The second day of 2010 World Cup tournament saw an action packed day where Team USA took on England on Saturday, June 12th, at 8:30 p.m. local time at the Royal Bafoking Stadium in Rustenburg in the nations of South Africa. The cousins have met before, but England almost always schooled the US.
This is the first official match up between the “cousins” since the 1-0 U.S. defeat of Team England during the 1950 World Cup in Brazil; a game many consider the greatest upset in World Cup history and possibly the U.S. team’s greatest victory. Sixty years ago, when the U.S. and British media finally got around to reporting the game, many considered the news of the 1-0 U.S. win to be a typo.
From National Geographic
- 1950 In one of the biggest upsets in soccer history, USA beat England 1-0 in the 1950 World Cup in Brazil.
- 1953 In a friendly match in New York, England got revenge from the 1950 upset bybeating USA 6-3 in Yankee Stadium.
- 1959 England demolished USA 8-1 in Los Angeles in 1959. Bobby Charlton scored a hat trick.
- 1964 England pounded on USA once again in New York in Downing Stadium, winning 10-0. Roger Hunt scored four goals.
- 1985 England routed USA 5-0 in Los Angeles, California.
- 1993 USA upset England in the 1993 U.S Cup in Foxborough by a score of 2-0. Thomas Dooley and Alexi Lalas scored.
- 2005 USA lost 2-1 to England in a friendly match in Chicago’s Soldier Field, America’s first loss on home soil in more than two years.
- 2008 England beat USA 2-0 in a friendly at England’s Wembley Stadium. Goals were scored by John Terry and Steven Gerrard.
US just rocked the UK with one of the easiest goal you will see….At minute 40! The England keeper must feel bad that ball looked too easy…but again it is all in the head….I am sure Green will redeem himself in the near future.
The US players know there is so much at stake….they want revenge and they want to become mainstream, a win and strong showing in the World Cup won’t hurt….
Ending the game with a tie where the score to 1:1, an upgrade for the underdog American team!
Game still going, lots of energy on both sides. 3 minutes from original time….England is pressuring the States, but the Americans are up to the challenge, stellar finish for the US. Both teams had mis-communications. But when the game was over, my first thought “Dude, soccer now is officially an American Game.”
Last Word, Tim Howard (The American goalkeeper) should be the Secretary of Homeland Security…he is definitely keeping America SAFE!
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