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The United States men’s nationalist squad made a connection to unfastened its 2026 FIFA World Cup campaign, routing Paraguay 4-1 past week down 2 goals from Folarin Balogun.

The U.S. struck little than 7 minutes in, taking a 1-0 pb erstwhile Paraguay’s Damian Bobadilla redirected the shot into his ain net. Fans wrong the packed stadium successful Inglewood, California, roared arsenic the USMNT seized an aboriginal advantage.

The effect gave the United States its largest World Cup triumph borderline since 1930, erstwhile the Americans won doubly by 3–0 scores successful the tournament’s inaugural edition.

After opening the tourney successful Southern California, the USMNT volition enactment connected the West Coast, shifting northbound to Seattle for their adjacent group-stage lucifer against Australia astatine 3 p.m. ET.

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The United States scores a extremity during a World Cup match.

A presumption of the shot successful the backmost of the nett aft the USMNT scores a extremity successful a FIFA World Cup lucifer against Paraguay successful radical signifier enactment astatine Los Angeles Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected June 12, 2026. (Richard Heathcote/Getty Images)

Australia opened its World Cup run past week with a 2-0 triumph implicit Türkiye.

Under caput manager Mauricio Pochettino, the USMNT entered the tourney arsenic the No. 17 squad successful the FIFA World Rankings. FIFA determines its satellite rankings utilizing the Elo standing system, which rewards teams for wins and penalizes them for losses portion besides factoring successful the spot of the competition.

Team USA's prima midfielder Christian Pulisic's availability remains a question aft helium was substituted retired of past week’s triumph implicit Paraguay with a near calf issue. Pulisic said the determination was precautionary aft helium took a footwear to the calf, adding that helium was "really hoping that it’s nothing."

Fans of the U.S. men’s nationalist squad observe extracurricular Los Angeles Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected Friday, June 12, 2026. (Photo by ETIENNE LAURENT / AFP via Getty Images))

Pochettino said helium volition consult the aesculapian unit earlier deciding whether Pulisic tin play successful a pivotal Group D matchup. The effect of the lucifer could spell a agelong mode toward determining which squad sits atop the radical adjacent week.

"Tonight – the time earlier the crippled – we person a gathering with our aesculapian country and we volition measure the full group, the players and time we volition pass connected the things that we cannot hold [on] tonight," Pochettino told reporters connected Thursday. "He's involv[ed], he's overmuch amended from Friday. We'll see."

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U.S. men's nationalist squad players observe aft a shot match

Sebastian Berhalter and Giovanni Reyna of the United States observe aft their triumph successful the FIFA World Cup 2026 Group D lucifer against Paraguay astatine Los Angeles Stadium successful Inglewood, California, connected June 12, 2026. (Jared C. Tilton/FIFA via Getty Images)