USA def. England, 1950 World Cup:
Soccer has never been exactly the United States’ area of expertise in sporting prowess, as the rest of the world tends to outpace them quite handily on the pitch. Indeed, they had lost 45 of their last 47 games internationally before this historic match-up.
Of course, Great Britain had always been one of the world-class teams ranked higher than the Americans. Heading into the 1950 World Cup, England was a monstrous 500-to-1 favorite over America. The US shocked them by a score of 1-0, however.