The United States opened group D play at the 2026 World Cup on Friday, beating Paraguay 4-1 in Los Angeles. The USMNT took the lead in the 7th through an own-goal. Folarin Balogun doubled it with Christian Pulisic assisting in the 31st. Balogun extended the lead five minutes into first-half stoppage time with Malik Tillman providing the assist. Mauricio pulled a goal back for Paraguay in the 73rd. Gio Reyna finished off the USA goal scoring eight minutes into stoppage time

Group D play continues late on Saturday or early on Sunday depending on your time zone, with Australia vs Turkey starting at 12am ET on FS1. The United States plays Australia on Friday in Seattle at 3pm ET on FOX.

Match: United States Men’s National Team vs Paraguay
Date: June 12, 2026
Competition: 2026 FIFA World Cup – Group D
Venue: Los Angeles Stadium; Inglewood, Calif.
Attendance: 70,492
Kickoff: 6pm PT
Weather: 70 degrees, cloudy

Scoring Summary 1 2 F
USA 3 1 4
PAR 0 1 1

USA – Own Goal (Damián Bobadilla) 7th minute
USA – Folarin Balogun (Christian Pulisic) 31
USA – Folarin Balogun (Malik Tillman) 45+5
PAR – Mauricio (Julio Enciso) 73
USA – Gio Reyna (Alex Freeman) 90+8

Lineups:
USA: 24-Matt Freese; 16-Alex Freeman, 3-Chris Richards 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 5-Antonee Robinson; 4-Tyler Adams, 17-Malik Tillman (7-Gio Reyna, 82), 2-Sergiño Dest (21-Tim Weah, 72), 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic (14-Sebastian Berhalter, 46); 20-Folarin Balogun (9-Ricardo Pepi, 72)
Substitutes not used: 1-Matt Turner, 25-Chris Brady, 6-Auston Trusty, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 15-Cristian Roldan, 18-Max Arfsten, 19-Haji Wright, 22-Mark McKenzie, 23-Joe Scally, 26-Alex Zendejas
Head Coach: Mauricio Pochettino

PAR: 12-Orlando Gill; 4-Juan Caceres (2-Gustavo Velázquez, 79), 15-Gustavo Gómez, 3-Omar Alderete, 6-Junior Alonso; 8-Diego Gómez (17-Alejandro Romero, 80), 14-Andrés Cubas, 16-Damián Bobadilla (11-Mauricio, 46), 10-Miguel Almirón (7-Ramón Sosa, 79), 9-Antonio Sanabria (18-Alex Arce, 62), 19-Julio Enciso
Substitutes not used: 1-Roberto Fernández, 22-Gastón Olveira, 5-Fabián Balbuena, 13-José Canale, 20-Braian Ojeda, 21-Gabriel Ávalos, 23-Matías Galarza, 25-Isidro Pitta, 24-Gustavo Velázquez, 26-Alexandro Maidana
Head Coach: Gustavo Alfaro

Stats Summary: USA / PAR
Shots: 16 / 9
Shots on Goal: 6 / 1
Saves: 1 / 3
Corner Kicks: 3 / 1
Fouls: 13 / 17
Offsides: 2 / 1

Misconduct Summary
PAR – Juan Cáceres (Caution) 10th minute
PAR – Miguel Almirón (Caution) 52
USA – Tyler Adams (Caution) 59
PAR – Diego Gómez (Caution) 79
PAR – Álex Arce (Caution) 88
PAR – Júnior Alonso (Caution) 90+3

Officials:
Referee: Danny Makkelie (NED)
Assistant 1: Hessel Steegstra (NED)
Assistant 2: Jan De Vries (NED)
Fourth Official: Yusuke Araki (JPN)
VAR 1: Carlos Del Cerro Grande (ESP)
VAR 2: Dennis Higler (NED)
VAR 3: Khamis Almarri (QAT)

Photo by Jose Breton – AFP7 via ZUMA Press Wire – ISIPhotos.com