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USA vs Paraguay FIFA World Cup 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: USA beat Paraguay 4-1

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USA vs Paraguay FIFA World Cup 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:USA vs Paraguay FIFA World Cup 2026 HIGHLIGHTS:

USA vs Paraguay FIFA World Cup 2026 HIGHLIGHTS: Co-hosts USA have got off to a strong start in their opening match of the 2026 FIFA World Cup. While it was an own goal that gave them the lead in the seventh minute, captain Christian Pulisic and Weston McKennie, two of their biggest stars, combined to make it happen.

Katy Perry and Future earlier got the party started in the USA as the third and final opening ceremony of the FIFA World Cup was held at the SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. At the previous two Opening Ceremonies, held in Mexico City and Toronto, stars like Shakira, Michael Buble, Vegedream and Nora Fatehi have performed.

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The last time USA hosted a FIFA World Cup was 32 years back. USA have faced off against Paraguay multiple times in the past, most recently in November where Mauricio Pochettino’s men secured a 2-1 victory in Chester, Pennsylvania. But the earliest ocassion the two nations met on the pitch in a World Cup was back in 1930, when the USA had won 3-0. Paraguay are making their first World Cup appearance since the 2010 FIFA World Cup that was hosted by South Africa.

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No Trump, stingy Paraguay defence & home fans outnumbering rivals’

The biggest anticlimax for co-hosts USA’s first game against Paraguay is the absence of its president Donald Trump. (AP)

The biggest anticlimax for co-hosts USA’s first game against Paraguay is the absence of its president Donald Trump. A central character in the country’s successful World Cup bid, the overbearing cynosure in the draw ceremony and the most ubiquitous headline stealer in the prelude to the tournament, he would be in Washington DC to attend walk-throughs of the weekend’s UFC event. Instead, Secretary of State Marco Rubio will attend the game.

But home support is expected to be tremendous—nearly 65,000 home supporters are projected to heave in the SoFI Stands in California. Usually, outnumbered by the adversary’s crowd even on home soil, American fans have flocked to watch their practice games as well as warm-up in the Irvine, about 50 miles north of the Inglewood Stadium before the Paraguay game. Nearly 33,000 applied for access to watch them train, and 5,500 procured it. “[The] environment was crazy. It’s more than we expect,” coach Mauricio Pochettino said. “We are so grateful.”

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