But there was a perfectly valid reason for "USA beats England 1-1"
as a headline, as they were quoting their own historic sports headlines from another match (American football, natch) where the expected victors had been held to a draw instead of having an easy win.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Beats_Yale_29-29
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