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Here’s how World Cup heartbreak looked on front pages across America

So ... much ... pain.

James Dator
James Dator has been covering a wide range of sports for SB Nation for over a decade, with a special focus on the NFL.

It hasn’t been 24 hours since the USMNT lost to Belgium in the World Cup and the hurt hasn’t left. Thankfully newspapers around the country helped us relive those agonizing final moments with a spate of front pages that lets us know that we’re all the same. That is, when we’re disappointed.

Think that’s a generalization? Count how many fans are either:

a. Putting hands on top of their heads in futility.

b. Placed hands over their mouth in shock.

Here we go.

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Pictures via Newseum

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