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USA 1, England 0 (1950)

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by garyclark on Saturday, December 5th, 2009 at 10:16am

Seeing as how all of England’s attempts at revenge against the United States for the Revolutionary War have failed dramatically, next summer in South Africa will offer our friends across the pond another chance at payback. In 1950, the US beat England in one of the biggest upsets in soccer history.

The World Cup draw took place yesterday. And among the more interesting groupings are the Yanks and the Brits. For the record, supporters of Sam’s Army will have no complaints with this grouping. Along with England and the US in Group C are Algeria and Slovenia.

Recent World Cups have resulted in some tough draws and subsequent conspiracy theories from American soccerheads. Not in 2010. Not only should the US clearly advance out of that group based on their talent, but they could conceivably win it, especially if rumors of Charlie Davies’ recovery are accurate.

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