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From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken)
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Subject: Re: World Cup History
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Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 08:02:58 EST
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>Just out of curiousity, anyone have any theories why the US has never
>had any real success in sports like soccer??

What is real success?  The United States has reached the semi-finals
as often as England, Scotland, Ireland, Northern Ireland, and Wales
COMBINED.  In 1950, the US pulled off what may have been the biggest
upset in the history of World soccer (United States 1 England 0; the
English papers thought it was obviously a typo and meant 0-10!).

The US does reasonably well in World Youth tournaments as well.
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James C. Armstrong, Jnr.	{ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa