This is true. The Yanks have put a hex on us, still it was nice to hear the old boy reminisce about that day. It happened 5 years before I was born so I only know about it from books and the odd bit of footage. That's football for you.

@@mnd1955 67 years?

@@luciano2003. Indeed. Time flies.

Ok bro before the world cup everyone says France have never beaten England in world cup history ,but in 2022 France beat England for the first time and France creates history

And you see bro history is never be longer

I was at the game. We played extremely tough.

We will see you in next world cup,and We will humiliate you on your home ground

It's called soccer not football 😊❤

Hopefully that we can repeat that success against them, or even upset them in 2026 even with Berhalter at the helm.

Yes, much like the American Revolutionary War... Underestimate the opponent, well... Btw I think the English are more suited to play just Scrabble.. Much fun and no injuries, my heaven.

@@ZoolGatekeeper They better not underestimate anyone in scrabble. They invented the language!

@@ZoolGatekeeper even 1950s uk will lost to america.

@Welcome to the Mars It was group of English colonies.

Let’s see what happens this year

A Fire Inside The fact you refuse to believe it happened doesn't make it any less valid

to bad URUGUAY beat all the odds

500 to 1 was still too much. Despite this historical victory that we all remember, USA still ended up as the last place of its group in that Cup. They had zero chance of winning the tourney.

Iceland brought me here, too. I don't actually remember the match, I would have been six years old, but I read about it in soccer books mid-50s.

Talking about ice... in all fairness.. Great Britain(England) has an Olympic Gold in Ice Hockey... Don't ask me HOW in the name of (anything)..

England has more wins in football than anyone, but come the finals they don't turn up, nobody knows why??

@@douglassimpson5932 no they don't

Scores paraguay

Infamy infamy..... They've all got it IN-FOR-ME....!!!!

I read a magazine article where they interviewed the goalkeeper of the US team that beat England. His real profession was funeral director, and he had buried a few of his old team mates.

Sir Curtis Seretse and the goal scorer of that match was never seen from again

bruh I am from Costa Rica and this video almost made me cry, world cup underdog stories are something else !!

so ur 50+ years old

National team still rubbish.

Soccer*

No, it's football

@@ikbendom5663 0-0

@@rajkobjelica4905 yet we still own England

Wut?

@johnathan Joe Gaetjens, the goalscorer, was imprisoned by Haitian dictator Jacques Duvalier, who was pretty much like Mussolini. Gaetjens was imprisoned and most likely executed by Duvalier's cronies solely because Gaetjens's family spoke out against duvalier.

Harry Callahan Wow, didn't know.

Wow, source?

@@AJB_5 Check it on Wikipedia of Joe Gaetjens

😁😁😁😁

@Ben Campbell well it’s something

@Ben Campbell It IS a rivalry. I mean, people consider Argentina and England rivals, and they're miles away with only the Falkland wars as their point of connection. America and England are culturally similar, have a lot of history against and with each other, and played a historic match in the World Cup. You can absolutely call this a rivalry.

1950: Brazil vs Uruguay 1-2 1954: Hungary vs England 7-1 2018: France vs England 7-1

it was a shock for 2 weeks until the final happened

Meh. England overestimated themselves as usual. There’s been many more shocking results in the WC. Even in the 1950, Uruguay beating Brazil was a bigger shock.

​@@mncdssctn9110agreed, this was a big upset but nowhere close to being the biggest

Tyson vs Douglas

ahahh most of other countries trainer or manager mostly are from other countries rather that the original country it is not just the usa

you've missed my point. I was not having a dig at the usa. my point was I am glad the manager was scottish

Is it a fact?? What was his name??

@Jimmy Jimmy Yes he was, Bill Jeffrey, from Edinburgh. And the USA captain for this match was Scottish too (though perhaps by that point a 'naturalised' American, not sure). Can't you even do a quick Google search to find that out? I thought Yanks were meant to be superior.

Not possible nowadays 😭

I know I'm a little late here, but I think it's considered a bigger shock because the USA/England game proved to everyone that massive shocks were possible. Like the video said, initially people could not believe that the USA won and called the reports on the game a hoax and as far as I'm aware no such accusations occured after the North Korean win. By the time the North Korea/Italy game came around, the possibility of a giant-killing was known to everyone because of the American victory, so the North Korean victory wasn't quite as shocking to the world. Had the Italy defeat occured before the England defeat, I think the Italy game would be consider a bigger shock because it would have introduced the real possibility of a World-class team being beaten by a group on unknowns. Of course, it was still a massive shock, but the general initial reaction was more along the lines of shock and anger, rather than the sheer disbelief and absolute denial that the USA win produced.

hawkinsss999 true that!

I would say USA beating England in 1950 is bigger - North Korea were actually a decent side (they went 3-0 up against a strong Portugal side until Eusebio took over) and Italy played that Korean match with 10 men for an hour as Bulgarelli was carried off injured and there were no subs back then.

@@hugodrax71 People (even in Italy) tend to forget about the Italians having only 10 men against N Korea. Also most experts even in England tend to forget about the 1950 game since it didn't have too many consequences for the England team. Because of the 1966 game the manager was sacked and whenever Italy come up against any "little" team in a major tournament they always talk about the possibility of "another Korea" happening again. Plus in 1950 there wasn't the mass media and tv that was around in 1966 to spread the gossip. Also in 1950 England could still make amends by beating Spain in their final game (they lost 1 0 ) while Italys defeat signalled immediate elimination.

