Maracana, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 1950
Few outside Brazil would know that the official name of this giant stadium is Estadio Jornalista Mario Filho, named after a prominent reporter who argued for its construction. But every global soccer fan knows of the Maracana — supposedly derived from a indigenous Guarani phrase for "rattle-like." The Maracana was veritably shaking during the 1950 World Cup final with as many as 200,000 fans filling the stands, cheering the host nation on. But a shocked silence would soon settle over the crowd: Brazil was upset by the ever-plucky Uruguayans.

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