After seeing Mexico and Canada kick-off the 2026 World Cup, it’s time for the last of the host nations to take centre stage as the United States take on Paraguay in the early hours on Saturday at the Los Angeles Stadium, Inglewood.
It has been over three decades since a World Cup fixture was hosted in America, with USA finishing third in 1994, progressing to the round of 16 only to be knocked out by eventual winners Brazil.
Since then, the USMNT’s best performance at a World Cup was reaching the quarter-finals in 2002.
Now coached by Mauricio Pochettino, formerly of Tottenham, Chelsea and Paris Saint-Germain, this is perhaps USA’s best chance to go beyond the last-eight, though they will require a huge slice of luck to do so.
Paraguay, meanwhile, are participating in their first World Cup since losing to eventual winners Spain in a hard-fought quarter-final showdown in 2010.
The days of Roque Santa Cruz, Robert Acuna, Paulo da Silva and Nelson Haedo Valdez are long gone, with new star Julio Enciso’s World Cup dream hanging by a thread after he was stretchered off the field in tears in the final warm-up game.
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