NICKY29031977: Each edition of the major world cups has at least 1 ''unexpected'' or ''big shock'' result; and on those times, that was a big one :O In my own opinion, these are the most shocking results on each major world cup edition (and i ''embigness'' MY OPINION): - URUGUAY 1930: France 0 - 1 Chile - ITALY 1934: Argentina 2 - 3 Sweden - FRANCE 1938: Romania 1 - 2 Cuba 0_o - BRAZIL 1950: England 0 - 1 USA - SWITZERLAND 1954: France 0 - 1 Yugoslavia - SWEDEN 1958: Hungary 1 - 2 Wales - CHILE 1962: Mexico 3 - 1 Czechoslovakia - ENGLAND 1966: Italy 0 - 1 North Korea - MEXICO 1970: Sweden 1 - 1 Israel - WEST GERMANY 1974: West Germany 0 - 1 East Germany - ARGENTINA 1978: Mexico 1 - 3 Tunez - SPAIN 1982: Spain 0 - 1 North Ireland - MEXICO 1986: Portugal 1 - 3 Morocco - ITALY 1990: Argentina 0 - 1 Cameroon - USA 1994: Germany 1 - 2 Bulgaria - FRANCE 1998: Spain 2 - 3 Nigeria - SOUTH KOREA_JAPAN 2002: France 0 - 1 Senegal - GERMANY 2006: Sweden 0 - 0 Trinidad & Tobago - SOUTHAFRICA 2010: France 0 - 2 Mexico - BRAZIL 2014: Italy 0 - 1 Costa Rica - RUSSIA 2018: Germany 0 - 1 Mexico

Harry Keough was a mail carrier as was Frank "Pee Wee" Wallace. Charlie Columbo was a dock worker, Gino Pariani was a meat packer and Frank Borghi was a funeral director. Gaetjens was an exchange student and short order cook.

You might be right. English supporters can be quite arrogant and unlikeable. I know. Because I live here in England. I wish I could live in US having visited there many times. People there seem to be more likeable than in England where I unfortunately presently live. I was more happy in US when I visited there last hopefully in future I will find a way to move over there from England where I am now, also I really like the American player in this video. He seems like a really likeable humble guy.

Also John "Clarkie" Souza was a millworker and Pacific Theater veteran from Fall River, Massachusetts who began his playing career at age 26

Bearded Sailor Wow! Thanks for the info. This is my favorite World Cup game ever.

@@rohanmarkjay I love England more than the USA. In my opinion.

True, there is even an England fan in this comment section hyping up the English squad and keep bringing up 1966.

How many times have the women’s team lost to a a bunch of freshman boys ? 100% of the time

3-0-1! The USA women beat England 3-0 in 2007 as well! (1950, Men's World Cup) USA 1-0 England (2007, Women's World Cup) USA 3-0 England (2010, Men's World Cup) USA 1-1 England (2019, Women's World Cup) USA 2-1 England

@@mazdakmina9493 👍🏻

Womens football?? Alright Cricket Rugby Tour de france Winners, Formula one, do i need to go on! Rock bands yes i do!!

@@douglassimpson5932 Cope and seethe limey

they did not destroy them

2-1 In extra time is hardly being 'destroyed'

There will be more teams to destroy England.

@@6616Milan Come back when America can qualify for the world cup. 🥱

croatia edged eng 2-1 would be way more realistic.

@Mad Exploiter actually the USA is getting better but Mexico is falling to the point where Mexicans start going to the mls

oh wow it really is

Yeah, US was once really love this sport before (America's Golden Age of Soccer) that culminating with US team finished in 3rd place at 1st World Cup Uruguay 1930.

Ah yes a hatian

They will face in 2022 instead.

This was 69 years ago. What the fuck has US soccer achieved since then?

First of all its 69 years ago second of all its football not soccer.

@@AH-be6bu Well, the USA won the women's World Cup recently.

Like it or not, when America gets it right, they will dominate like they have always been a top ten team. Right now we struggle with identity and also our youth programs. For a country with our population and resources, we will definitely find our way one day.

Pfffffffffft yeah sure

@@slan0305 who’s laughing now we just beat Mexico back to back

Tbf England were unlucky in 1950. As the American guy says England dominated and from what I’ve heard they hit the woodwork on numerous occasions. It was just one of those days like 1973 with Poland. The Iceland match England just played like a damp squib. So much worse in my opinion

short shorts helped the textile crisis in britain in the 80s and also it was said they were more flexible, plus they liked showing good legs

they don't have it. only short clips

Unfortunately there was a fire that burned a lot of the tapes of these matches ( including the full length of the world cup final in 1950)

the whole USMNT still says soccer... japanese and Koreans say soccer... Australians say soccer..... Canadians also say soccer lol

England, who invented the game, started it. There was gridiron football, which resulted in north american football rules. Rugby football which became just rugby. And then soccer football which most of the world just calls football except in some countries that play other types and call it soccer.

good idea maybe us kiwis can kick out cricket and rugby to qualify for 2022

Stopped NBA ? Lol never gonna happen. Basketball is still their cultural country sport. MLB ? They wouldn't either. For NFL, I somewhat agree. Maybe they should stopped NFL and should be more into a real Rugby 🏉 sports instead.

Woww You know a lot about Brazil's teams, I'm impressed. we are in Latin america confused with the weak performance in Argentina to qualify for Russia2018, and in competitions he always reach the final, but has no power to win the final in 23 years in a row. very strange .

France was full of african players and won in 2018

To quote Megan Rapinoe: "wah, wah, wah!"

They all had U.S. passports so they were all eligible. Russia played with a Brazilian in 2018 and European countries have been playing with African-born players since forever.

What are you talkin about all of them had passport

Weep

but we have sooooo

They beat Argentina on the copa America 3 0

No because those were expected lol, there's no way you're salty over a game over 70 years ago.💀

Brazil was

@@isaacveynaflores1105 nope