Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site abnji.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ihnp4!houxm!mhuxt!mhuxv!abnji!nyssa From: nyssa@abnji.UUCP (nyssa of traken) Newsgroups: net.sport Subject: Re: World Cup History Message-ID: <924@abnji.UUCP> Date: Thu, 31-Oct-85 08:02:58 EST Article-I.D.: abnji.924 Posted: Thu Oct 31 08:02:58 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 2-Nov-85 04:32:32 EST References: <235@Navajo.ARPA> Organization: Terminus Hospital, Incorporated Lines: 12 >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. -- James C. Armstrong, Jnr. {ihnp4,cbosgd,akgua}!abnji!nyssa