Folarin Balogun becomes the first US player to score twice in a World Cup game since the 1930 tournament.

USA soccer crushed Paraguay in their 2026 World Cup opener. Folarin Balogun scored back-to-back goals to lead the USMNT to victory.

The U.S. opened its first home World Cup in 32 years with its biggest win in the tournament.

Folarin Balogun chose to play for the U.S. and made a splashy World Cup debut. The 24-year-old striker scored two goals in a 4-1 victory over Paraguay in the Americans' opening…

The USMNT takes a 1-0 lead over Paraguay in their 2026 FIFA World Cup Group D opener after Damián Bobadilla's own goal under pressure from Christian

INGLEWOOD, California, EE.UU. (AP) — Folarin Balogun aportó un doblete en un histórico primer tiempo de tres goles de Estados Unidos, que inauguró su primera Copa del Mundo como…

En Los Ángeles, el local se estrena en la Copa del Mundo con un comienzo impensado de partido

Folarin Balogun made a historic World Cup debut for the USMNT, scoring twice against Paraguay. Born in New York to Nigerian parents and raised in England, Balogun was eligible for…

Folarin Balogun scored twice and an own goal from Damian Bobadilla helped the USMNT beat Paraguay 3-1 in their 2026 World Cup Group D opener at SoFi

The FIFA World Cup 2026 has begun in the United States. The host nation, USA, faced Paraguay in Los Angeles. USA took an early lead in the seventh minute due to an own goal by…

Team USA made a commanding statement in their World Cup campaign, defeating Paraguay 4-1 in their Group D opener at SoFi Stadium in Los Angeles. Despite a late Paraguayan rally,…

Folarin Balogun scored twice in the USMNT's 3-0 World Cup win over Paraguay. Crypto prediction markets had priced him at +200 to +300 odds before kickoff.

Der WM-Gastgeber feiert gegen eine in der ersten Halbzeit überforderte Mannschaft von Paraguay einen Auftakt nach Maß.

The United States launched their home World Cup in emphatic fashion Friday, defeating Paraguay 4-1 with a perfectly scripted opening performance to delight a star-studded home…

The USMNT's World Cup is off to a rousing start. Here are our writers' first reactions to victory over Paraguay

Die USA erwischen gegen Paraguay einen perfekten Start in ihre Heim-WM. Ein frühes Tor lässt das Stadion erbeben, danach feiern die Fans und zahlreiche Promis einen…

Folarin Balogun starred in the United States' 4-1 FIFA World Cup 2026 opening victory over Paraguay, scoring two goals, including a spectacular solo effort. The Brooklyn-born…

The win and emphatic scoreline puts the US in the driver's seat to progress from Group D, which also contains Australia and Turkey.

The United States could scarcely have scripted a better start to their World Cup as a Folarin Balogun brace and Gio Reyna curler fired the co-hosts to a 4-1 drubbing of Paraguay

The US scored only three goals in their four matches at the Qatar World Cup four years ago.

USA beat Paraguay 4-1 in Los Angeles as each of the three World Cup cohosts have now staged a game in 2026 edition.