USA vs Paraguay Official Lineups, Friday, 12 June 2026, World Cup Group D, Matchday 1
Here are the official starting lineups for the USA vs Paraguay match on Friday, June 12, 2026, during Matchday 1 of Group D in the FIFA World Cup. This is the opening World Cup match for the United States and Paraguay and Match 4 of the tournament. Los Angeles will host the U.S. opener in front of a packed SoFi Stadium crowd. Group D also includes Australia national soccer team and Turkey national football team.
✅ 2 Serie A players called up for 🇺🇸 the United States National team World Cup 2026:
- Juventus midfielder Weston McKennie
- AC Milan forward Christian Pulisic
✅ Serie A players called up for 🇵🇾 the Paraguay National team World Cup 2026:
- Cremonese forward Antonio Sansabira
USA official lineup (4-2-3-1): 24-Matt Freese, 2-Sergiño Dest, 3-Chris Richards 4-Tyler Adams, 5-Antonee Robinson, 8-Weston McKennie, 10-Christian Pulisic, 13-Tim Ream (Capt.), 16-Alex Freeman, 17-Malik Tillman, 20-Folarin Balogun
Substitutes: 1-Matt Turner, 25-Chris Brady, 6-Auston Trusty, 7-Gio Reyna, 9-Ricardo Pepi, 11-Brenden Aaronson, 12-Miles Robinson, 14-Sebastian Berhalter, 15-Cristian Roldan, 18-Max Arfsten, 19-Haji Wright, 21-Tim Weah, 22-Mark McKenzie, 23-Joe Scally, 26-Alex Zendejas
Lineup Paraguay (4-4-2): Orlando Gill, Juan Cáceres, Gustavo Gómez, Omar Alderete, Junior Alonso, Andrés Cubas, Damián Bobadilla, Diego Gómez, Julio Enciso, Miguel Almiron, Antonio Sanabria
NOTE USA :
USMNT Starting XI Caps (including this match): Christian Pulisic (87), Tim Ream (83), Weston McKennie (67), Tyler Adams (55), Antonee Robinson (55), Sergiño Dest (40), Chris Richards (37) Malik Tillman (31), Folarin Balogun (28), Alex Freeman (18) and Matt Freese (16).
USMNT Starting XI World Cup Caps (including this match): Tyler Adams (5), Sergiño Dest (5), Weston McKennie (5), Christian Pulisic (5), Tim Ream (5), Antonee Robinson (5), Folarin Balogun (1), Alex Freeman (1), Matt Freese (1), Chris Richards (1), Malik Tillman (1).
Starting lineups
Substitutes
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— U.S. Soccer Men’s National Team (@USMNT) June 12, 2026
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World Cup Group D Matchday 1
Match: 🇺🇸 USA vs Paraguay 🇵🇾
Competition: Group D, FIFA World Cup 2026
Date: Friday, June 12, 2026
Venue: SoFi Stadium
Location: Inglewood, California
Kickoff: 6:00 PM PDT Local time (9:00 PM EDT)
Referee: Danny Makkelie NED
Assistant Referee 1: Hessel Steegstra NED
Assistant Referee 2: Jan De Vries NED
Fourth Official: Yusuke Araki JPN
Reserve AR: Jun Mihara JPN
VAR: Carlos Del Cerro Grande ESP
AVAR: Dennis Higler NED
SVAR: Khamis Al-Marri QAT