Team USA opened its home World Cup with its best ever showing in the global tournament.
In front of more than 70,000 fans in Los Angeles, the Stars and Stripes dominated Paraguay and secured a 4-1 victory.
This was the most goals Team USA has ever scored in a World Cup game, and the first time a player has scored multiple goals in a World Cup game since the inaugural tournament in 1930. And that game was also against Paraguay.
Goal one came just seven minutes into the match. Christian Pulisic charged up the left side, splitting two defenders before shipping the ball down and front to Weston McKennie, who tried to cross it, but it bounced off a Paraguayan defender and crossed the goal line. …