USMNT can take critical Paraguay lesson into World Cup opener
Given Paraguay’s intensely physical style — as well as the very recent history at play — it looks relevant again for Friday’s game.
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Soccer USMNT can take critical Paraguay lesson into World Cup opener By Ethan Sears Published June 9, 2026, 11:31 p.m. ET See more of our coverage in your search results. Add The New York Post on Google IRVINE, Calif. — Broadly speaking, there is not much to take from the U.S. men’s national team’s 2-1 win over Paraguay last November, even with the two sides set to meet again Friday in the opening match of the World Cup. That was a friendly in Chester, Pennsylvania. This is a World Cup opener with global attention. Ten USMNT starters from that night are on this World Cup squad, but a good chunk of them will likely be on the bench, and players like Christian Pulisic, Tyler Adams and Weston McKennie weren’t in November camp at all.
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