Leicester City Beats Chelsea 1-0 to Win Soccer’s FA Cup

Leicester City’s Wes Morgan and Kasper Schmeichel hold up the winner’s trophy as the team celebrates victory in the English FA Cup final on May 15.Photographer: Kirsty Wigglesworth/AFP/Getty Images

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By Matthew G Miller

May 15, 2021 at 6:11 PM UTC

Leicester City beat Chelsea 1-0 in a stunning upset to win the FA Cup.

The Foxes hadn’t reached an FA Cup final since 1969, and had never won the competition. Youri Tielemans scored the only goal of the match to an eruption of cheers from the crowd of 21,000 fans at Wembley Stadium.