After co-hosts Mexico got the 2026 World Cup underway in style by beating a hapless South Africa side 2–0 in Mexico City, the U.S. men’s national team gets its tournament started in Los Angeles against Paraguay.
A fixture almost a decade in the waiting beckons for the USMNT, who believes it has the coach and roster to enjoy a historic run on home soil this summer. Mauricio Pochettino’s reign to date has been anything but plain sailing, but there were at least encouraging signs immediately before the tournament‘s beginning.