Top 4 upsets on the biggest stage in football

2. USA beat England 1-0 (1950 World Cup) :

Joe Gaetjens scores the winner in 1950

USA have never won a football World Cup. Forget winning the World Cup, half of America didn’t even know that a sport called as ‘Soccer’ even existed (though now times have changed and the USA play ‘Soccer’ along with their regular doses of NFL and NBA!) England, with the legendary Stanley Matthews and Tom Finney in their ranks, would have laughed their socks off at the mention of even a goal conceded, let alone an upset, to the Americans, who consisted of ‘part-time’ players in their ranks (dishwashers and school teachers included!). But the unthinkable happened as the Americans put up a valiant show and won thanks to a 38th minute Joe Gaetjens goal. But after this historic result, the USA next played in the World Cup after 40 long years (1990), whereas England exited the 1950 tournament early after the shocker.