a momentous breakthrough for Rubio, who made his first senior international appearance for Chile since September 2011 and collected his fourth cap overall. The 25-year-old was deployed as a left winger for most of his shift in head coach Reinaldo Rueda's 4-2-3-1 formation. Joining Rubio in La Roja's attacking quartet was FC Barcelona's Arturo Vidal, Pachuca's Angel Sagal and Bayer Leverkusen's Charles Aranguiz.
Rubio won a pair of fouls during the first half and exited near the hour mark in a cagey contest at Suwon Stadium in Suwon, South Korea.