Thursday, June 23, 2016

Curse of the penalty shootout hangs over England again (The Associated Press)

Englands Wayne Rooney, right, vies for the ball with England's Jordan Henderson during a training session in Chantilly, France, Thursday, June 23, 2016. England will face Iceland in a Euro 2016 round of 16 soccer match in Nice on Monday, June 27. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

England is back in the knockout stage of a major soccer tournament. England has lost six of its seven shootouts in major tournaments since 1990, making it something of an unwanted tradition for the national team. Players like Stuart Pearce, Chris Waddle, Gareth Southgate and David Batty are as well known for missing penalties for England than anything else they achieved in their careers.


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