Loss to U.S. Is English Disaster : Soccer: Americans break 388-minute scoreless streak and beat England, 2-0, for the first time in 43 years.

After 43 years, the unthinkable happened again--the United States beat England in soccer.

Thomas Dooley and Alexi Lalas scored for the Americans and goalkeeper Tony Meola made several acrobatic saves in a 2-0 victory over the English in the U.S. Cup ’93 tournament Wednesday night at Foxboro Stadium.

The victory was the first for a U.S. team against England since the 1950 World Cup--a 1-0 victory by the Americans in Brazil.

The loss will be seen as a national disgrace in England.

American fans chanted “U-S-A! U-S-A!” in the closing minutes. English fans mocked their team, yelling “we’re so bad it’s unbelievable,” and calling for the firing of Manager Graham Taylor.

The Americans, who had gone 388 minutes without a goal until Dooley scored late in the first half, received a huge boost as they prepare to stage the month-long World Cup tournament next summer. Lalas scored midway through the second half.

Though the English have struggled recently in World Cup qualifying matches, and lost, 2-0, at Norway last week, they were overwhelming favorites against an American team that entered the contest with a 1-5-9 record this year.

Dooley, a native of Germany who holds dual German-American citizenship because his father was in the U.S. Army, scored with two minutes remaining before halftime on a pass from Tab Ramos.

Jeff Agoos worked the ball down the left side and centered it across the front of the England goal. Ramos saved the ball and sent it back into the middle for Dooley, who scored on a diving header.

Lalas, a Michigan native who was named the best U.S. college player in 1991 while at Rutgers and was a member of the 1992 U.S. Olympic team, scored off a corner kick with 19 minutes to play.

Lalas leaped above an English defender to knock in the corner kick from Ramos, then jumped and ran down half the field before sliding in celebration on the wet grass.

Then it became Meola’s show. He had made several good stops in the first half and had two diving stops on shots by Nigel Clough early in the second half, but he saved his best work for last.

Twice in the last seven minutes, Meola made spectacular stops of shots by English forward Ian Wright. The first was on a blast from 15 yards that Meola knocked away, pumping his fist in triumph. The second came a minute later when Meola came out from his net to smother a shot by Wright, who was on a breakaway.