On Friday night in Inglewood, the United States will open its home World Cup match against Paraguay, and the stakes are high. This is matchday one of Group D, but a fast start matters in a group that also features Australia and Turkey.
Mauricio Pochettino’s USMNT head into the opener after a mixed buildup, with a win over Senegal and a loss to Germany in their final friendlies. Paraguay, meanwhile, have looked strong in recent matches and are back at a World Cup after missing the last three editions.
Where to watch when USA vs. Paraguay kicks off
The match kicks off Friday, June 12, at 6 p.m. in Los Angeles. English-language coverage runs on FOX, with streaming on the FOX Sports app and FOX One. The opener also streams for free on Tubi.
Spanish-language viewers can find it via Peacock and Telemundo. Viewers can also catch it through YouTube TV, Fubo or Hulu + Live TV.
The stadium
SoFi Stadium — branded “Los Angeles Stadium” for FIFA — sits in Inglewood, just south of downtown LA. The indoor-outdoor venue holds roughly 70,000 (expandable past 100,000), opened in 2020 and has already hosted a Super Bowl. Its translucent canopy and open sides make it one of the most striking arenas in world sport.
Possible lineups
USA (4–2–3–1): Freese; Freeman, McKenzie, Ream, A. Robinson; Adams, McKennie; Dest, Tillman, Pulisic; Balogun.
Paraguay (4–2–3–1): Gill; Cáceres, G. Gómez, Alderete, Alonso; Bobadilla, Cubas; D. Gómez, Enciso, Almirón; Sanabria. If Enciso can’t recover, Ramón Sosa steps in.
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Reviewed by Sarah Nash.
