Published • loading... • Updated
US Opens Its Home World Cup with a Dynamic 4-1 Victory over Paraguay, Sparked by Balogun's 2 Goals
- On Friday, the U.S. men's national team faced Paraguay at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, California, marking their first World Cup match on home soil in 32 years.
- U.S. coach Mauricio Pochettino called the game 'very tough' because Paraguay is aggressive and competitive, citing their coach Gustavo Alfaro's quality; the U.S. enters ranked 17th globally versus Paraguay's 40th ranking.
- Recirculated footage of a brawl from last November's friendly intensified pre-match tensions, with former American soccer star Dax McCarty suggesting the USMNT use it as motivation for the squad.
- A star-studded opening ceremony featuring pop star Katy Perry preceded the match, while President Trump called the team beforehand to wish them luck at the multibillion-dollar venue.
- The USMNT travels to Seattle next week to face Australia at Lumen Field, continuing their Group D campaign in the expanded 48-nation tournament.
Insights by Ground AI
Podcasts & Opinions
126 Articles
126 Articles
Montana Standard+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
Goal-den opportunity: Helena hosts first Gulch Cup, celebrates US win over Paraguay
The Gulch Cup saw about 44 participants in Performance Square on Last Chance Gulch before the U.S. Men's National Team overwhelmed Paraguay Friday evening in a 4-1 victory.
Listen to all the goal calls of USMNT's rout of Paraguay
Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The USMNT opened its World Cup with a 4-1 win over Paraguay on Friday night at SoFi Stadium, scoring three times in the opening half for the first time in program history. Paraguay defender Damián Bobadilla turned a Christian Pulisic-led attack into his own net in the seventh minute, Folarin Balogun converted a Pulisic feed in the 31st minute to make it 2-0, and Balogun added a second just before the break, curling…
Coverage Details
Total News Sources126
Leaning Left31Leaning Right14Center63Last UpdatedBias Distribution58% Center
Bias Distribution
- 58% of the sources are Center
58% Center
L 29%
C 58%
13%
Factuality
To view factuality data please Upgrade to Premium
