The Miracle on Grass.  Famous game at the 1950 world cup when England lost 0-1 to the USA.  It was England’s first appearance at the World Cup, and, with a reputation as the 'Kings of Football', were widely tipped to win the tournament in Brazil. After coming through their first game unscathed with a 2-0 win over Chile, Walter Winterbottom's team were faced with a far from threatening US team, which included a Scottish winger Eddie McIlvenny and a former baseball player and hearse driver Frank Borghi playing in goal. They scored the decisive goal when midfielder Walter Bahr's shot from 25 yards was met by the lunging Gaetjens, who glanced the ball past Bert Williams. In contrast, England boasted some of the best players in the world, with the likes of Tom Finney and Stan Mortensen.  Incredibly, Stanley Matthews, considered by many to be the world’s best player, was left out of the team. The USA meanwhile had lost their last seven international matches by a combined score of 45-2. An England win was considered a formality, the shock defeat shattered the widely held belief that England were the best team in the world.  ‘Those who didn't play could count themselves lucky," David Miller wrote in the Daily Express. "Sitting watching was agonising. We could have played for hours and not scored.  It was a bad ground, the Americans fought and chased, our rhythm eventually went. We felt we had let everybody down at home, though the wasn't the same awareness of the World Cup then. If we had won, well, it was just a cup."