Soccer-Don't mention 1950! England head to scene of U.S. upset


BELO HORIZONTE Brazil (Reuters) - As if early exit from the World Cup in Brazil was not depressing enough for England, now they return to the scene of their infamous loss to a team of American amateurs six decades ago.

It was in Belo Horizonte, where the current team play their last Group D match against Costa Rica on Tuesday, that then much-feared England lost 1-0 in 1950 to a feisty, blue-collar U.S. side in one of the World Cup's greatest ever upsets.

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